were three men sitting in the train station, lost in silence, intimate reflections. The train is delayed and two of them strike up a friendly conversation to pass the time. Talk about the earthquake in Japan, the difficulty of communicating in a world paradoxically interactive. Soon they are joined by a third party who, absorbed, talk sound so unique. All three share the pain of human suffering and the poor security for life. They talk about "solidarity" , "goodness" , "compassion" and "fraternity " as a necessary foundation of a society more just and humane. " Flows between them a magical and universal spiritual union.
But suddenly, the largest of the three, places special emphasis on intolerance in all walks of life: "if the Islamic veil that reveals the true intolerance of the West" (apostille) "because the prohibition of the Christian cross in public in Europe is a historic act of intolerance and unfairness towards other religions " (says the youngest of the coterie)," place us And where the heathen, or Buddhist those who are not monotheistic or even theists? " (asks the third). As an oil slick the conversation flowing smoothly, it starts to drift positions" defensive ": The Christian, Muslim and Buddhist entrenched in their positions to defend" their "truth. And the Truth , on tiptoe quietly away from the group next to the train, which arrived and departed without them, absorbed as they were in the discussion. The convoy was lost in the distance while three are engaged in their respective ideological and confessional.
(Story by Javier Akerman, from the book of short stories forthcoming: "We are nothing ... and it's much" ).
( Dear reader: If you identify with any of the three, or even if you think that any of them would not attitude "defensive" ... your "self" is offering an erroneous view of the reality. Are you a "subject" or "concept" when analyzing and reflecting on this post? Where do you stand? Who thinks?).
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