The Soul Left Unseen: What Justice Forgot

Een bespiegeling over wat er gebeurt wanneer macht haar mensen vergeet — en menselijke levens verstommen in een stilte die nooit had mogen vallen.

A reflection on what happens when power forgets the people it was meant to protect — and when human lives are reduced to silence.

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At the edge of injustice we find more than pain — we find the question of who we are. This is a page about the soul, and the silence behind power.

1 A Voice from the Abyss: Seema Misra’s Question
2 What Will We Choose to See?
3 🟨 Hear Their Voices

These stories are not over.
The people affected are still waiting — for justice, for recognition,
and for the silence to break.

🔗 Hear their voices →
🔗 Support meaningful reform →

Because truth alone is not enough. It must be heard — and acted upon.

4 Making a fool of oneself

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31 jan. 2020

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To express it clearly and naturally in English, you might say:

The Post Office, Fujitsu, the ministers responsible for the Post Office, and the wider government administration were fooling themselves in the way they handled the problems with the Horizon software.

This implies they were avoiding the truth, clinging to their own narratives, and pretending things were under control, even as the evidence of injustice mounted.

Or, if you want a slightly sharper, more reflective version:

In how they dealt with the Horizon software crisis, the Post Office, Fujitsu, and the responsible government ministers were fooling themselves — pretending the system was sound, while innocent lives were being shattered.

In Dutch

De manier waarop zij met de Horizon-softwarecrisis omgingen, hielden de Post Office, Fujitsu en de verantwoordelijke ministers zichzelf voor de gek — ze deden alsof het systeem deugde, terwijl onschuldige levens werden verwoest.


✅ “yourself” vs “oneself”

“yourself” and “oneself” refer to the same idea — they both describe reflexive actions, when a person does something to themselves. But they’re used differently depending on tone, style, and grammar.


🔹 “Yourself”
  • Used in second person: when speaking directly to someone.

  • More personal, conversational, and direct.

Examples:

  • Stop fooling yourself.

  • Be honest with yourself.

  • You’re only hurting yourself.


🔹 “Oneself”
  • Used in general statements or formal/abstract language.

  • Feels more detached, universal, or philosophical.

Examples:

  • One can easily fool oneself when the truth is inconvenient.

  • It is hard to forgive oneself for past mistakes.

  • To protect oneself, people sometimes deny reality.


💬 Back to the sentence:

“It shows what happens when people start fooling themselves…”

✅ That is perfect.
It uses “themselves,” because you’re speaking generally about people (third person plural), not addressing a specific “you” or making a formal philosophical claim.


In short:

PronounExampleTone
yourselfDon’t fool yourself.Direct, personal
oneselfOne often fools oneself.Formal, general
themselvesPeople fool themselves.General, plural

Wanneer de macht de ziel uit het oog verliest, is de prijs niet alleen onrecht — maar ook wie wij worden.

When power loses sight of the soul, the cost is not just injustice — it is who we become.