love this very much too Alan! </3
also devastating > On 29. Aug 2021, at 15.20, Edward Picot via NetBehaviour > <netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > > Alan, > > This is a fantastically on-the-money bit of writing. > > Edward > > > On 28/08/2021 15:42, Alan Sondheim wrote: >> >> >> Game of Refugees >> >> http://www.alansondheim.org/bad.jpg >> >> In this game, the refugees always lose. You play someone >> hunting them down, refusing them sanctuary, keeping them at >> bay. You always win. The sounds are murmurs and cries. You >> always continue. You can refuse to play the game, you can walk >> away. You don't do that; if you do that, nothing happens. You >> want something to happen, you're playing the game. The game >> may be long or short. You can take a break. You can turn the >> game off, return to the same stage. The game can always wait. >> >> You always feel bad. The longer you feel bad, the longer you >> play the game. The longer you play, the longer you win. If you >> stop the game, the refugees can wait. If you never play again, >> the refugees can wait. The refugees can always wait. >> >> You feel bad. You feel like weeping, wailing, mourning. The >> refugees are weeping, wailing, waiting, mourning. You make >> them wait. You are so sad, you are inconceivably sad. You have >> never been so sad in your life. It's terrible how sad you are. >> You continue playing the game. You win the game, you cannot >> lose. You may be angry. It is so sad you feel angry. When you >> are angry, you may leave the game. >> >> You return to the game when you are no longer angry. You are >> calm and wary. It is terrible you are playing this game this >> way. You love the game. You are drawn to the game, the game >> draws you. You can say that, I love this game but I feel bad. >> You feel bad sometimes, you feel bad all the time. You play >> the game, there are always refugees. >> >> There are always refugees, you wonder is this a trick of the >> game. There are more and more. You always play, you always >> win. There are always more. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
