"It's not a political revolution or a Muslim revolution," said Rezzoug. "There's a lot of rage. Through this burning, they're saying, 'I exist, I'm here.' "
"We want to change the government," he said, a black baseball cap pulled low over large, chocolate-brown eyes and an ebony face. "There's no way of getting their attention. The only way to communicate is by burning."
These quotes came from an article on the riots in France. The people, wanting to be noticed, wanting attention. The only way to communicate is to burn.
How much fodder must have been stuffed into this cannon or emotions before it exploded? What is an adequate response? From the government? From those around? From us, miles away?
The hope of justice, of eqality, personified through fire.
3 comments:
i think it's so foreboding.
It's interesting that you describe the burning nation of France as the personified hope for justice. I've been thinking about these riots as well. Actually just had a discussion about it during lunch.
I was reading in the paper yesterday about a man who is waiting to see if he will get the death sentence or not. It had his photo in the paper, and he looked so angry. His eyes were raging. There are so many people who are so angry, and I think that is an easy thing to forget about, ignore, or write off. But people are angry for reasons...you know?
yea i totally agree Murphy. People are angry for reasons and have been angry, brewing, getting hotter and hotter until they start to burn.
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