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<\/a><\/p>\nPreguntas sin respuestas, respuestas sin preguntas, concejos y consejos.
\n(notas tomadas del cuaderno de apuntes del Gato-Perro)<\/h4>\n
20 de octubre del 2016.<\/p>\n
A quien corresponda:<\/p>\n
Preguntas sin respuestas:<\/p>\n
.- Y para las mujeres asesinadas por el \u201cgrave\u201d delito de ser mujeres, \u00bfhabr\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n burlas, desprecio, acusaciones de que, por exigir un alto a las agresiones y poner, con su sangre, el tema en la agenda no s\u00f3lo nacional, sino mundial, le hacen el juego a la derecha?\u00a0 Porque no se est\u00e1n muriendo, las est\u00e1n matando.\u00a0 \u00bfY si se niegan a aceptar que es un problema que se resuelve atacando la corrupci\u00f3n?\u00a0 \u00bfY si se atreven a decir que el origen de ese odio asesino est\u00e1 en el sistema?\u00a0 \u00bfY si se les ocurre la descabellada idea de hacer a un lado a los hombres en las decisiones vitales (s\u00ed, de vida)?\u00a0 \u00bfY si deciden tomar su destino en sus manos?\u00a0 Algo de eso, o todo eso, \u00bfser\u00eda una maniobra gubernamental para evitar que etc\u00e9tera?<\/p>\n
.- Y loas<\/em><\/strong> otroas<\/em><\/strong>, \u00bftendr\u00e1n que esperar a que la clase pol\u00edtica vuelva su encumbrada mirada a uno de los abajos<\/em><\/strong> m\u00e1s vilipendiados?\u00a0 \u00bfDeben resignarse a ser asesinadoas<\/em><\/strong> hasta llegar al n\u00famero que merezca atenci\u00f3n?\u00a0 \u00bfY si se organizan, y si demandan respeto, y si deciden que ya basta de que el desprecio que reciben se convierta en muerte?\u00a0 \u00bfSe les dir\u00e1 que su problem\u00e1tica no es prioritaria, que no es pol\u00edticamente correcta en general, y contraproducente en lo particular de una competencia electoral, que deben sumar y no restar con sus reivindicaciones?<\/p>\n .- La iglesia progresista, cuyos p\u00e1rrocos, hermanas y seglares son quienes palpan de primera mano, sin intermediarios, el dolor, la angustia y la desesperaci\u00f3n de migrantes, de familiares de desaparecid@s, de pueblos enteros agredidos, de la rabia por la impunidad, de la frustraci\u00f3n por padecer una injusticia hecha ley con toga y birrete, \u00bftiene inter\u00e9s en administrar ese dolor en beneficio propio? \u00bfqu\u00e9 ganan haciendo suyo ese lamento, identific\u00e1ndose con esa rabia?\u00a0 Y si esa visi\u00f3n, construida no s\u00f3lo frente a amenazas de todo tipo, tambi\u00e9n arriesgando la vida terrena, ve que no bastan las soluciones que se ofrecen en el horizonte y lo expresa libre y razonadamente, \u00bfse oponen as\u00ed, siendo lo que son y obrando en consecuencia, a un cambio real?<\/p>\n .- Si la sola posibilidad de existencia ciudadana (con todos sus derechos y obligaciones), de una mujer ind\u00edgena, hace que \u201cretiemble en sus centros la tierra\u201d, \u00bfqu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si su o\u00eddo y su palabra recorrieran el M\u00e9xico de abajo?<\/p>\n .- A usted que lee esto, \u00bfle molestar\u00eda ver y escuchar un debate entre la Calderona de arriba, con sus ropas \u201ct\u00edpicas\u201d de marcas exclusivas, y una mujer de abajo, ind\u00edgena de sangre, cultura, lengua e historia?\u00a0 \u00bfLe interesar\u00eda m\u00e1s escuchar lo que prometa la Calderona o lo que proponga la ind\u00edgena?\u00a0 \u00bfNo querr\u00eda asomarse a ese choque entre dos mundos?\u00a0 \u00bfNo estar\u00edan, de un lado, la mujer de arriba, nacida y criada con todas las comodidades, educada en el sentimiento de superioridad de raza y color, c\u00f3mplice y pretendida heredera de un psic\u00f3pata aficionado al alcohol y a la sangre, representante de una \u00e9lite que lleva a la destrucci\u00f3n total a una Naci\u00f3n, se\u00f1alada por el Mand\u00f3n como su vocera; y en el otro lado, una mujer que, como muchas, se forj\u00f3 trabajando y luchando todos los d\u00edas, a todas horas y en todos los lugares, no s\u00f3lo contra un sistema que la oprime como ind\u00edgena, como trabajadora y como pobre, tambi\u00e9n como mujer, que se enfrent\u00f3 y ha enfrentado a un sistema reproducido a imagen y semejanza en los cerebros de los varones y de no pocas mujeres, que con todo en contra, hoy, sin saberlo todav\u00eda, tal vez tenga que representarse ya no s\u00f3lo a s\u00ed misma, o a su colectivo, o a su pueblo, tribu, naci\u00f3n o barrio originario, tambi\u00e9n tenga que aspirar a representar a los millones de mujeres diferentes en lengua, color y raza, pero iguales en el dolor y la rebeld\u00eda?