{"id":25174,"date":"2017-12-31T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=25174"},"modified":"2018-01-24T09:52:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T15:52:46","slug":"participacion-de-la-comision-sexta-del-ezln-en-la-clausura-del-conciencias-por-la-humanidad-del-cuaderno-de-apuntes-del-gato-perro-supgaleano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=25174","title":{"rendered":"[:es]Participaci\u00f3n de la Comisi\u00f3n Sexta del EZLN en la clausura del ConCiencias por la Humanidad: \u201cDEL CUADERNO DE APUNTES DEL GATO-PERRO\u201d. SupGaleano[:en]The EZLN\u2019s Sixth Commission at the close of \u201cConsciences for Humanity\u201d: \u201cFrom the Diaries of the Cat-Dog.\u201d SupGaleano[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>DEL CUADERNO DE APUNTES DEL GATO-PERRO.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i><b>QUE NARRA DE C\u00d3MO SE ENCONTRARON LOS DOS M\u00c1S GRANDES DETECTIVES, UN FRAGMENTO DE LO QUE EL\u00cdAS CONTRERAS Y EL SUPGALEANO HABLARON CUANDO EL CASO DE LA YA NO MISTERIOSA DESAPARICI\u00d3N DE LAS MANTECADAS, Y DE CUANDO DEFENSA ZAPATISTA HIZO PEDAZOS LA CIENCIA DEL LENGUAJE, AS\u00cd COMO ALGUNAS OCIOSAS REFLEXIONES DEL SUP QUE VIENEN AL CASO, O COSA, SEG\u00daN.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Escucha aqu\u00ed: [podcast]https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ConCiencias2_dia4_SupGaleano.mp3[\/podcast]<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">30 de diciembre del 2017,<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Buenos y reiterados d\u00edas, tardes, noches, madrugadas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Antes que nada, queremos mandar un abrazo al pueblo Mapuche que sigue siendo agredido por los malos gobiernos de los pa\u00edses llamados Chile y Argentina. Ahora, con sus trampas jur\u00eddicas, han vuelto a someter a juicio condenatorio a la Machi Francisca Linconao, junto a otras y otros mapuche. Una muestra m\u00e1s de que, en el sistema que padecemos, quienes destruyen la naturaleza son los buenos, y quienes resisten defendiendo la vida son perseguidos, asesinados y encarcelados como si fueran criminales Pero, a pesar de eso, o precisamente por eso, una sola palabra basta para describir la lucha del pueblo Mapuche y de todos los pueblos originarios de este continente: <i>Marichiweu<\/i>, diez, mil veces, siempre venceremos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>-*-<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El d\u00eda de ayer, una de las cient\u00edficas ponentes nos pas\u00f3 el dato de que hay un concurso para el mensaje que llevar\u00e1 una nave espacial hacia otro planeta, y que el premio es de un mill\u00f3n de d\u00f3lares.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El mensaje que proponemos, y que seguramente ganar\u00e1, es: \u201c<i>No permitan que nos instalemos en su mundo. Si no hemos resuelto los problemas que provocamos, repetiremos los mismos errores. Porque entonces no llegaremos solos, con nosotros llegar\u00e1 un sistema criminal. Seremos para su mundo el Alien apocal\u00edptico, el temido octavo pasajero que crece y se reproduce gracias a la muerte y la destrucci\u00f3n. El m\u00f3vil para conocer otros mundos deber\u00eda ser el ansia de conocimiento, la necesidad de aprender, y el respeto hacia lo diferente, y no la b\u00fasqueda de nuevos mercados para la guerra, ni el refugio para el asesino hecho sistema<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El mill\u00f3n de d\u00f3lares favor de depositar en la cuenta bancaria de la asociaci\u00f3n civil \u201c<i>Lleg\u00f3 la hora del florecimiento de los pueblos<\/i>\u201d que apoya al Concejo Ind\u00edgena de Gobierno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>-*-<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">La que voy a leer iba a ser nuestra participaci\u00f3n en la mesa de ayer pero, como al Pedrito, me aplicaron la \u201cequidad de g\u00e9nero\u201d, zape incluido, y, para variar, ganaron las \u201ccomo mujeres que somos\u201d. Va pues:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El doctor John Watson se mira al espejo con preocupaci\u00f3n. Se peina para uno y otro lado, para el frente y para atr\u00e1s. Se mira de frente, perfil derecho, izquierdo y, con un espejo de mano, atr\u00e1s. Mientras est\u00e1 en ese curioso ajetreo murmura para s\u00ed:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><!--more-->\u201c<i>Pelo de tortilla\u2026 \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 dice \u201cpelo de tortilla\u201d?\u2026 \u00bfser\u00e1 el color?