Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Listen closely...

It's rather amazing, isn't it? Being able to witness the people who fight for a better tomorrow. Being able to follow their struggle for better living conditions and leaders who aren't corrupted. Being able to actually see the impact their opinions have.

The human being adapts. It's in her nature. But what happens when she doesn't want to adapt anymore? When she feels that she's had enough of adaption? I'll tell you what happens. She says that "enough is enough" and stops going along with it. That's what happening all across the world. People say that "no, we don't want to do this anymore" and they stop. It's an amazing thing to see and it's truly inspiring and it's made me think. What if Swedish people were to stand up for their unjustice? What if they were to stand up for the fact that their unemployment benefits are a joke? Or for the fact that the people who make the decisions whether or not you should get paid when you broke your spine and currently can't work just decided that you can and that you therefore won't get paid?

Of course, this isn't nearly as bad as being prosecuted, imprisoned, tortured and killed for your beliefs and I'm not saying that it is. I'm merely comparing the fighting spirits. You see, let me try and explain how this would happen in the Swedish society.


"Come everyone! Let us stand up for the unjustice forced upon us by the government! Let us stop and say 'NO MORE'! Let us stand together and march for what is right!" And the square is filled with hundreds of thousands of people - all of whom want to stop and say "no more". "Let them hear our protests. Let them
know that we refuse to take this anymore!" And the sound of agreements and cheers rise from the square. It's the sound of freedom in the making and everywhere you look you can see signs saying Enough is enough and Government go away and We won't take this anymore! Don't take away our rights!. [And here comes the Swedish part.] "It's cold, isn't it? The wind is a bit chilly." And the murmurs go through the crowd 'now that you mention it', 'I do feel cold', 'I'm cold to the bones'. "Let's go inside and warm ourselves. Let's put our signs down on the square here... Maybe they'll see it from their windows. I'm sure they'll know our opinion. Yes, I think they will." And the sound of hundreds of thousands of signs being put down is heard. And the vision of hundreds of thousands of people leaving the square in different directions can be seen. And the sound of the protest is being forever silent as they all go back to their daily life.

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