Don't let Monsters make Monsters out of you
Like many other countries, we French Christians have lived through Inquisition. For years, Catholic Extremists killed and tortured anybody that was not in their view religious enough. Then for centuries, Catholic Extremists weighted on our society, on our governments. It was a long process, a bloody one too, to get rid of their domination. Took time, determination, strength, and I guess, patience… Not a word I like much to be honest.
The same way, it took years for the French Society to find the ‘right kind of Democracy”. What do you think? That one day, we had a King, were oppressed and starving, and the next, we had an Elected President, a Parliament and free? The hell we did!!!
We started by cutting people’s heads “en veux-tu en voilà” , “as if they were nothing more than grass on a lawn. It was called “The Terror”, that was just after Bastille Day. Then we had Napoleon – who declared himself Emperor and killed half of Europe, back to a King or two, then eventually, slowly, the real Democratic process took its true place. (again, short cut, don’t go historical on me!)
So, to summarise, it took us about 200 years to finally reach religious freedom and true Democracy.
In my view, in humanity, 5% of people are evil. Throughout History. They are the ones that kill old people for 20 euros in their purse, will rape children or throw them from the top of buildings as we’ve seen it yesterday, hate blacks, yellows, white, blues, will kill football supporters because they don’t wear the right jersey, will blackmail, torture, murder, just because they can, every freaking day of our freaking lives. Yes. Those people are Monsters. They should be punished by human laws for now, before Divine Justice takes care of them later…
Still, in Democracy, we’ve got to live and share space, power and institutions with people that don’t agree with us. People we don’t like. Or simply, people that don’t think like us. It doesn’t make them Monsters or Murderers. The Monsters have got to be expelled, yes. But the majority surely, are mothers, and fathers, and they go to work, and they protect their children, and try and live day by day with their set of beliefs. And that, we need to respect.
I know that this afternoon, a lot of you will go down to Tahir Square, once again. Please stay safe. And don’t let a little bunch of Monsters make Monsters out of you. It’s their choice, their destiny, their curse. Not yours.
Welcome to Democracy….
Like many other countries, we French Christians have lived through Inquisition. For years, Catholic Extremists killed and tortured anybody that was not in their view religious enough. Then for centuries, Catholic Extremists weighted on our society, on our governments. It was a long process, a bloody one too, to get rid of their domination. Took time, determination, strength, and I guess, patience… Not a word I like much to be honest.
The same way, it took years for the French Society to find the ‘right kind of Democracy”. What do you think? That one day, we had a King, were oppressed and starving, and the next, we had an Elected President, a Parliament and free? The hell we did!!!
We started by cutting people’s heads “en veux-tu en voilà” , “as if they were nothing more than grass on a lawn. It was called “The Terror”, that was just after Bastille Day. Then we had Napoleon – who declared himself Emperor and killed half of Europe, back to a King or two, then eventually, slowly, the real Democratic process took its true place. (again, short cut, don’t go historical on me!)
So, to summarise, it took us about 200 years to finally reach religious freedom and true Democracy.
In my view, in humanity, 5% of people are evil. Throughout History. They are the ones that kill old people for 20 euros in their purse, will rape children or throw them from the top of buildings as we’ve seen it yesterday, hate blacks, yellows, white, blues, will kill football supporters because they don’t wear the right jersey, will blackmail, torture, murder, just because they can, every freaking day of our freaking lives. Yes. Those people are Monsters. They should be punished by human laws for now, before Divine Justice takes care of them later…
Still, in Democracy, we’ve got to live and share space, power and institutions with people that don’t agree with us. People we don’t like. Or simply, people that don’t think like us. It doesn’t make them Monsters or Murderers. The Monsters have got to be expelled, yes. But the majority surely, are mothers, and fathers, and they go to work, and they protect their children, and try and live day by day with their set of beliefs. And that, we need to respect.
I know that this afternoon, a lot of you will go down to Tahir Square, once again. Please stay safe. And don’t let a little bunch of Monsters make Monsters out of you. It’s their choice, their destiny, their curse. Not yours.
Welcome to Democracy….
