September 08, 2005
Protest
I lived in Argentina shortly after the fall of their banks. As you can imagine there were protests everywhere. The little town that I lived in, Posadas, had a unique idea. They put three large balls on stands in the plaza and anyone who wanted to could put a letter on them. After they were full, they tossed them into the garden area of the government building (most of the buildings there are square with open courts, or gardens in the center) for the people in charge to read.
Some of the things written:
"Listen to the voice of the town, it is our only hope." Escuche la voz del pueblo es nuestra única esperanza
"THIEVES!" CHORROS!
"Get rid of everybody!" Que se vayan todos.
Interesting thoughts, what are some of the things you might write on a ball that was to be tossed into the garden of our goverment?
Posted by kerewin at September 8, 2005 08:01 AMMine might be something like, "Through our actions we are proving to ourselves and others that we don't value human life."
Posted by: kerewin at September 8, 2005 08:16 AMthank you for finally making all those who were celebrating the re-election of the current administration finally realize what the rest of us knew. you have failed miserably at being human.
something to that effect. i grow more embarrassed by the minute to be an american.
"The actions of 'we the people' have turned the world against us as a nation. The peoples of the world thin us arrogant and self centered and isolationist... and ignorant. They may be right."
Posted by: MsF at September 8, 2005 08:32 AMOR...
"Try thinking like the rest of the world-
We are a GLOBAL community"
Then again, I might just write-
"Bush, you suck."
Posted by: MsF at September 8, 2005 08:34 AMI would write 'yo neccessito la escoba' and would hope a little white house cleaning would be done
Posted by: NED at September 8, 2005 07:09 PMtwo quotes, one amazingly predictive and one even more on point:
from my fave president:
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
Harry S Truman, August 8, 1950
"He's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides."
Harry S. Truman (how did he know? :)