"Je suis Charlie" is all around in the media. But for many reasons I believe that's nothing. Today and yesterday the world woke up a little bit more to what is happening in the world. Not just in Paris.
Their anger is as big as the importance that France has in world economy and politics. But every day there has been deaths in many points in the globe, but it wasn't Paris. And there will always be Paris, right?
I, as a former journalist or still one - as I believe we are always a journalist in our way of thinking - strongly fight for our freedom, being it to our speaking, thoughts or actions. We should be able to live the way we choose and that means having freedom to say whatever goes through our minds and we believe. But, at the same time, we should be aware of the person next to us - we are not alone - and, to have our freedom, we also need to have respect for all that is surrounding us - and that doesn't happen most of the times.
NO, I do not believe someone should be killed because of what they wrote, said or think. But I also know that this only has this huge importance because it was in Paris, like years ago it was in the USA or in London or in Madrid, and in the meantime there are lots of other people in non developed countries being killed everyday for the same reasons and no one seems to be aware of it or even to speak about it - it's so far away, right? It seems almost like it's in another world... But it isn't!
And probably next week all these events in Paris will be forgotten by most of us until next year comes and everyone will remember its anniversary.
That's how our world is going. That's how people are choosing to live. Having wake up calls only when someone near them or similar to them are killed or attacked. Because nowadays, as always, there are still lives that are more important than others, even when they are all dying for the same causes.
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