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— You bet! — agreed the reporter — no school picnic is complete without it.

— The Chinese have established parent committees, and threw complaints all over: why do sports lessons not teach swimming? Observe the Charter! Before that, it didn’t occur to anyone, as our children generally learn to swim before they walk, but not these kids. Swimming is a relevant skill, and the school should therefore be obliged to teach it.

— So the pools were created for the Chinese immigrants?

— Exactly.

— So — concluded Sekar — they wanted something for themselves, and this is constructive?

— Yo!

— Got it. Now let me tell this in my own way, and can correct me.

— Go ahead, — she said, reaching for the sake .

7. The rules are for the man, not the man for the rules

The reporter followed her example, and opened up:

— A child comes back from a Communist meeting. His father asks: what do they want? The son replies: they want there to be no rich. Father replies in surprise: why don’t they want there to be no poor?

— Well — mused Jella — something like that. Idee fixe, a procedure for its own sake.

— You lost me here.

— It's elementary, Malik! Take the school pools. There was a committee, "Our Family", which demanded to keep them closed during recess. Teenagers didn’t want to deal with wet clothes and many went swimming naked. The Committee argued it is immoral, and human rights should be constrained by requirements of morality. The court said that even if morality has such a requirement, that is not fair.

— And how to determine whether something is fair?

— The Court went with Plato’s argument: Justice is the system under which every person fully realizes their natural potential.

— The rules are for the man, not the man for the rules?

Jella clapped her hands in approval.

— Yo! Any other interpretation would be against the Charter.

— Clearly — Sekar nodded — One more question. You're judging the case of police negligence?

— Yes, why?

— Of course, I understand that before the decision of the court ...

— Bullshit — she interrupted — I can share personal views with the press. Ready?

— Of course. I'm all ears.

— Let’s see. Ideally, riots should be stopped immediately, but the ideal would cost more than the police is funded with. The police is required to eliminate the usual threats to citizens and report unusual cases of social tension. It did escalate the risk of riots concerning the "Children of troglodytes". Everyone could have taken action, but no one did. Seven buildings were destroyed in ten minutes, and then the emergency reaction group interfered and has stopped the pogroms. Ten minutes is within their standard terms of service.

— But at the Gandhi Square, where the rally against the "troglodytes children" took place, there were three police officers, they had ...

— What should have they done? — interrupted Jella — open fire at the crowd? Can you imagine the results?

— But the "emergencies" did open fire right away.

— Well, they handle emergencies. They are trained whom and how to shoot during the riots. Why do you think the casualties were minimal?

Sekar thought for a few seconds and said:

— Are you saying that if those three police officers opened fire...

— Massacre — again interrupted Jella — a burst of machine gun fire at a thick crowd would mean several people dead or injured. And one salvo would not be enough.

— So I understand, the police acted appropriately?

— Let's just say satisfactorily. Of course, in hindsight, you can think of a lot of things, but no one expected those crazies would dare to do pogroms. Indeed, the handling of the “swine riots” sent a clear message: this is not Europe, there will be no ceremony in handling the fanatics.

— And who will pay the damages?

— We will likely fine the police for property damage costs. They have an insurance for this, after all. But I will not support claims on lost profits from missing customers. These scandals have been a good advertisement, the clubs have already increased their clientele.

— The logic is clear — he said — and even the issue of deportation. Jella, and on what basis were those specific nineteen people picked? The public opinion in the world is that there have been reprisals for ideological reasons.

— It's bullshit, bro. They incited against public safety and the Charter.

— How so?

— In the usual way. For example, that pastor who was shouting into a megaphone.

— Jeremy Woodbrok — he suggested.

— Yes, Woodbrok. The video shows him calling to burn and destroy. After that, the glass facade of the cinema was broken and a Molotov was thrown inside.

— He says that he was just quoting the Bible. I checked it, he’s saying the truth. Deuteronomy, 7: " This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire ".

Jella snorted:

— A pig will find dirt anywhere. Not only in the Bible, even in an ABC. The court doesn’t care what he was quoting.

— But for some the bible is a holy book, which true in every word.

— These are their problems.

— It's their right, the freedom of religion is there in the Charter.

— The freedom of religion does not imply the freedom to bring everything that is written in some holy book to the streets — she snapped — see the difference?

— This refers to Woodbrok, but other representatives of the World Church Council were not seen in the street riots. But the human rights activists from the Committee of Fourty Eight...

— Clearly — cut in Jella — wait a moment.

She bent down, picked her gym bag and began to rummage in it. Out came lots of different objects: a tennis racket, an Air Meganesia cap, an issue of "Spearfishing" magazine, a mobile phone, a diving mask. Finally, she produced an electronic notebook.

— Found ya! Why do I always make such a mess?

— They say that a mess in the purse is a sign of femininity.

— Oh, it feels much better that way. Okay, let's start with the World Church Council. They issued a statement of "Faith and the Law", which literally states: "The so called Great Charter protects the right to sin, and sin must not be protected, it must be fought against and eradicated. Testimony of faith requires actions. Society must be made free of laws that justify immorality, that make mockery of faith and morals" . S ignatures. This is a public call for the destruction of the Charter, which is punishable by the highest measure of humanitarian self-defense.

— They say they are repressed for their faith, and refer to the experience of other countries where they are not persecuted for the criticism of moral relativism.

— No problem, other countries is precisely where we sent them off to . Now, regarding the human rights defenders, it is more complicated. The painful issue of family rights.

Sekar nodded, not looking up from the keyboard.

— Sen Vlkov already said that. Constraining the family rights when it comes to choosing the children’s education?

— Yo! To put it bluntly: the conflict between the rights of the child and the rights of their parents. Parents want to raise kids in certain tradition, but then the kids are fucked up, as modern society is not built according to their tradition.

— Obviously.

— Not quite . The Human Rights Committee 48 pressed on the fact that the g overnment is obliged to seek a compromise. And in the Charter states that first, this not in the competence of the government, and second, there is no compromise since child ’ s rights take precedence.