\u00a0 \u00bfNo estar\u00edan, por un lado, una mujer criolla, blanca, s\u00edmbolo de la opresi\u00f3n, la burla, el escarnio, la impunidad, la impudicia; y del otro una mujer que tendr\u00e1 que levantar su esencia ind\u00edgena por encima de un racismo que permea todos los estratos sociales?\u00a0 \u00bfNo ser\u00eda verdad que, sin apenas darse cuenta, dejar\u00eda usted de ser espectadora, espectador, y desear\u00eda, desde lo m\u00e1s profundo de sus sentimientos, que en ese debate venciera, en buena lid, la que tiene todo en contra?\u00a0 \u00bfNo aplaudir\u00eda que con esa mujer ind\u00edgena ganara la raz\u00f3n y no la fuerza del dinero?<\/p>\n .- \u00bfLe preocupa que la mujer ind\u00edgena no sepa hablar bien el espa\u00f1ol, pero no que el actual titular del ejecutivo federal no sepa hablar, punto?<\/p>\n .- \u00bfQu\u00e9 tan s\u00f3lido estar\u00e1 el sistema pol\u00edtico mexicano, y qu\u00e9 tan fundamentadas y consistentes son las t\u00e1cticas y estrategias de los partidos pol\u00edticos, que basta que alguien diga p\u00fablicamente que est\u00e1 pensando algo, y que le va a preguntar a sus dem\u00e1s iguales qu\u00e9 piensan de lo que est\u00e1 pensando, para que se pongan hist\u00e9ricos?<\/p>\n .- \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 medida la propuesta de que un concejo<\/strong> (con \u201cc\u201d) ind\u00edgena de gobierno, es decir, un colectivo y no un individuo, sea el responsable del ejecutivo federal, apuntala-el-presidencialismo- se- hace- c\u00f3mplice- de- la- farsa- electoral-contribuye-a- reforzar-la-democracia-burguesa -le- hace- el- juego- a- la- oligarqu\u00eda- y- al- imperialismo-yanqui-chino-ruso-judeoisl\u00e1mico-milenarista,- adem\u00e1s- de- traicionar -los-altos-principios- de- la- revoluci\u00f3n- proletaria- mundial<\/em>?<\/p>\n .- \u00bfDebemos seguir la inercia de la clase pol\u00edtica, cabezas \u201cpensantes\u201d y saltimbanquis de todo tipo, y responder a las cr\u00edticas infundadas y a las que, con fundamentos, nos cuestionan y provocan pensar, con descalificaciones que, adem\u00e1s de ser ociosas, ya aburren (como pe\u00f1abots<\/em>, paniaguados<\/em>, pejezombis, perderistas, etceteristas<\/em>)?<\/p>\n -*-<\/strong><\/p>\n .- Idea para hacerse millonari@ (o para conseguir paga para la recolecci\u00f3n de firmas y la campa\u00f1a -oh, oh, parece que va en serio-): una aplicaci\u00f3n que autocensure en tuiter<\/em><\/strong> cuando se escribe una tonter\u00eda.\u00a0 Eso, porque las capturas de pantalla no van a perdonar una.\u00a0 \u00bfEh? \u00bfYa se les hab\u00eda ocurrido?\u00a0 Bueno, pues se mochan, porque cuando el CNI nos autorice a explicar, borrar esos tuits va a ser in\u00fatil.<\/p>\n -*-<\/strong><\/p>\n .- Clasificaci\u00f3n de la primera semana:<\/p>\n Finalista al mejor meme: El Deforma (lo que tampoco tiene mucho m\u00e9rito, porque El Deforma es como el Barcelona F.C. de los memes)<\/p>\n Finalista al mejor tuit de sospecha fundamentada: \u201cA m\u00ed lo que me parece m\u00e1s sospechoso es q el <\/em>#<\/em>EZLN<\/em><\/strong><\/a>siempre se pone de moda en tiempo de fr\u00edo y luego salen bien caros los putos pasamonta\u00f1as<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Finalista a la mejor serie de tuits sobre el tema: \u201cOigan, y a todo esto, \u00bflos zapatistas usan Twitter? \/ Pregunto porque aqu\u00ed estamos rega\u00f1\u00e1ndolos, burl\u00e1ndonos, haciendo escarnio de ellos \/ Dici\u00e9ndoles, orden\u00e1ndoles lo que pueden y deben hacer y no \/ y si ellos ni en cuenta \/ y si ni nos pelan, pues es como \/ masturbarse viendo, excitad@s, una caja de cereales, oiga \/ ojo: no olvidar borrar esta serie de tuits \/ <\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a1Warning! Su cuenta de Twitter ha sufrido el ataque de una captura de pantalla.