I want to write on various topics that I walk for days under his belt, but for now I'll do a quick reflection on the conflict at the border. To see if this abandoned reagent blog!
Clearly what happens in Calero Island is unacceptable and must be filled with indignation. But from this point, if something should have learned after 60 years without an army, our attitude should be one unwavering belief in the ability of international institutions to solve our disputes with other countries. This means not to be drawn by the incendiary and irresponsible pronouncements of some who stoke the fires of intolerance to any extent without understanding the dire consequences that a flood of passions could have on our country. We test at this time that image that we have forged ourselves peaceful, tolerant, democratic, and the anger can not finish taking shape in things that always, at least we say, we have the opposite: violence, intolerance, xenophobia, chauvinism disguised as a patriotism-not-that history shows us time and again has painful implications for countries.
addition to the defense of our territory dilemmas we face today can assert a set of values \u200b\u200bor show a hidden face of our nation. I am optimistic because until now only a handful of hotheads utter xenophobic threats of violence, but I fear that in other respects some hazards are much less obvious but no less serious.
After the attack on the Twin Towers in September 2001, the Bush administration sought and obtained approval expeditiously Congress for a series of actions including the attack on Iraq in the name of "national security." I vividly remember the backlash from conservative against the handful of senators and congressmen who dared to question the legality and morality of any of these actions. "Not now," he argued, "to challenge the Government, it is time for national unity." Time proved right those who had doubts and many of the things that seemed to make sense in the context of the 9-11 attack were identified as legally and ethically questionable. Amid the anguish caused by the terrorist attacks, the American people were betrayed himself and was willing to sacrifice not just some moral and legal principles that have been supporting his national essence, but also to restrict the open public debate, contestation, to restrict, in other words, dissent.
Nothing more dangerous in a democracy that the restriction of thought, particularly if imposed from a partial interpretation in a temporary situation. The argument of "do not criticize because it is time for national unity" is a very bad sign that weakens incólumnes principles that must be maintained. There is no appropriate or inappropriate time for the democratic exercise. Those who wish to reap the benefits of freedom, wrote Thomas Paine, must assume the fatigue of supporting it. Por eso me ha sorprendido la reacción de un sector de la prensa y de algunos formadores de opinión respecto a las declaraciones que diera el expresidente Arias alrededor de este conflicto. Se puede estar de acuerdo o no, pero desestimar esta o cualquier otra opinión por ser este un momento particular es tan peligroso como el pensamiento de los radicales que lanzaron un coctel molotov contra la embajada nicaragüense.
No perdamos la brújula y ratifiquemos en todo momento nuestra convicción democrática. Este conflicto fronterizo, como muchos que hemos tenido en el pasado, terminará siendo un mal recuerdo en unas semanas. Pero si actuamos en contra de nuestra esencia, el perjuicio será mucho más duradero
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