For those who missed the original tale of two tortoises, you can find it here.
The Tortoise told the Hare you could be a good Tortoise you know, that was a hell of race you ran. The Hare grudgingly replies none can much your eloquence and you didnt even have to run.
The Tortoise looked on at the Giant Screen and then at the ocean of humanity in awe of himself on the Giant Screen and told himself
“the time has come to talk of many things and to walk on water”
But then turtles can walk on water murmured his inner voice only to be snubbed with a stern admonishment.
His time had come and the Tortoise’s handlers insisted it was “progressive” to address him as the Messiah.
The Messiah’s reign on earth was without parallel in history for its history was written even before it actually started.
Booker Prizes were already planned for the books he would write at the end of his reign.
Lifetime Achievment Awards were readied at the Academy for documentaries he would commission on Global causes his reign woldnt have the time to get to.
The NBA and the NFL commissioned portraits for the Hall of Fame for games he would not play and title seasons he would not win.
The Nobel Committee too met in Norway to give him the Peace Prize for conflicts he would talk about resolving.
But then the Messiah was not one to be overwhelmed by the burden of History yet to be lived.
Undeterred he called upon the people of the world that his Life yet to be lived was a Global call to Action for all those progressive values that ensured his ascesion from a mere Tortoise to a Messiah.
The messiah called upon the people of the world that it was time every childhood tale was stripped of morals that were discriminatory and were not inclusive enough.
The messiah exhorted the people of the world to discard all those stories with a moral for they were an affront to the historic struggles of disadvantaged Tortoises.
The messiah called upon the world to embrace a new era where “liberally” conscionable means shall ensure every Story has a “Progressive” end.
The messiah then looked over his shoulder at all those nominees the Nobel Peace Committee had passed over and said
“it is not about winning, it is about participation”
Feel proud he encouraged them for their supreme sacrifice in disadvantaging themselves in this competition so there was positive discrimination in favor of the Messiah.
He then turned his gaze upon the Nobel Peace Committee members to say that this was also a victory for them the observers in at last having a stake in the race, a true triumph for “Inclusive Progressivism”.
From now on declared the Messiah no race shall be run without the observers not having a stake in ensuring “Progressive outcomes”, its not about who won the race anymore its about making sure the refrees of the race have a clean conscience that the most “progressive outcome” was ensured.
Finally the Messiah ended his speech telling the people that they must not despair, they must look to the future with optimism for he the Messiah had pre-destined their futures for them with Progressive outcomes that will be non-discriminatory, inclusive, not competitive, respectful and morally conscionable.
The Messiah ended his speech with a closing note that
“with the audacity of hope the Tortoise can always win and the outcome of every race can be changed to what you believe in”
Postscript: Inspired by this epochal Messiahgiri, in far away India the scion of the ruling dynasty expressed an audacious hope “main banoonga messiah” and traded his cousins for progressive Kenyan Hut dwellers
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