\u2026 o el tipo de peinado\u2026 tal vez las canas que ya compiten en n\u00famero con el cabello casta\u00f1o\u2026 \u00bfo ser\u00e1 el peinado?.. pelo de tortilla\u2026 maldita ni\u00f1a\u2026\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">En eso est\u00e1 cuando Sherlock Holmes, detective consultor, se pone de pie de un salto, dejando la hamaca en la que, recostado, le arrancaba al viol\u00edn unos notas melanc\u00f3licas. Acomod\u00e1ndose con premura el abrigo, Sherlock apura al doctor:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>R\u00e1pido Watson, que no tenemos mucho tiempo<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>\u00bfY a d\u00f3nde nos dirigimos, Holmes?, el fr\u00edo aprieta y en la Junta dicen que va a empeorar<\/i>\u201d, reprocha Watson al traspasar el dintel de la champa que les han facilitado las autoridades aut\u00f3nomas durante su estancia en las monta\u00f1as del sureste mexicano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes no se ocupa siquiera en responder. A grandes trancos, avanza por la calle principal de la comunidad, y se dirige a la peque\u00f1a casita en cuya fachada hay un letrero en el que se lee \u201cComisi\u00f3n de Vigilancia\u201d y un mural de v\u00edvidos colores desaf\u00eda la humedad. En su interior, una joven ind\u00edgena observa atenta el monitor de una computadora.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Te\u00b4 oyot Tzeb<\/i>\u201d, (\u201cTe saludo, j\u00f3vena\u201d) dice en su mejor tzotzil Sherlock Holmes, a quien, al parecer, le han bastado unos pocos d\u00edas para aprender lo indispensable para darse a entender en las lenguas mayas de esas zonas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Watson lo voltea a ver con burla, cuando la mujer que est\u00e1 de comisi\u00f3n de vigilancia, le responde en perfecto ingl\u00e9s: \u201c<i>Good Afternoon<\/i>\u201d (\u201cBuenas tardes\u201d). Aunque su acento, m\u00e1s que brit\u00e1nico, a Watson le son\u00f3 m\u00e1s cercano al dublinense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes ignora la mirada sarc\u00e1stica de Watson y, en espa\u00f1ol impecable, pregunta:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>\u00bfD\u00f3nde me pueden dar raz\u00f3n de una persona con la que quiero hablar?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">La mujer, una ind\u00edgena joven, bajita, de largas trenzas y vivos ojos negros, parece muy divertida porque responde en perfecto alem\u00e1n: \u201c<span lang=\"de-DE\"><i>Und wie hei\u00dft diese Person?<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"de-DE\">\u201c (\u201c\u00bfy c\u00f3mo se llama esa persona?\u201c)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes inmediatamente capta de qu\u00e9 va el asunto, y en un franc\u00e9s de migrante \u201c<i>sans papiers<\/i>\u201d, responde:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<span lang=\"fr-FR\"><i>Je ne connais pas son nom, mais sa profession est un enqu\u00eateur priv\u00e9<\/i><\/span>\u201d (\u201cNo s\u00e9 su nombre, pero su profesi\u00f3n es investigador privado\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Non capisco niente<\/i>\u201d (\u201cno entiendo nada\u201d), dice la joven ind\u00edgena en un italiano de barrio bravo e insumiso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El doctor John Watson parece divertirse con los apuros en los que se encuentra Holmes, pero mira con preocupaci\u00f3n hacia la calle, temiendo que aparezca la ni\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Sherlock Holmes est\u00e1 pensando c\u00f3mo se dice \u201cinvestigador privado\u201d o \u201cdetective\u201d en ruso, cuando los temores de Watson se confirman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Como un peque\u00f1o hurac\u00e1n, la ni\u00f1a que dice llamarse Defensa Zapatista, baja corriendo por la calle llena de charcos, y entra intempestivamente a la champa cuando Watson se acomoda instintivamente el cabello, y Sherlock est\u00e1 dudando entre si mejor usa el chino mandar\u00edn o el polaco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Defensa Zapatista abraza a Sherlock gritando \u201c<i>\u00a1Jol-mes, cabeza de escoba!