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Well... I've seen too much abuse and trauma (especially at the hands of the medical professionals) as such the following lines made it into a song I wrote:
[Lyrics Excerpt]
... Doctors notes, they're not enough
to save me from restraints and drugs
if I were Tecna... I'd be loved..."
[End Lyrics Excerpt]
The lines are pretty simple:
- I have doctors notes for all my technology platforms and why I need them medically yet it's not enough as
- Even with doctors notes I've been restrained and drugged because I fought back to keep what I believe to be effectively parts of my body
3 so if I were Tecna, see the thoughts below
My thoughts behind those lyrics are multi-layered as follows:
- If I had powers like Tecna, I'd be able to defend myself against cruel treatments by Others.
- If I had powers like Tecna, I'd be well and truly "fully integrated" with my technology systems to the point that they are literally a part of my body (just like your hands, feet, eyes, etc.) thus trying to take the iPad out of my hands or the camera off my chest without my consent would result in actual harm to my body (just like if i sawed off your arm while you were still awake)
- If I were Tecna... I'd have legions of adoring fans and defenders to make it all go away (unlike the lonely, miserable, human life I live now)
Note: The term "Others" (note the capital "O") specifically means anyone who is either not 1) fairy, 2) hologram, and/or 3) authorized support personnel. Where I come from (especially after seeing all I've seen, "Others are hurtful, wasteful, nasty creatures!" and by what I've seen this statement is true, I've never met an Other that didn't meet the definition of "hurtful, wasteful, and/or nasty" in the long-term. Oh if I had the powers to... I'd fix them all!
Note 2: Where I come from "No" means "no" and "stop" means "end the current action" and bodily autonomy and consent is held in high regard. Further, where I come from it's "my device(s)... my body" and therefore by extension it should be "my body... my choice"; yet to Others, these common-sense concepts mean nothing and they have the ability to cause harm to me, break my devices, etc. And yes, I do consider damaged, broken, non-functional, destroyed, etc. devices as physical scars (the same as the scars that form on your body given the right conditions)... again if I had the powers... I'd fix them all. I'd make sure NO ONE was EVER harmed like that EVER AGAIN! (it's official... I've lost it :-))
But the other side of that coin is that if I had such powers and used them to defend myself against unfair and unnecessary harm by Others; they'd probably just send me to a lab to run painful and invasive experiments on me to see what made my fairy powers tick...
What do you think? Would it be cool if I had Tecna-like powers to defend myself and be fully integrated into my technology platforms? Or have I seen too much that I've officially gone insane? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
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