I myself have asked on behalf of my people for the removal
of the highly disrespectful shrine placed in our village.
Inevitably the reply is the same. When "they" wish it gone,
they will say so. I would ask, who are "they" if not
us, the Tsol'aa people? We _are_ saying so, in a voice
loud and clear: Kindly remove your religious artifacts,
which are out of place in our home. Ignore our requests
no longer.

A few of us have wandered outside of our anscestral home,
bringing with us gifts we feel may be of benefit to those
we meet, things such as the art of Tattooing. We offer
our clothing and our unique bread to those who visit us.
It saddens the heart of this Tsol'aa man to see that kindness
repaid in the form of cultural encroachment, of placing
symbols from another belief and another land right in our
laps, without regard for the outcries of those who are
left trodden underfoot.

If peace and compassion are truly sought by those who
admire these shrines, support that philosophy by leaving
the Tsol'aa in peace. Leaving them in place only unveils
an unseemly and deep seeded disrespect for our culture and
our people.

Penned by my hand on the 9th of Ero, in the year 231 AF.