<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Bueno, lo de abrazarlo es un decir. La altura del Holmes y la de la ni\u00f1a dan como resultado que el abrazo lo reciba el detective en las rodillas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El detective consultor est\u00e1 desconcertado. La estatura m\u00ednima de las personas con las que ha tratado en Londres es de 1 metro con 75 cent\u00edmetros, aunque a los d\u00edas de estar en tierras zapatistas, tuvo que bajar su est\u00e1ndar al metro y medio. Respecto a los infantes, bueno, adem\u00e1s de tomar distancia cada que ve\u00eda uno y hacer gestos de desagrado si escuchaba su llanto, su experiencia era nula. Pero por alguna extra\u00f1a raz\u00f3n, el m\u00e1s grande de los detectives sent\u00eda simpat\u00eda por Defensa Zapatista.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">La ni\u00f1a se voltea hacia el respetado Doctor y bloguero, John Watson, y le brinca al cuello con un \u201c<i>\u00a1Waj-tson, pelo de tortilla!\u201d,<\/i> que no hace nada feliz al ex m\u00e9dico militar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Defensa Zapatista toma a ambos de las manos y los jala a la salida: \u201c<i>\u00a1R\u00e1pido, que vamos a llegar tarde!<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">La joven mujer encargada de la Comisi\u00f3n de Vigilancia, desilusionada por el abrupto final de su internacionalismo ling\u00fc\u00edstico, cierra las 7 pesta\u00f1as del navegador con el traductor de google en varios idiomas, y regresa al blog que informa de las actividades de la vocera del Concejo Ind\u00edgena de Gobierno, Mar\u00eda de Jes\u00fas Patricio Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes no necesita correr; por cada una de sus zancadas, la ni\u00f1a tiene que dar varios pasos. Sherlock lleva en su diestra la varita con la que acostumbra hurgar en la tierra y entre las plantas buscando insectos. Watson se retrasa propositivamente cuando ve que el llamado \u201cgato-perro\u201d muerde a Holmes en uno de los dobladillos del pantal\u00f3n. de seguro para obligarlo a reducir su tranco y as\u00ed camine-corra al par de la ni\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">De pronto la ni\u00f1a se detiene en seco y dice aliviada: \u201c<i>Llegamos<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Est\u00e1n en el potrero que sirve, lo mismo para que el ganado de los colectivos paste, que para los partidos de f\u00fatbol de los equipos que se turnan para agrandar y profundizar la grieta en el muro, que para fiestas, bailes y festivales, adem\u00e1s de ser campo de entrenamiento para el incompleto equipo de Defensa Zapatista.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Watson, que no acaba de orientarse en el poblado donde pasan la mayor parte del tiempo, confirma con desagrado que es un potrero, cuando siente bajo su calzado la espesa y tibia mierda vacuna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Defensa Zapatista dice \u201c<i>Ustedes esperen aqu\u00ed, voy por el caballo choco<\/i>\u201d, y sale corriendo con el gato-perro detr\u00e1s de ella.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Entonces, un var\u00f3n ind\u00edgena de edad indefinida se acerca al par de brit\u00e1nicos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Sherlock Holmes lo mira acercarse y, con la aguda rapidez que le ha dado fama, empieza a construirse una semblanza del ind\u00edgena, pero, antes de que termine de hacerla, el personaje le dice:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Buenos d\u00edas se\u00f1or Jol-mez, se\u00f1or Waj-tson. No se preocupe, <\/i>dice dirigi\u00e9ndose a Sherlock<i>, su sastrero en Londres podr\u00e1 remediar sin problema la rotura. Tambi\u00e9n creo que s\u00ed encontrar\u00e1n en la zapater\u00eda zapatista unas botas de su n\u00famero. Y luego as\u00ed pasa aqu\u00ed, a veces parece que no hay nada qu\u00e9 hacer, pero deber\u00eda intentar no fumar tanto en pipa, eso es da\u00f1ino para su salud. Le recomiendo mejor el viol\u00edn en lugar de la pipa cuando no le pasa el d\u00eda. Y no le aconsejo que en estas tierras mal hable de las mujeres, de repente se embravecen, sobre todo Defensa Zapatista<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Sherlock Holmes enmudece asombrado, y Watson lo voltea a ver con curiosidad. Al parecer el detective ha recibido una sopa de su propio chocolate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes pasa del asombro a la admiraci\u00f3n y aplaude <i>\u201c\u00a1Bravo!, ha acertado en casi todo, aunque perm\u00edtame diferir de la acusaci\u00f3n de misoginia.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Watson, como de costumbre, no entiende nada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Es el ind\u00edgena quien le aclara, mientras Holmes asiente a cada afirmaci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Elemental, mi querido \u201cPelo de Tortilla\u201d: el se\u00f1or se ha puesto su apreciada gabardina muy r\u00e1pido y, sin quererlo, ha rasgado un poco el pu\u00f1o izquierdo. Alguien que se viste as\u00ed debe ser muy cuidadoso con lo que porta, as\u00ed que es de esperar que entre sus pensamientos est\u00e9 ir al sastre para arreglar el abrigo. Que el sastrero est\u00e1 en Londres es f\u00e1cil, como trae el abrigo semiabierto, se alcanza a ver la etiqueta.