FAQ (based on an interview with Marie)

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• Are you still active in any groups or online? --- No, not at the moment.

• Do you intend to be active again in groups or generally online? --- I have no idea. It depends on my health and whether I feel it can be good for me. Most groups have changed a lot since I joined them. If one day they become what I joined again, it would be nice, although sadly all my friends have gone (most have died, and others have left because they didn’t feel comfortable any more).

• What are your projects at the moment? --- Mainly a project against child abuse and bullying. I really live for this project and my cockatiel, who needs me because I am the only person he accepts. Nobody else can touch him, not even the vet, and with me he is super cuddly and sweet. He needs me, so I have to try to live for him.

• Don’t you otherwise love life (apart from your cockatiel and your project)? --- The world has fallen apart and evil is taking over. Actually, it has already taken over. It is a very sad world. If only we could show some love and solidarity at least, but most people don’t. It is *not* a wonderful world for sure. I do like being in nature though. Nature is wonderful.

• Do you have any heroes? --- People who fight to change the world and for human rights and the environment, most activists, people who had to go through hell and came out victorious and now help others.

• Do you believe in God? --- I am agnostic. I cannot say that if God exists he ever helped me against evil in any way. And he didn’t help others either. “Ask, and you will be given.” Really? What about 10-year old Leslie Ann Downey, one of the victims of the most horrible serial killers in England? Just before being tortured and killed, she asked God for help, but he didn’t help her. I asked for help too when I was a child and they did terrible things to me. I asked for help when I was harassed and bullied in certain groups. Nothing. So now I try to help children who are suffering like I suffered and still suffer. It is very important that we help each other. Helping others is what really gives meaning to our lives.

• Thank you, Marie. We will ask more questions at a later stage if there are more questions.

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