# Breaking our balance #Omnivore ## Colophon title:: Breaking our balance type:: [[clipped-note]] tags:: [[&omnivore]] url:: https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/353818/breaking-our-balance archive:: https://omnivore.app/me/breaking-our-balance-191269638f1 date:: [[2024-08-06]] ## Highlights tags:: > <mark class="omni omni-yellow">Yet, sometimes, in attempting to strike that “balance” we have failed -- or rather have been compelled -- to shy away from saying what we want to say. What ought to be said. What the right thing was to say.</mark> [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/breaking-our-balance-191269638f1#bef89099-070a-47bc-8ffd-44cc37b1bf4e) ^bef89099 tags:: > <mark class="omni omni-yellow">The balance we have sought to achieve has not always been because we have wanted to achieve balance. It has been because failure to do so could have had severe ramifications. If there was one lesson that was hammered by my seniors over this time, it was this. Balance.</mark> [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/breaking-our-balance-191269638f1#b03ff70a-080e-4592-becf-d6f89a0e2a1e) ^b03ff70a Balance, or else...(?) i.e. Balance as a threat, and Balance for self-preservation? tags:: > <mark class="omni omni-yellow">The events of yesterday have yielded many reactions. A few have been disappointing, such as the nation devolving into chaos and vandalism and arson. Many have been eye-catching, such as people bursting into tears out of sheer joy. That there is jubilation and talk of becoming “free” amongst such a vast number of people is telling of just how the people have felt for all these years.</mark> [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/breaking-our-balance-191269638f1#e8bb9923-daf6-49cc-8eb0-4ccaa05c109d) ^e8bb9923 [Read on Omnivore](https://omnivore.app/me/breaking-our-balance-191269638f1) [Read Original](https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/353818/breaking-our-balance)