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Las manchas de nicotina en la base del dedo \u00edndice y parte de la palma de la mano, delatan que fuma mucho en pipa, porque son se\u00f1ales que deja el tabaco que sale de la cazuela. Lo de las botas, pues esos botines que traen no van a durar mucho aqu\u00ed, y es de esperar que hayan pensando en conseguir unas botas como las que usamos nosotros, que son hechas por zapateros insurgentes y que se consiguen en la tienda de los compas.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Por cierto, me olvid\u00e9 decir que el se\u00f1or Jol.mes es diestro, sostiene la pipa con la izquierda porque la derecha es la que usa para, por ejemplo, tocar el viol\u00edn.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>El viol\u00edn, bueno, pues la forma en que sostiene la varita que trae ahora es la misma con la que Pablito, del mariachi zapatista, toma para tocar el viol\u00edn en las fiestas, y el enrojecimiento de su cuello en el lado izquierdo o es porque toca el viol\u00edn o porque alg\u00fan insecto le ha picado ah\u00ed\u2026 o porque le han dado un chupet\u00f3n. Lo de que mal habla de las mujeres fue nom\u00e1s a ver si pegaba, pero trae de compa\u00f1\u00eda un hombre, as\u00ed que, o piensa mal de las mujeres o prefiere a los hombres<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes aplaude de nuevo. La insinuaci\u00f3n de homosexualidad que ha hecho el ind\u00edgena no le molesta en absoluto. Pero Watson es muy celoso de su heterosexualidad y trata de aclarar:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Disc\u00falpeme, pero Holmes y yo no somos pareja. Quiero decir, s\u00ed somos pareja pero no pareja en el sentido de un chupet\u00f3n, sino, bueno, es decir, es, digamos, una relaci\u00f3n\u2026profesional<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El ind\u00edgena lo interrumpe: \u201c<i>No te preocupes Waj-Tson, aqu\u00ed cada quien su modo y se respeta<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Lo s\u00e9<\/i>\u201d, dice Watson, \u201c<i>pero no es lo que parece, claro, no es que yo condene las relaciones de ese tipo, s\u00f3lo aclaro que\u2026\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Ahora es Holmes quien lo interrumpe y se inclina con respeto diciendo:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Si no me equivoco, usted debe ser El\u00edas Contreras, comisi\u00f3n de investigaci\u00f3n<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Admirado a su vez, Watson se quita el bomb\u00edn con el que, in\u00fatilmente, trata de esconder su \u201cpelo de tortilla\u201d, y saluda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes agrega: \u201c<i>S\u00f3lo alguien como El\u00edas Contreras podr\u00eda hacer esa cadena de observaciones, razonamientos y deducciones con una velocidad que me supera<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">En lugar de agradecer, El\u00edas Contreras sonr\u00ede burl\u00f3n cuando dice:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Nah, lo que pasa es que el SupGaleano tiene unos libros que hablan sobre ustedes dos y dicen como es su modo, de la pipa, el viol\u00edn y esas cosas, y en la oficina de vigilancia vi sus nombres en la lista de visita y, como son los \u00fanicos ciudadanos que hay en el pueblo, pues\u2026\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Watson se pone de nuevo, con algo de rencor, el bomb\u00edn. Pero Holmes se muestra sonriente y feliz de toparse con el nada famoso detective, \u00e9se al que llaman \u201ccomisi\u00f3n de investigaci\u00f3n del ezetaelene\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Tiene usted raz\u00f3n, mi estimado El\u00edas Contreras, \u00bfo debo llamarlo de otra forma?<\/i>\u201d, dice mientras le tiende, afectuoso, la mano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Abasta con El\u00edas<\/i>\u201d, dice el zapatista mientras les ofrece un cigarrillo de doblador, lo que ambos rechazan con amabilidad. Sherlock retoma la palabra:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>\u00bfSabe? A m\u00ed me ocurr\u00eda algo parecido con Sir Arthur, que me daba a leer los borradores de la lamentable cr\u00f3nica de mis hallazgos que luego adjudicaba inexplicablemente al doctor Waj-tson, aqu\u00ed presente.