<\/p>\n -*-<\/strong><\/p>\n .- Oiga, un consejo (con \u201cs\u201d) en buen plan: no le caer\u00eda mal un curso de comprensi\u00f3n de lectura, oiga.\u00a0 Y ya entrados en letras, oiga, uno de redacci\u00f3n\u2026 manque sea con el limitado horizonte de los 140 caracteres, oiga.<\/p>\n .- M\u00e1xima no confuciana: \u201caunque parezca incre\u00edble, parece que hay no uno, sino muchos mundos fuera de las redes sociales<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n Defensa Zapatista, Chicharito Hern\u00e1ndez y Lionel Messi.<\/strong><\/p>\n No s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo rayos fue a dar ese bal\u00f3n a mi champa, el asunto es que detr\u00e1s de \u00e9l lleg\u00f3 una ni\u00f1a de\u2026 \u00bfcu\u00e1ntos a\u00f1os?\u00a0 Calculo que entre los 8 y los 10, que en comunidad pueden ser a\u00f1os o d\u00e9cadas.\u00a0 No es la primera vez que el tono irreverente y alegre de la ni\u00f1ez zapatista irrumpe en el solitario cuarto que, a veces, me hospeda, as\u00ed que no hice mucho caso y segu\u00ed revisando y leyendo la tormenta en redes sociales y medios libres y de paga.\u00a0 Y no me hubiera percatado de la presencia de la ni\u00f1a si no hubiera dicho, con voz conocedora: \u201ces como lo del Chicharito y el Messi<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Entonces me di cuenta que la ni\u00f1a estaba mirando, por sobre de mi hombro, la pantalla de la computadora port\u00e1til.\u00a0 Recordando la vieja m\u00e1xima de que el mejor ataque es la defensa, le pregunt\u00e9: \u201c\u00bfY t\u00fa qui\u00e9n eres?\u00a0 No te conozco<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 La ni\u00f1a respondi\u00f3 \u201cyo me llamo Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u201d con el mismo tono de obviedad que si dijera \u201cenerg\u00eda igual a masa por velocidad de la luz al cuadrado<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Y, se\u00f1alando la pantalla, agreg\u00f3: \u201cEl Chicharito no juega en el Barcelona y el Messi no juega en los Jaguares de Chiapas<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Me volv\u00ed para mirar si hab\u00eda cambiado, sin darme cuenta, de hashtag<\/em>, pero no, en el encabezado se le\u00eda \u201c#ezln<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Lo que ocurre en la cabeza de una ni\u00f1a zapatista es, m\u00e1s que un mundo, un Big Bang<\/em> en continua expansi\u00f3n, no obstante, le pregunt\u00e9 \u201c\u00bfY qu\u00e9 rayos tiene que ver eso?<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 La ni\u00f1a respondi\u00f3 con la misma cara con que se dice \u201cNo sabes nada, John Snow<\/em>\u201d:<\/p>\n \u201cAh\u00ed es como si est\u00e1n criticando que el Chicharito no mete goles en el Barcelona y que el Messi no hace nada para que los Jaguares suban puntos.\u00a0 Y unos dicen que el Chicharito va a recuperarse, otros que ya vali\u00f3.\u00a0 Unos dicen que el Messi est\u00e1 triste porque no lo apoyan en sus pa\u00edses que naci\u00f3, otros dicen que es que le aprieta el zapato y si cambia de zapato ya le va a pegar bien a la pelota.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0 Pero tras que Chicharito no juega en el Barcelona ni Messi en los Jaguares.\u00a0 O sea que de balde se ponen bravos<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n Yo estaba valorando el cambio de paradigma que supon\u00eda el razonamiento de \u201cDefensa Zapatista\u201d, cuando ella empez\u00f3 con: \u201cO\u00ed Sup, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 no se organiza un partido de f\u00fatbol cuando vengan los que son como somos ac\u00e1?\u00a0 Bueno, no lo hemos completado el equipo y luego el Pedrito se cree muy machito el muy maldito, y el gato-perro pues acaso obedece las \u00f3rdenes, el caballo choco seguido se queda dormido, y los dem\u00e1s jugadores, pues en veces llegan y en veces se van.