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February 27, 2002
Revised: November 19, 2004
Why not make some small changes
in appearence if that's all it
takes to win approval?
Why not wear a mask?
Because it damages you in ways
that you can't see.
Because if you do nothing but
live behind masks, your true
face atrophies from disuse. Masks sometimes get
stuck in place.
Because life is not a Mission
Impossible episode, and in
reality no one is ever fooled
by a mask.
They all know that
that's a plastic face.
Maybe they're reassured that
you're a plastic person too.
(Do you *want* their approval?)
Because "silence is death",
and always wearing the
appropriate masks is just a
way of hiding your silence
under noise.
Because while being liked by some
may be a necessity, needing to be
liked by all is a tremendous
weakness.
You've got to be up front about
you are, if only to screen out the
people who can't deal with what
you are.
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