Normalizing death. And other things that have become common.
There is a situation which is the daily bread of every day: Indifference. Luis Roberto, a blogger which I wrote an article that I want to share with you all, because it is a reality of our country, our land and that affects us all. can see the original article tirandoleche.blogspot.com
Even knowing that it is too late to express an opinion, I preferred before writing, live in the flesh the climate that was perceived as a public security in Medellin, to see what was so alarming, or failing that, even so, the perception of insecurity both statistics speak the red media and friends that I keep in touch regularly. This time, I regret not having a positive opinion and unfortunately have to say from the same negative side which we see the media, but from a slightly different perspective.
a couple of months ago I saw, not with joy but with a slightly positive, as the boy's mother was murdered the day of the costume party at the door of one of the clubs in the neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia, began a great mobilization in the media and social networking for the death of his son did not go unpunished as the many others that occur daily in the city. What I feel, is that despite the not inconsiderable sum of people joined his Facebook group (43 500) is that as moms say: "One swallow does not make a summer" I say basically because our attitude remains the property an emotional state so apathetic we continue to act as if nothing happened, we have fallen into a dangerous tendency to normalize death scary.
is amazing how we have reduced the issue to the realm of the ordinary. It is usual that one would have: "Go, killed so and so in no where" and also a question and answer: "Oh no kidding! Why?, Lies and Pa'que wonder, who knows that would run put "is a tremendous thing, rather than shock us and set our protest vote, the more we care about questioning the dead and immediately continue taking us coffee as if nothing had told us just because it is" normal "to kill someone, is the daily bread day in the news, in newspapers, magazines of opinion, etc.. That type of thing does not touch us or make us toll fiber.
In my opinion, we should be alarmed because it is not just a matter of being insensitive to the issue and that our statistics are still above average for violent deaths in Latin America, but what it triggers in societies that in our case, but has not brought such negative reactions and violent as armed gait (which also have become normal), for example, this young man I mentioned earlier as another young student killed in a huff and drinks in head, began shooting to the wild because they had taken from the disco problematic. The question now myself is: What the hell does a university with a gun in the car? And I can not think of another answer (and away the thought that you can walk in anything illegal) that have physical fear of insecurity throughout the city. I worry then, that our reactions are turning to individual land where thought is: "Oh, like me nobody argues, neither the state nor the police, then I defend myself alone ... parce ah!" not you, is that one can not ... it's better papaya skewers keep in the car just in case it is not pa 'use, but if pa' scare if you put a problem. "
The trouble is that is a growing trend especially in the younger generation, which incidentally have been keeping track, but if challenged the fears that cause historical moments of violence by going through. Believe me, despite not sharing one iota of this behavior, do not blame them, because new generations have grown up without any awareness of the harsh times we live in the late 80's and almost the entire decade of the 90's, where drug trafficking had a war to death against the State and was afraid to go outside for fear of bombs every now and then whipped the CAI, the buildings of the press, etc. And none of those now in their thirties onwards we want to repeat. For this new generation, that information is somewhat diffuse and sometimes annoying because now we are charged with selling misinformation through the little criticism (only have done a couple of columnists in the country, another couple of friends "Bloggers" and such After a debate without much strength in the National Television Commission) series on drug trafficking, where now the "traqueto" is more a way of life that a bad guy, because they share with those generations the desire of easy and expeditious access to money and all "in theory" being and comfort it brings.
But hey, that is another argument, which I quote only because it is a fundamental ingredient is that dangerous "Cocktail" emotional that has been serving now in our Colombian cities. The big mess is that it remains a problem of apathy attitude of non-participation. We're letting it all happen just like that, without a manifest, enclosing them ourselves, perhaps hoping something happens to us in the flesh to run out there if you mourn for all newspapers, radio and having group of mourners at Facebook, but Gentlemen, do not wait for that to happen, a long time we forgot the other and that is what is killing us, we are waiting for others to react, but we are never as active and able to unite a society with a voice to prevent these situations.
The other exists. We exist as a set!
Until next time.
LRDD