\u00a0 Mira, yo ya lo pens\u00e9 la canci\u00f3n de cuando g\u00e1nemos<\/strong> la final.\u00a0 \u00bfT\u00fa lo sabes la tonelada? \u00a1Qu\u00e9 vas a saber si eres sup! \u00a0Entonces te aconsejo que lo estudias las ciencias y las artes, y as\u00ed pues claro te queda que el problema est\u00e1 en que Chicharito no juega con el Barcelona, ni Messi con Jaguares, y entonces pues ya no preocupas y a volar cuervos que te sacar\u00e1n los ojos.\u00a0 Ya me voy ya porque no se ha completado el equipo y qu\u00e9 tal que nos toca como quien dice la inauguraci\u00f3n<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n Ya en la puerta, la ni\u00f1a volte\u00f3 y me dijo: \u201cO\u00ed Sup, si llegan mis mamaces<\/strong> y preguntan si me viste, t\u00fa lo dices claro que Chicharito no juega en el Barcelona ni Messi con los Jaguares.\u00a0 O sea que como quien dice no digas mentiras, porque las mamaces<\/strong> lo saben luego que est\u00e1s mentirando<\/strong>.\u00a0 Entonces lo que tienes que hacer es cambiar la jugada, o sea que haces como que vas para all\u00e1, pero nada, que vas para ac\u00e1.\u00a0 Si quieres te lo explico luego, pero primero estudia, porque si llegas en la escuela aut\u00f3noma te van a burlar, peor el Pedrito, porque el muy maldito ya acab\u00f3 la primaria y se presume.\u00a0 Pero ya va a ver que yo tambi\u00e9n termino y anda vete, a volar cuervos que te sacar\u00e1n los ojos.\u00a0 Del equipo, no preocupas, ya vamos a ser m\u00e1s.\u00a0 De repente dilata, pero s\u00ed, ya vamos a ser m\u00e1s<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Se fue la ni\u00f1a.<\/p>\n Lleg\u00f3 el SubMoy y me pregunt\u00f3: \u201c\u00bfYa tienes el texto de la explicaci\u00f3n?<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, pero el Chicharito no juega en el Barcelona ni Messi con los Jaguares<\/em>\u201d, le respond\u00ed siguiendo el consejo de \u201cDefensa Zapatista\u201d.<\/p>\n El SubMoy me mir\u00f3 y tom\u00f3 su radio comunicaci\u00f3n y orden\u00f3; \u201cmanden a alguien de sanidad con una inyecci\u00f3n<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n Yo corr\u00ed, \u00bfqu\u00e9 otra cosa pod\u00eda hacer?<\/p>\n Guau-Miau.<\/p>\n SupGaleano.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fuente: Enlace Zapatista<\/a>.[:en]<\/p>\n October 20, 2016<\/p>\n To Whom It May Concern:<\/p>\n Questions without answers:<\/p>\n \u2014So what about the women murdered for the grave crime of being women? Will the fact that they have demanded that the attacks stop and, with their blood, raised the topic not just to the national agenda but the global one, make them the object of mockery, disdain, and accusations that they are playing to the right? Because they aren\u2019t dying, they are being killed. What if they refuse to accept that this is a problem that can be solved by addressing corruption? And if they dare to say that the origin of this murderous hate is located in the system itself? What if they come up with the crazy idea to sideline men with regard to the most vital decisions (yes, as in questions of life of death)? And if they decide to take their destiny into their own hands? Would any part of that, or all of it, be a governmental maneuver to avoid\u2026 etcetera?<\/p>\n \u2014What about the others (loas otroas<\/em><\/strong>)? Must they wait for the political class to turn its haughty gaze on one of the most vilified peoples below? Must they resign themselves to be knocked off until the murder rate finally gets high enough to attract attention? And what if they organize themselves and demand respect, if they decide they\u2019ve had enough of the fact that being disrespected means being killed? Would they be told that their problems are not a priority, that their position is not generally politically correct and is in fact counterproductive with regard to the electoral race, and that their demands should unite and not detract?<\/p>\n \u2014If the mere possibility of an indigenous woman existing as a citizen (with all of its rights and obligations) has the effect of causing \u201cthe earth to tremble at its core,\u201d what would happen if her ear and her word traveled through all of Mexico below?