Fanaticism, zero tolerance

Tuesday, February 10, 2015



No to fanaticism whether is religious, ideological, sporting... It is the negation of the distinctive human qualities. It must be eradicated. Any outbreak is dangerous.
 
Say no to Islamophobia, xenophobia or exaltation of any kind. Until recently, people could not express freely. Now they can do it. The time of passive spectators, silence and submission is over.

Especially Europe should be the model in the full exercise of human rights. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in 2000, is much more important, much more, than the risk premium. The crisis is not just economic. Above all it is ethical. It is the debacle of a system led by ambition and short sightedness. It is a system that has replaced moral values by stock markets and the UN by plutocratic groups. A system that has been able to invade another country, with thousands of dead, maimed and displaced persons, with false arguments to justify their geo-economic ambitions.

Fanaticism for no one, for anything at personal or collective levels. Zero tolerance.

All human beings should enjoy all freedoms, all rights, without restrictions. Emotion cannot replace reason, cannot invalidate the features that the human species exclusively have.

In recent years, in addition to terrorist actions fostered by the inter- and intra-religious fanaticism, extremely dangerous xenophobic reactions have occurred in countries that should be an example of solidarity and good sense. History demonstrates us that should not be tolerated and correspond to international institutions of great moral authority not allowing it. In 1933, when Hitler wrote in "Mein Kamf" that "the Aryan race is incompatible with the Jewish race", the League of Nations should have reacted strictly and urgently... and neither the holocaust nor, probably, the II World War would take place. But the League of Nations could not do anything because the Republican Party of USA did not allow their country to be part of the institution that its own President had created, and therefore, lacked the necessary moral, strategic and "physical" force to intervene.

All human beings are, without exception, equal in dignity and correspond, considering a quality of global nature and an equal global threat, to provide the democratic multilateralism with resources of all kinds that are needed for this "zero tolerance". It is urgent to refound the United Nations System that allows humanity clarify horizons now so somber, because it is clear that the force of reason will not prevail over the reason of force until we are  "We, the peoples" who have in our hands the reins of our common destiny.

Now we can express ourselves. Million of persons, let’s join our voices in the cyberspace to reject outright any manifestation of fanaticism. Zero tolerance.

No, please! Another Bush would be too much!

Monday, January 12, 2015



Former Presidents G. Bush father and G. Bush son have left not only everlasting footprints of incompetence and recklessness but, in some cases, such as the lethal war in Iraq, based on simulation and lies, of a severe pathological obstinacy.

The hegemony of the United States, with its foremost Republican Party, justifies everything. They were the great architects of the more antisocial and exclusive neoliberalism. It is the responsibility of Bush father, among other improprieties, that the United States did not sign the 1989 Convention on Human Rights of Children. It is the only country that still does not approve and implement these essential guidelines for the radical changes that the world needs urgently. And then, the guardian of the most long-established politics of absolute power, benefited the plutocratic groups that have progressively distanced from "We, the peoples" of its crucial role in the democratic multilateralism, while since the beginning placed the World Trade Organization outside the scope of the United Nations.

The invasion of Iraq, the tortures of Abu Garib, Guantánamo ... sufficiently reflects Bush Jr. His photography in the Azores Islands with Tony Blair and José María Aznar will always remain as a symbol of one of the great injustices to humanity as a whole, a real shame. And then the ethical, ideological and financial collapse come from the 2007 "crisis"... These are just some "examples".

And now the younger brother of former President George W. Bush, Jeb, the distinguished Governor of Florida, where for an insignificant amount of votes gave the victory to his brother on Al Gore? No, please. It would be too much. By the way, about the threat that represents the Republican Party of the United States, especially looking at the next election, I advise you to read the article written by Paul Krugman in "El País" on January 11, 2015

Not applying double standards of appraisal,

Sunday, January 4, 2015



is one of the great pillars of democratic governance. When they are friends, presumption of innocence and nondisclosure order are invoked. When they are not, all information is used improperly and irresponsibly against, even though it is biased, without giving time to clarify the facts, without sparing grievances ... and presumptions of guilt.

We should be ready for recognition. Let us be reluctant to maliciousness.

For the moment, leaving aside the cases that are now common in Spain and Greece, why should be paid attention to the serious accusations addressed to the President of Argentina, using news of media of recognized partiality or intelligence agencies of deplorable background  in Latin America?