# never again (past-wall)

*Ordinarily means:* a vow that a past atrocity or disaster must not be allowed to happen again

A collective self setting a wall for all later time from one past crossing, so keeping its memory is maintenance of the wall.

- Computed level: L21 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective-self.shared), [set](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-set.fix), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [later](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-later.temporal), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [past](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-past.temporal), [event](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-event.occurrence), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information), [cross](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cross.pass), [keep](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-keep.maintenance), [memory](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-memory.cognitive), [maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-maintenance.upkeep), [narrative](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-narrative.self-story), [constraint](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-constraint.limiting)

**Through:** The narrative turns one event into a permanent constraint; because the wall's force depends on the event being remembered, commemoration becomes maintenance, and forgetting reads as the wall being taken down.

**Novel properties:**
- remembrance as maintenance of a wall
- one event setting walls for all later time
- a vow held by a group rather than a person

## Examples
- Argentina's 1984 truth commission report on the disappearances under military rule was titled 'Nunca Más', 'Never Again'. *(history)*

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