Going for a protest
'Caged birds still remember how to fly '. I read somewhere the other day. Well that's exactly the problem. You do not lose your ability due to the place you're trapped in - makes you wonder if you're trapped in at all. And when does that misunderstanding change? When the bird actually tries to fly past the limits of the cage - that's when the cold steel stops you and realisation hits. And how do I know this? Because it hit me once. When I was going for my first ever serious protest. The act of protesting itself wasn't new to me. But there was always a line that protected me. Deciding to go for a protest where armed police force would not hesitate to attack you, if the goons didn't reach you first - is a different thing. It didn't bother me initially though, the thought that I was going for a protest. How would it be unsafe? I was going with my friends, there was going to be a large crowd of known people and it was a place I visited quite ...