[Personal] I was asked privately what my username meant...
ᵀʰᵉ ʷᵃʸᶠᵃʳᵉʳˢ. ᶜʰᵃʳˡᵉˢ ᶠʳᵃᶜᵉ ᵇᵒʳⁿ ⁱⁿ ¹⁹²⁶ ᵉᵃˢᵗᵉʳⁿ ᴾᵉⁿⁿˢʸˡᵛᵃⁿⁱᵃ, ᶠʳᵉᵉˡᵃⁿᶜᵉ ⁱˡˡᵘˢᵗʳᵃᵗᵒʳ, ʷⁱˡᵈ ˡⁱᶠᵉ ᵉⁿᵗʰᵘˢⁱᵃˢᵗ, ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖʳᵒᶠᵉˢˢⁱᵒⁿᵃˡ ᵃʳᵗⁱˢᵗ. ᴾᵃⁱⁿᵗᵉᵈ ˢᵒᵐᵉʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᵇᵉᵗʷᵉᵉⁿ ¹⁹⁵⁶-¹⁹⁷³. ᶜᵒᵛᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵒᵒᵏ ᵀʰᵉ ʷᵒˡᵛᵉˢ
...I referred them to the story of "The wayfaring stranger", which actually has even older references, with the old song by the same title.
Neither lithograph nor song is really the complete answer. Yet both are partly the answer.
My idea, back in the 1990's, was the concept of helping others. In no way was it's religious, in any way, as both the song and the story suggest.
More in the line of getting rid of; old ideas, prejudices, and ways of behaviors. To me those things are just wrong. Just as I find most religions support those; ideas, prejudices and ways of behaviors.
Yet if you listen to this song, you might get just why this is a lonely thing to do. In that way the song is totally right on. It's too bad that the song has such religious references.
Back in the 1990s, the internet was young. It was wild and USENET was a very, very dark place to be in. Full nasty, tricky trolls, that would stupe to tricks; like deleting your messages and unimaginable dark porn. Youtube and Facebook was just unheard of...
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The first image was actually bought for me, by a well known survivor and counselor back then. It must have cost her plenty back then, since those lithographs were basically unknown.
This story, as well as the google links below, is why I still use this username.
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