Solidarity and Rights for the Semi-dead

The title kind of sums this up. We are all really angry about how we died, and we aren't going to take death lying down. We want to put some life into the afterlife, not just shuffle off peacefully to "The Fields" - kind of asks the question "Do you want to be dead all your life - even after you've died ? "
Part of this is actually an admission that we have all died, that we're not going back to the sunlight up there - which is a big admission for us all, really- our point is that being dead shouldn't stop you enjoying things as if you were alive.
It's not clear to us why the rules are the way they are - seems to be more about controlling people who can't actually do anything than about a proper afterlife.

All the counsellors seem to want is conformity, playing by the rules, not rocking the boat and being nice, quiet, dead people.

I wasn't like that when I was alive, and I'm not going to start now.

OK, so I do understand that there have got to be some rules, but the ones we've got are so, so strict - they are aimed to stop us dead people upsetting people who are still alive, mostly - well, hey, let me just say that they have more choice than we do. It's a sight more upsetting for someone to actually be dead than it is for anyone to be grieving for someone.
No matter how sad you are about someone who has died, you still have the sunlight, the air, you can touch things, touch and hold people, talk to them and see them for real. I do know you can't talk to us, and you may want to, but it's a whole lot quieter down here !!
Yes they may miss us, miss us very much in some cases, be very, very sad about us not being there, but THEY ARE STILL ALIVE!! so they do have a choice about things. We don't.

That kind of sums up our manifesto - we want the in-between bits - to have a choice about what we do, within reason, to be able to do some of the things we used to do, like have fun and a bit of a laugh, and, once in a while, be able to remind people up there what we were really like - even if it does make them cry, or get upset, or get angry. So that's it - it's mostly girls in the group, because they seem to get the rough end, but we have got a few blokes who want to join, which suits us - most of us are down here because of some soppy sap up there who couldn't rescue us, but that doesn't mean we're off the opposite sex - it's nice to have a bit of male company as well, just to prove we aren't completely dead and nor are they.

Didn't see myself as a leader, really, but I seem to be the figurehead of this lot, all because I've stood up and shouted about it. Scary stuff.

I wonder what Orpheus would think of me now ? Or Tony for that matter - be interesting to find out, but I don't know how far off that will be.

Got to go now, got a meeting of the group and we need to get our campaign started properly !!

Will tell you more soon.