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Watson trata de protestar, pero mejor se cala m\u00e1s el sombrero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Y ve\u00eda yo que Sir Arthur adornaba, innecesariamente a mi entender, la labor que realizaba. Y digo que era ocioso porque lo que yo hac\u00eda era aplicar la ciencia para resolver los cr\u00edmenes.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Y la ciencia y su explicaci\u00f3n, mi estimado El\u00edas, dista mucho del glamur que suelen atribuirles novelistas y el com\u00fan de la gente.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Adem\u00e1s de que no est\u00e1 exenta de errores, de la continua y agotadora experimentaci\u00f3n, y del estudio profundo y sistem\u00e1tico de los avances que, en esos rubros, se dan en todos los rincones del mundo, la ciencia y su aplicaci\u00f3n son dif\u00edciles.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>El rigor cient\u00edfico convierte en \u00e1rido su ejercicio, y lo contrapone a la pereza intelectual que se reitera en las opiniones, comentarios y supersticiones comunes. Por lo mismo, cuando tiene la oportunidad de estudiar, alguna gente suele optar por las mal llamadas ciencias sociales, o por las humanidades en general, que, a su entender y equivocadamente, no requieren del rigor, la exigencia y la complejidad de los conocimientos cient\u00edficos.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Las artes, en lo que a ellas se refiere, no s\u00f3lo no demandan un rigor en el sentido de la exactitud, pero, a diferencia de las ciencias exactas, las naturales y las humanidades, pueden imaginar no s\u00f3lo otras realidades, sino tambi\u00e9n maravillar con las formas, sonidos y colores en los que plasman esa imaginaci\u00f3n.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Tal vez por esto es que las artes est\u00e1n m\u00e1s cercanas a las ciencias exactas y naturales. A diferencia de las llamadas humanidades.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>La holgura que demanda el relato novelesco, por poner un ejemplo, en el caso de la ciencia ser\u00eda una irresponsabilidad imperdonable y una franca violaci\u00f3n al c\u00f3digo \u00e9tico que cualquier cient\u00edfico debe incluir en su pr\u00e1ctica.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Pero un problema que tarde o temprano se debe afrontar es que, el hecho de haberse impuesto una disciplina estricta y poseer conocimientos s\u00f3lidos, provoca que quienes hacen de la ciencia su profesi\u00f3n, no pocas veces asuman una actitud pedante y miserable hacia el com\u00fan de la gente.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Suelen ser soberbios y, no pocas veces, justificar as\u00ed su frivolidad y falta de sentido com\u00fan en cuanto a los hechos cotidianos se trata. Como si la vida real fuera asunto de los mundanos, y ellos, ellas, <\/i><i><b>elloas<\/b><\/i><i>, estuvieran por encima de todo.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Pero que, a veces a pesar de los mismos cient\u00edficos, las ciencias exactas y naturales son imprescindibles, es innegable. La posibilidad real, factible, de salir de la pantanosa pesadilla que es ya el sistema mundial homog\u00e9neo, tendr\u00e1 en las ciencias exactas y naturales su asidero principal. Si no es as\u00ed, seguiremos consol\u00e1ndonos con la ciencia ficci\u00f3n\u201d<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Watson mira sorprendido a Holmes mientras piensa \u201c<i>Incre\u00edble, Sherlock Holmes se est\u00e1 describiendo a s\u00ed mismo con un tono de condena<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes advierte la mirada de Watson y, dirigi\u00e9ndose a \u00e9l, aclara:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Te equivocas Watson, no me estoy autocriticando. Es evidente que ese parlamento no es m\u00edo, y me ha sido adjudicado por el tal SupGaleano, porque los zapatistas piensan que el reconocimiento y el suave reproche que hacen, ser\u00e1 mejor recibido por la comunidad cient\u00edfica si viene del m\u00e1s grande de los detectives en la historia mundial, que si lo hacen a trav\u00e9s de una nariz enmascarada que todav\u00eda usa el modelo del dan\u00e9s Niels Henrik David Bohr como referencia al \u00e1tomo y que, para describirlo, usa expresiones como \u201ces una bolita formada por muchas bolitas pegadas entre s\u00ed, y, alrededor de ese garapi\u00f1ado central, giran otras bolitas<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Sherlock Holmes se estremece. Un poco por la