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Sadly, the students weren't in the Danger Shop today which meant Loki couldn't send them to fake jail in their orange jumpsuits. Alas, he'd get over it but he was still sad. He waited until everyone filed in before starting the lecture.

"Today," he started easily, "we're going to be talking about activism. Activism, for those that don't know, is intentional action to bring about social, economic, or political change. Simply put, you've gotten up off your ass to change things because you don't like the status quo. Now, most of the time, this is seen as a very fucking good thing. And I agree. If things stayed stagnant and the same, this fucking planet would be boring as shit. Activists help change things. Very rarely is it an immediate change, though. It takes time, it takes money, it takes passion and it takes a lot of fucking commitment."

Loki paused and got up from his desk to circle in front of it. "Unfortunately, sometimes people take it too far and completely fucking skew the point they're trying to get across. Look, if you walk into a medical establishment and blow it up because you don't agree with what they're doing? You're not a fucking activist, you're a murderer. The thing you're working to change is going to get buried under your act of violence. Sure, you'll be seen as a martyr to your small group but it takes more than a small group to bring about change. That small group starts it but it takes their time and commitment to try and sway the opinion of the masses. If you're going around killing people and blowing shit up in the name of your cause? It's probably not going to work."

Of course, humanity was a fucking cesspool sometimes so Loki figured that kind of shit might work somewhere. Humans liked their violence. "So, why do you some people go to the lengths they do in the name of their cause? Why do they kill others because they disagree with their ways? I don't fucking know. Humans like to kill each other, simple as that. When there's an easy reason, they like it even more. Hey, maybe they think if they kill everyone that disagrees with them, their cause will be default and they won't have to be active anymore. Let me tell you right fucking now, that won't work. It's been tried in the past and while it's been effective at times, it doesn't work as an endgame. Stop fucking killing people in the name of your cause. Just fucking stop it. A gun isn't going to get people to listen. It's going to make people piss their pants."

Loki...had experience with that one, unfortunately. Ew. "Everyone has the right to fight for what they believe in. If I believe that Principal Winchester was an alien and I wanted to an aliens from administrative positions, that would be my fucking cause and it'd be up to me to convince you guys to agree. Now, if I blew all of you up with a bomb, would that be helpful? Fucking no. If I showed you literature, showed you studies, spoke truthfully, that might be heard more than an explosion. Think, people. Fucking think. For today's activity, I'm going to give each of you a cause. You're going to tell me one good and one bad day to be an activist for that cause. Got it? Good. Go.

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Excuse Jono for a moment. He was just going to hold his sides and close his eyes and shake for a moment. It wasn't quite laughter, but it was as close as he could bloody well get, and so he was going to, thank you.

//That would be cruel and unusual punishment to th'world at large in its own right, you know.//

Wow, he'd needed that laugh.

"Humanity isn't always intelligent," he snickered. "Maybe there's some people out there that like Celine!"

//Well, then naturally, they'd be th'ones that I appeal to first,// Jono replied. //Maybe point out the huge success of that Heart Will Go On song that she did for that movie about th'boat.//

A pause.

//And hope that they've forgotten about her cover of You Shook Me All Night Long. That one is more difficult to forgive.//

All right, now Loki was laughing. He couldn't help it, really. Hearing the merits of Celine Dion's music debated was funny. "Yeah, what the fuck was she thinking with that?"

//Apparently, that she could do any justice in th'world to AC/DC,// Jono mused. //Which, you know... She can't.//

At all.

"I think reminding people of her strengths is good for the good side of activism," Loki agreed with a nod, "while reminding them of her utter stupidity by playing the music is a bad side. Celine Dion kind of does all the work herself."

//She doesn't need any help from me in that regard, no,// Jono agreed, crossing his arms and mulling over his options some more. //I suppose a bad way to get people to listen to her and only her would be to... I don't know, demand that every record shop carry only her music, and then burn down any one that refuses.//

Which he very well could do, but then he'd probably spend the remainder of the day after that point weeping about it.

Laughing, Loki said, "And some of those record store owners might welcome the fire if that means they don't gotta lower themselves to playing Celine."

//In that case, I'd really only be doing them all a favour,// Jono mused. //Thank goodness for arson in a Celine-filled world.//

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