Shortly before I decided to register on the Iranian website, I read the article, “Waiting for the Barbarians“. I must admit that I don’t know how to express the shock and disgust at the way in which the indigenous peoples of Mexico are being treated – and by “their own”, so to speak. The unspoken question of the article, in my opinion, was, “Who really are the barbarians here?” One of the questions I have is this, why hasn’t the US stepped in to help these people? But then, we’re guilty of our own human rights violations! The second question I have involves the security officers patroling the naked protesters – would one or more of them have the intestinal fortitude to take their clothes off and join the protesters in their fight against a corrupt government perpetrating the death, exploitation, and destruction of their tribes? Somehow I don’t think so! Why? I can think of several “reasons”: fear, shame, apathy, indifference, uncaring, a lack of understanding, disrespect, arrogance! This list is as long as there are people or rather could be! I enjoyed the article for its strait forward and informative style but seeing the pictures of the naked protesters was a bit of a shock! Am I complaining? NO! I don’t mean it that way! It takes seeing pictures like those to get through to some people in order to get their attention! Well, they got mine! It’s one article I won’t soon forget! Most especially, the indigenous tribes and their communities will be on my heart and in my mind for a long time to come! To the author of the article, “Waiting for the Barbarians”, Thank You for reporting it to us with your strait forward and informative style!!