escandalosa descripci\u00f3n del \u00e1tomo, y otro poco porque parece que, al fin, ha sido liberado del discurso que el zapatismo le ha impuesto, amparado en lo que se llama \u201clicencia po\u00e9tica\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El\u00edas Contreras, comisi\u00f3n de investigaci\u00f3n del ezetaelene, s\u00f3lo intervino con un \u201c<i>mmh<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Lo que ocurri\u00f3 a continuaci\u00f3n lo sabemos porque el doctor John Watson tom\u00f3 nota de lo que ah\u00ed se dijo, aunque no con la intenci\u00f3n de publicarlo sino s\u00f3lo por el inter\u00e9s que la pl\u00e1tica le despert\u00f3. Lo que luego le agradecer\u00eda Holmes, porque lo que le refiri\u00f3 El\u00edas Contreras le sigue desvelando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Sherlock Holmes, se llev\u00f3 a un aparte a El\u00edas, seguidos a distancia prudente por el doctor Watson. La ni\u00f1a estaba ocupada tratando de convencer a un caballo choco de que ocupara su posici\u00f3n en la barrera, apoyada por los ladridos-maullidos del gato-perro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Ahora vamos a practicar los tiros libres<\/i>\u201d, escuch\u00f3 Watson decir a la ni\u00f1a, y vio que un ni\u00f1o se acomodaba, burl\u00f3n, bajo el larguero de lo que se supone era una porter\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Sherlock Holmes casi murmur\u00f3:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Mi estimado El\u00edas, acud\u00ed a usted para saber si no tiene por ah\u00ed un caso que requiera de los auxilios de mis habilidades detectivescas. Claro, prometo ser discreto y no reclamar para m\u00ed cr\u00e9dito alguno, en el supuesto de que tengamos \u00e9xito.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El\u00edas Contreras se detuvo y dijo, en el mismo tono confidente:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Bueno, de por s\u00ed. Pero <\/i><i><b>la problema<\/b><\/i><i> que vemos es muy grande y s\u00f3lo tenemos la cabeza para entender y ver por d\u00f3nde. De ah\u00ed que lo que llega en mi cabeza, lo puedo platicar luego con las compa\u00f1eras y compa\u00f1eros del comit\u00e9<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>\u00a1Excelente<\/i>!, exclam\u00f3 Sherlock Holmes, \u201c<i>la reflexi\u00f3n abstracta requiere un esfuerzo extra que obliga al cerebro a sublimarse. Ponga atenci\u00f3n Watson, porque ahora afrontaremos, supongo, el reto supremo de cualquier detective: resolver un crimen s\u00f3lo con las herramientas l\u00f3gicas y el conocimiento cient\u00edfico<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes se ve\u00eda de lo m\u00e1s animado. Watson no recuerda haberlo visto as\u00ed desde el caso de \u201c<i>Estudio en Escarlata<\/i>\u201d, que le dio nombre y prestigio mundial al detective consultor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Sherlock Holmes no apur\u00f3 a El\u00edas Contreras. Encendi\u00f3 su pipa, s\u00ed, pero m\u00e1s para acompa\u00f1ar el cigarrillo que El\u00edas ya forjaba, que porque le apeteciera el picante sabor del humo del tabaco en el paladar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El\u00edas Contreras empez\u00f3:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Bueno, de ah\u00ed que <\/i><i><b>la problema<\/b><\/i><i> es grande pero sencillo. O sea que lo sabemos qui\u00e9n es el asesino, qui\u00e9n es la v\u00edctima, cu\u00e1l es el arma que se us\u00f3, y cu\u00e1l es como quien dice la escena del crimen o sea d\u00f3nde mero se hizo la chingadera, y su tiempo. O sea que, como dice el Sup, tenemos el calendario y la geograf\u00eda.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>De ah\u00ed que <\/i><i><b>la problema<\/b><\/i><i> es grande porque todo est\u00e1 revuelto. De ah\u00ed que no s\u00e9 si de por s\u00ed est\u00e1 revuelto en la realidad, o lo que pasa es que mi pensamiento est\u00e1 revuelto.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>O sea que el crimen ya se hizo, pero tambi\u00e9n se est\u00e1 haciendo y tambi\u00e9n se va a hacer. O sea que es una chingadera que no es que ya pas\u00f3 nom\u00e1s, o que ahorita lo est\u00e1n haciendo, tambi\u00e9n es que lo van a hacer.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes se mostr\u00f3 a\u00fan m\u00e1s interesado, pero no interrumpi\u00f3 a El\u00edas Contreras, quien continu\u00f3:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>De ah\u00ed que tenemos que saber que pas\u00f3, que est\u00e1 pasando y conocer lo que va a pasar para no dejar que pase, porque si pasa, pues va a ser una gran desgracia que no se puede pensar.