<\/p>\n \u2014You who are reading this: would you be bothered by watching and listening to a debate between the Calderona[i]<\/strong><\/a><\/em> from above, with her \u201ctraditional\u201d luxury brand clothing, and a woman below, of indigenous blood, culture, language, and history? Would you be more interested in hearing what the Calderona<\/em> promises or what the indigenous woman proposes? Wouldn\u2019t you want to see this clash of two worlds? Imagine, on the one side, a woman from above, born and raised with every luxury, educated to feel superior in race and color, complicit and promised heiress of a psychopathic enthusiast of alcohol and blood,[ii]<\/a> representative of an elite that is steering the Nation toward total destruction, and chosen by the Ruler to be his spokesperson. Imagine on the other hand a woman who, like many, made her way working and struggling every day, every hour, and everywhere, not only against a system that oppresses her as indigenous, as poor, and as a worker, but also as a woman who has faced a system reproduced in the image and likeness of the brains of men, and not just a few women. Wouldn\u2019t she, with everything against her, today, without yet knowing it, have to now aspire to represent not only herself, her collective, or her originary people, tribe, nation, or barrio<\/em>, but also millions of women who are distinct in their language, color, and race but equal in their pain and rage? Would this not be a situation in which on one side would appear a white criolla<\/em> woman, the symbol of oppression, mockery, scorn, impunity, and shamelessness, and on the other a woman who would have to lift her indigenous spirit above the racism that permeates every level of social strata? Isn\u2019t it true that, almost without knowing it, you would cease to be a spectator and desire, from the deepest part of you, that the victor of this debate, after a good battle, would be the one who had everything against her? Would you not applaud that, in the name of this indigenous woman, it was truth that won and not the power of money?<\/p>\n \u2014Are you worried that the indigenous woman won\u2019t speak Spanish well, but not that the current head of the federal executive branch doesn\u2019t know how to speak at all?<\/p>\n \u2014How solid can the Mexican political system be, and how well-founded and reliable the tactics and strategies of the political parties, if, when someone says publicly that they are thinking about something, that they are going to ask their peers what they think of what they are thinking, the entire political party system becomes hysterical?<\/p>\n \u2014To what degree does the proposal that an indigenous governing council (concejo<\/em> with a \u201cc\u201d),[iii]<\/a> that is, a collective and not an individual, be in charge of the federal executive bolster-presidential-rule-become-complicit-in-the-electoral-farce-contribute-to-reinforcing-bourgeois-democracy-play-to-the-oligarchy-and-to-Yankee-Chinese-Russian-Judeoislamic-millenarian -imperialism-in-addition-to-betraying-the-highest-principles-of-the-global-proletarian-revolution? <\/em><\/p>\n \u2014Should we follow the inertia of the political class, \u201cthinking\u201d heads and acrobats of all kinds, and respond to the unfounded criticism\u2014as well as well-founded critiques that challenge us and provoke thought\u2014with dismissals that, in addition to being lazy, are boring (like pe\u00f1abots<\/em>, paniaguados<\/em>, pejezombis<\/em>, perderistas<\/em>,[iv]<\/a> and etceterists<\/em>)?<\/p>\n -*-<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014A million-dollar idea (or an effort to raise money to collect signatures and for the campaign\u2014oh, oh, looks like they\u2019re serious): an application that self-censors on twitter when one writes something stupid. Handy, because the screen shots are unforgiving. What? That\u2019s already occurred to you? Well, get to it, because when the CNI authorizes us to explain, erasing those tweets will be useless.