James Potter (brocket) wrote in triumphic, @ 2014-05-01 12:23:00 |
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Entry tags: | !media, 1991 : 05, potter james |
On Magdalen Bridge in Oxford, and broadcast on all WWN channelsPEOPLE OF BRITAIN, LISTEN TO ME.
... hi. Yes, I'm alive. We still haven't determined exactly how, but there must be some latent magic in Godric's Hollow ... that isn't the point. I'm alive. And because the death of my wife and child cannot go unremembered or unpunished, I stand before you today asking you to make something of their sacrifice. Don't let their deaths be in vain.
Lily Evans - and Harry, our boy - were representative of the hope of what was to come. They were the embodiment of what it meant to be forward-thinking, well-intentioned witches and wizards in a contemporary age. And because sometimes the farsighted are slaughtered by the reactionary ideologues of the age - because we loved, and because we believed in a better Britain - Lord Voldemort moved against us.
And now, I come back. Now I come back to find out that you've allowed yourselves to be cowed by fundamentalist ideology that is no better than the fear we lived within 10 years ago. I find that you, as a British people, have allowed yourselves to be ruled by those whose moral compass does not point true north. YES I AM TALKING ABOUT MY ONE-TIME MENTOR, ALBUS DUMBLEDORE. As a strategic influencer of today's government, Albus Dumbledore failed in his oaths to those of us who agreed to fight for the inclusion of all.
Albus Dumbledore doesn't allow you to practice magic, he doesn't allow your children to learn magic, and he utilizes fear and power to keep you oppressed and scared. Albus Dumbledore doesn't believe in Britain.
Because, if I learned one thing, it is when you hide your true self from the world there is nothing to keep your feet on the ground and the lies you spread become so thick that you begin to believe them yourself. I do not believe in Albus Dumbledore, I believe in you.
So I'm calling on you - I'm calling on you to rise up! - I'm calling on you to stand with me and fight those who would oppress you, whether they argue it is because of your safety or your blood. Do not let people tell you what you may do, or who you may love, or how your magic may manifest.
I believe in you. And I believe in Britain.