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Sherlock Holmes aguarda el impase que ha abierto el comisi\u00f3n de investigaci\u00f3n para aventurar:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Creo que entiendo: tenemos que conocer el crimen cometido para entender el crimen que se est\u00e1 cometiendo y poder as\u00ed evitar que se cometa el otro crimen: el mayor y m\u00e1s grande crimen en la historia de la humanidad.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El\u00edas Contreras asiente y prosigue:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>El criminal no se esconde, al rev\u00e9s, bien que se muestra y se presume de lo que ya hizo. Dice que estuvo bien su crimen de que mat\u00f3, destruy\u00f3 y rob\u00f3 para darse a conocer. Lo pienso que ah\u00ed mero, cuando se naci\u00f3 como criminal, que sea cuando agarr\u00f3 su modo, es que podemos aprender para saber c\u00f3mo est\u00e1 haciendo su chingadera y c\u00f3mo le va a hacer<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Claro<\/i>\u201d, interrumpe Holmes, \u201c<i>es necesario reconstruir la genealog\u00eda del crimen que, en este caso y si lo entiendo bien, es tambi\u00e9n la genealog\u00eda del criminal. Pero siga usted<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Bueno<\/i>,\u201d sigue El\u00edas, \u201c<i>de ah\u00ed que lo vemos que como que el criminal se moderniz\u00f3, o sea que se hizo m\u00e1s mejor como criminal y se cuida de que no se sabe que es un criminal, sino que se viste como que es bueno, como que acaso est\u00e1 pensando nada y s\u00f3lo est\u00e1 as\u00ed nom\u00e1s.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Entonces, pues como que tiene sus c\u00f3mplices o sea sus compa\u00f1\u00edas en el delito. Y esos c\u00f3mplices pues se encargan de poner su cara de buena gente al criminal. Pero como se ve claro que es una fregadera lo que pasa, pues entonces esas compa\u00f1\u00edas del mal inventan un culpable. O sea que su trabajo es echarle la culpa a otro.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Y entonces ah\u00ed van buscando a quien le van a echar la culpa de la desgracia. Y en veces es la mujer que tiene la culpa, porque no obedece, dicen, porque ah\u00ed andan con sus ropas rabonas, dicen, y hasta porque estudian y trabajan, y hasta quieren <\/i><i><b>automandarse<\/b><\/i><i> de su cuerpo, de su camino pues, que sea como aut\u00f3nomas, que sea porque piensan, que sea que luego son como un municipio aut\u00f3nomo rebelde.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Pero en otra veces le echan la culpa a los que tienen la piel de otro color diferente, o que tienen otro modo de ser, como por ejemplo la Magdalena que se muri\u00f3 peleando con el mal y el malo y que era mujer pero como quien dice que el dios se equivoc\u00f3 y la puso en un cuerpo de hombre y la Magdalena pues no se escondi\u00f3 ni se conform\u00f3, sino que como quien dice le val\u00eda madres lo que pensaran los otros y ella era otra, pero como estaba en otro cuerpo pues era <\/i><i><b>otroa<\/b><\/i><i>. Y ella, o \u00e9l, o elloa, luchaba tambi\u00e9n as\u00ed para ser lo que era.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Muy brava la magdalena, acaso se rindi\u00f3, nuncamente<\/i>\u201d, dice El\u00edas y los ojos se le humedecen al recordar a quien, a su modo, am\u00f3 y a\u00fan ama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes y Watson guardan un silencio respetuoso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El\u00edas se recompone y sigue: \u201c<i>bueno, de ah\u00ed que tambi\u00e9n a nosotros como ind\u00edgenas que somos nos echan la culpa, que las cosas salen mal porque no tenemos civilizados, dicen, que no dejamos que avance el progreso y se pongan minas en el lugar donde hay bosques y manantiales. Porque <\/i><i><b>arresulta<\/b><\/i><i> que nosotros como pueblos que somos, vivimos donde nos aventaron, porque donde antes est\u00e1bamos nos robaron y nos corretearon, tambi\u00e9n nos encarcelaron y nos mataron, pero como quiera resistimos. Y estas tierras antes no las quer\u00eda el criminal, pero ahora s\u00ed las quiere que porque tambi\u00e9n es mercanc\u00eda, dicen, y que el agua se puede comprar y vender, y que la tierra, y que el aire, y que el sol, y que los \u00e1rboles, y que los animalitos, hasta los m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os, y bueno, hasta de lo que est\u00e1 hecho el pozol es una mercanc\u00eda.