
Thanks to Monica for giving me this interesting article by Alessandro D'Avenia ..
"The land belongs to those who have the courage to do violence against themselves so as not to come to terms with the mediocrity of those who sell it. The guys we have that courage, whatever the cost. Maybe it will not save the country but yes the dignity, at least that.
"What the boys think or say of all that is happening in Italia in questo momento?” . Suona così la domanda che i giornalisti spesso mi pongono, dal momento che ho la fortuna di entrare in contatto con molti giovani. Così mi è stato chiesto anche per quest’articolo.
Vi deludo subito: “I ragazzi non dicono niente”. I ragazzi con cui sto in classe, i ragazzi che mi scrivono dopo aver letto il mio romanzo o seguono il mio blog, se ne fregano di questo paese centocinquantenario. Sì se ne fregano. La caduta delle ideologie ha portato ad un profondo distacco tra giovani e cosa politica, ma il baratro ora è ampliato da una cosa politica ridotta a grande fratello da giornali e tv.
I ragazzi che mi scrivono pongono domande sul senso della vita: for what is worthwhile gamble that time they have available, whether there is any hope of the future, if you can love forever, if God exists, if the pain makes sense ... I mean the guys and try to ask what really matters: the sense of things. Do not care about the ruby, because they are still at an age where there is an illusion that can be themselves and to get ahead in life does not need to give it away. And I contribute, on the prof, this grand illusion, a thousand euro per month. Their naive, they delude themselves that there is something for which their lives and, frightened, asking if they still exist, even willing to travel to find him. And I flatter them by telling them that yes, there.
Some relatives of the ruby \u200b\u200b
involved in the events encourage their daughters or sisters to give away just to have a guaranteed future, while putting up a few thousand euro. Sins of the fathers are visited upon the children, someone said, and he was right. If they see them, not me.
The boys do not care about the world's small and ugly that we are building them. Do not care for two reasons: either because they already belong or because they want something different. The first security and the future but do not want to sell themselves, the latter are willing to take risks if we have a future, also giving up the security on the cheap ...
Calvin said that there are two ways to be free from the hell in which we are immersed: "The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part the point of no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the middle of hell, is not hell, then make them endure, give them space. "
Here are the new heroes to be supported, financed by the deluded, not to let those willing to recommend, those not willing to give it away, those willing to work hard. You can find them, especially among those who face life with hope, youth. But as they enter the adult world than give up their illusions of heroic hope, even their parents encourage them to take the easy way. But someone said that "The Violent Bear It Away", not of sloth. And I would add also the land belongs to those who have the courage to do violence against themselves so as not to come to terms with the mediocrity of those who sell. For the kids we have this courage, whatever the cost. Maybe it will not save the country, but the dignity yes, at least that.
Avenia D'Alessandro "Il Giorno, Il Resto del Carlino, La Nazione, Tuesday, January 25, 2011"
The boys do not care, is a disarming way. I think the question to ask is: To us than we care about kids? We are interested in something? What world are we building for them? The best answer
is the "care", I am interested.
Stefano Rizzo