https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/0sand1scbdt/14

I've done it, I have finished a novella. So Book 1 is now in "complete" status, this is my second novella and it is much more reflective of my writing concepts, ideals, and conflicts than my rushed attempt last time to rewrite a lost novel.

As for this chapter, it asks a lot of big questions about morality of lies versus the practical reality of truth in a free society that has mutually antagonistic elements. That is the heart of the next Book on the stateside conflict..

I am also not holding back any punches: Yes, I proposed an argument that few of us has ever written about, but I think it is time we stop kidding ourselves. I am drawing a line between Institutional Racism to slavery being akin to Institutional Homophobia to things like Paragraph 175, because it's a question we must ask ourselves as a society. Are we willing to trade relative peace in compromise with segments of our population who will never accept certain things?

The long debate between Jesse and my protagonist here boils down to a fundamental concept: How far and long are you willing to fight for things like gay rights or African American Rights?

To people like Jesse, when you stop fighting to settle for peace, you are accepting a lesser evil that is no better than the former evil that you fought so hard against.

Even though, I am a conservative, I understand where he's coming from. Things like slavery and social racism are illegal and gone now, but is there still elements of racism left in American society along with many other societies that held racial prejudices? Yes, millions of black people are disproportionately represented in prison and millions more in poverty. I concede that institutional racism exist, but we have a bigger problem in society and humanity itself that creates it and this issue of "institutional" problems stems from the problems of peaceful co-existence. When we accept peace and stop fighting for ideals/rights, we accept modified terms to allow the other side breathing room.

Go no further than gay marriage, we won that fight, but are now accepting compromises of "Religious Liberty" in order to co-exist with Christian community, who might not want gay marriage.

A pattern of strife, struggle, and compromise exists in our interactions, which prevents any final victory. It also means there will be new conflicts with the basis created from these factors.

Lastly, the two cliffhangers are pure evil from me

Yes, there is more to this story than just Cyber-terrorism and Christian extremists, the world wide web is global

In book 2, there's issues with Islamic extremists, financial manipulation, and much more that will expand this canvas and inaugurate a set of Cyber Wars between multiple factions, nations, and ideologies.

The last cliffhanger should give you some hope that after all these wars, humanity does eventually survive, but who wins and who loses is still up in the air

Please feel free to contact me and I'd appreciate feedback.