December 10th, 2002

Am I scared? Yeah, hell I'm scared. But I know I have to do this.

I have to die.

That's one of the problems with this nation: you have to die before you make a difference. There's this saying I try to live by: if you can't make waves make ripples. I hope, my dear brothers and sisters, that my death will be the smallest ripple, spreading wider, growing bigger until those ripples cover all the oceans of the world and replace the tide.

We can make a difference.

This is my hope: I hope that my death will inspire you to make the world a better place.

And I, Jason Robert Bentley, leave you tonight and forever with the words of the Juvenile Prophets in their song Youth of Today:

We're sick of your lies

And you're filthy corruption

Hiding behind your deceptive disguise

You're spreaders of destruction

You call us the misguided youth

Well this is what we have to say

We're sick of your morbid truth

We are the youth

Of today

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