<\/p>\n -*-<\/strong><\/p>\n Rankings for the first week:<\/p>\n Finalist for the best meme: El Deforma[v]<\/a> (not really much of a prize for them, because El Deforma is like the Barcelona F.C. of memes).<\/p>\n Finalist for the best tweet on a well-founded suspicion: \u201cWhat seems most suspicious to me is that the #EZLN always becomes fashionable in the winter and then the fucking skimasks get really expensive.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Finalist for the best series of tweets on the topic: \u201cHey listen, with regard to all this, do the Zapatistas even use Twitter?\/ I\u2019m asking because we\u2019re here scolding them, mocking them, ridiculing them, telling them, ordering them what they should and shouldn\u2019t do\/ and if they aren\u2019t even paying attention\/ if they aren\u2019t hearing us, then it\u2019s like\/ masturbating while watching, aroused, a box of cereal, you know\/ heads up, don\u2019t forget to erase this series of tweets\/.<\/em> Warning! Your Twitter account has suffered an attack by a screen shot.<\/p>\n -*-<\/strong><\/p>\n Listen, a bit of well-intentioned counsel (consejo<\/em> with an \u2018s\u2019): a lesson in reading comprehension wouldn\u2019t hurt you. And speaking of letters, a composition lesson wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea either\u2026 providing it is one with a limited horizon of the 140 characters.<\/p>\n \u2014A non-Confucian maxim: \u201calthough it may seem unbelievable, it seems there is not just one but many worlds outside of social networks<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Defensa Zapatista<\/em><\/strong>, Chicharito Hern\u00e1ndez, and Lionel Messi.<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know how the hell the ball ended up in my tent, but the thing is that behind it came a little girl about\u2026 how old? I estimate between 8 and 10; in the communities that could be years or decades. It\u2019s not the first time that the irreverent and happy tone of Zapatista childhood erupts in the solitary room where I at times stay, so I didn\u2019t pay too much attention and continued reviewing and reading the storm across social networks and free and paid media. I wouldn\u2019t even have noticed the little girl\u2019s presence if she hadn\u2019t said, in a knowing voice, \u201cit\u2019s like the thing with Chicharito and Messi<\/em>.\u201d I realized that the little girl was looking over my shoulder at the screen of my laptop. Remembering that old maxim that the best offense is defense, I asked her: \u201cAnd you, who are you? I don\u2019t know you<\/em>.\u201d The little girl responded, \u201cmy name is Defensa Zapatista<\/em>,\u201d as if stating the obvious, as if she had said \u201cenergy equals mass times the speed of light squared<\/em>.\u201d Pointing to the screen she added, \u201cChicharito doesn\u2019t play for Barcelona and Messi doesn\u2019t play for the Chiapas Jaguars<\/em>.\u201d I turned back around to see if I had switched hashtags without realizing it, but no, the header still read #ezln. What occurs in the head of a Zapatista little girl is not so much a world but rather a Big Bang<\/em> in continual expansion. Nevertheless, I asked her, \u201cAnd what the hell does that have to do with anything.\u201d The little girl answered with a face that says, \u201cYou know nothing, Jon Snow.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like they\u2019re criticizing Chicharito for not scoring goals for Barcelona and Messi for not doing anything to help the Jaguars. Some say that Chicharito is going to recover; others say he\u2019s done. Some say that Messi is sad because his home country doesn\u2019t support him; others say it\u2019s that his shoe is too tight and if he changes it he\u2019s going to shoot well again.<\/em><\/p>\n But the thing is Chicharito doesn\u2019t play for Barcelona, nor Messi for the Jaguars. Meaning, they\u2019re getting all worked up for nothing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I was evaluating the change in paradigm underlying Defensa Zapatista\u2019s<\/em> line of reasoning when she started in again: \u201cHey Sup, why don\u2019t we organize a soccer game for when those who are like us show up here? Well, we haven\u2019t actually finished putting together our team and sometimes Pedrito, the little jerk, thinks he\u2019s really tough, and the cat-dog barely obeys orders, and the one-eyed horse falls asleep a lot, and the other players, well sometimes they come and sometimes they go. But look, I already thought about what song we should play we win the final. Do you know the tune? What would you know, you\u2019re the sup!\u201d I advise you to study the sciences and the arts, so that you can see clearly that the problem is that Chicharito doesn\u2019t play for Barcelona, and Messi doesn\u2019t play for the Jaguars, and so you shouldn\u2019t worry, to hell with the lot of them. I have to go now because the team isn\u2019t complete yet and what if we\u2019re up to play for, like they say, the inauguration<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Already at the door, the little girl turned around and said: \u201cHey Sup, if my moms comes and asks if you saw me, you just tell her clearly that Chicharito doesn\u2019t play for Barcelona and Messi doesn\u2019t play for the Jaguars. I mean don\u2019t tell lies, because mothers always know when you\u2019re lying. So what you have to do is change the game, pretend you\u2019re headed one way, but really you\u2019re going in another. I can explain that to you later, but study first, because if you are going to go to the autonomous school they are going to make fun of you, and Pedrito will be the worst, because the little jerk is bragging that he finished grade school. But he\u2019ll see that I\u2019m going to finish too and then get outta here, to hell with him. About the team, don\u2019t worry, there will be more of us. Sometimes it takes a while, but there will be more of us.\u201d <\/em>The little girl left.<\/p>\n SubMoy showed up and asked me, \u201cDo you have the text with the explanation ready?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cNo, but Chicharito doesn\u2019t play for Barcelona, nor Messi for the Jaguars<\/em>,\u201d I answered, following Defensa Zapatista\u2019s<\/em> advice.<\/p>\n SubMoy looked at me and took out his radio, giving the order, \u201csend someone from the health commission with an injection.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n I ran, what else could I do?<\/p>\n Woof-Meow<\/p>\n SupGaleano<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n [i]<\/a> A reference to Margarita Zavala, the wife of ex-president Felipe Calder\u00f3n (2006-2012) and likely PAN candidate for the presidency in 2018.<\/p>\n [ii]<\/a> A reference to her husband, ex-president Felipe Calder\u00f3n (2006-2012).<\/p>\n [iii]<\/a> Concejo<\/em> with a \u201cc\u201d means council, often referring to some level of governing council. Consejo<\/em> with an \u201cs\u201d means advice or counsel, or is used to refer to an entity like a board of directors.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nQuestions without Answers, Answers without Questions, Councils and Counsels.
\n(Pages from the Cat-Dog’s Notebook)<\/h4>\n
\n\u2014The parish priests, nuns, and laypeople of the progressive church see and feel firsthand, without intermediaries, the pain, angst, and desperation of migrants, the families of the disappeared, and entire peoples under attack, as well as the rage concerning impunity and the frustration of suffering injustice which has been made law with pomp and circumstance. Are they trying to use this pain to their own benefit? What would they gain by making those cries theirs, by identifying themselves with that rage? And if from that perspective, formed not just in the face of threats of all kinds but at the risk of their own earthly lives, they claim openly and reflectively that the solutions offered on the horizon are not sufficient, are they thus opposed\u2014being who they are and accountable to what they are\u2014to a real change?<\/p>\n
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