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Que sea que es su modo del criminal, que todo lo hace una mercanc\u00eda, hasta la gente, las mujeres, las criaturas, los hombres, la dignidad, y lo que no, pues no sirve, porque no puede comprarse ni venderse. Pero de ah\u00ed que la problema no es mero eso, sino que su chingadera la puede hacer porque tiene un arma que es la que manda todo su maldito plan y es lo que dicen que es la propiedad privada de los medios de producci\u00f3n. O sea que la problema no es que se produzcan cosas, sino que hay quien tiene la propiedad de lo que se usa para esas cosas, y t\u00fa s\u00f3lo te dejan tu fuerza de trabajo que te pagan como mercanc\u00eda y mal. Entonces de ah\u00ed que el criminal destruye y mata gracias a esa arma que es la propiedad privada, y al mismo tiempo hace toda su chingadera para que no le quiten esa arma.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Bueno, de ah\u00ed que no mero s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo explicar eso, aunque s\u00ed lo entiendo cabal, no s\u00e9 las palabras para decirlo en castilla o en sus lenguas de ustedes. Pero m\u00e1s o menos as\u00ed como lo puse o dije, que sea que est\u00e1 el criminal, est\u00e1 la v\u00edctima que lo ponen como culpable para robarle y enga\u00f1ar a otros, y est\u00e1 el arma. Y pues la escena del crimen es de por s\u00ed todo el mundo. Que sea que pienso que est\u00e1 revuelto todo, porque <\/i><i><b>la sistema<\/b><\/i><i> capitalista del mundo pone todo: pone la v\u00edctima y \u00e9l mismo es el asesino, el arma que mata y destruye, y la escena del crimen.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Entonces eso lo platicamos con el SupGaleano cuando hizo su delito de las mantecadas, que lo castigaron y ahora va a tener otro delito porque lo agarr\u00f3 su celular del SupMoy y \u00bft\u00fa crees que no se va a dar cuenta el SupMoy? Bueno, pero de ah\u00ed que lo seguimos pensando de <\/i><i><b>la problema<\/b><\/i><i> porque si no lo detenemos al criminal, pues ahora s\u00ed que todo el mundo es la v\u00edctima, que sea no s\u00f3lo la gente, tambi\u00e9n todo, los animales, las plantitas, las piedras, el agua, todo pues.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Y <\/i><i><b>la problema<\/b><\/i><i> tambi\u00e9n es que no hay d\u00f3nde vas a meter preso al criminal, as\u00ed que la \u00fanica forma de parar el crimen es destruyendo <\/i><i><b>la sistema<\/b><\/i><i> capitalista.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Claro, no les estoy diciendo todo lo que platicamos, que sea que no est\u00e1 cabal la pl\u00e1tica o sea que no est\u00e1 \u00edntegra, pero es que si les digo todo, pues los que escuchan y leen y miran este cuento, pues ah\u00ed van a estar cabeceando o nom\u00e1s est\u00e1n pensando qu\u00e9 ropas se van a poner ma\u00f1ana que echan baile y fiesta porque acaba un a\u00f1o y empieza otro, y creen que as\u00ed nom\u00e1s el calendario va a cambiar las cosas, pero qu\u00e9 va a ser, para cambiar las cosas hay que luchar, mucho, en todas partes y en todo tiempo, que sea que no hay descanso.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Holmes y Watson quedaron callados hasta que El\u00edas se despidi\u00f3 diciendo: \u201c<i>Bueno, de ah\u00ed que me tengo que ir, ah\u00ed se cuiden y no tengan pena de los otros amores, si hay ma\u00f1ana tambi\u00e9n ser\u00e1 por <\/i><i><b>elloas<\/b><\/i><i>, con <\/i><i><b>elloas,<\/b><\/i><i> y para <\/i><i><b>elloas<\/b><\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Y, dirigi\u00e9ndose a Watson, agreg\u00f3: \u201c<i>Si no hay llave para la puerta del closet, rompe la puerta. Hay que salir sin miedo, como la Magdalena. O con miedo pero control\u00e1ndolo<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Watson quiso aclarar que \u00e9l y Sherlock no eran lo que parec\u00eda que eran, pero El\u00edas Contreras, comisi\u00f3n de investigaci\u00f3n del ezetaelene, ya hab\u00eda agarrado camino y la tarde se adormec\u00eda, cobijada bajo las sombras de una noche que ya se adivinaba fr\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>-*-<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Hubo unos d\u00edas, no har\u00e1 muchas lunas, que la ni\u00f1a Defensa Zapatista decidi\u00f3 expresarse verbalmente \u00fanicamente con colores. Y no con expresiones del tipo \u201cesto es azul\u201d o \u201csent\u00ed naranja\u201d o cosas as\u00ed, sino \u00fanicamente nombres de colores. Todas las teor\u00edas del lenguaje y del discurso, fueron puestas en jaque por la impertinencia de una ni\u00f1a ind\u00edgena y zapatista.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Un d\u00eda, lleg\u00f3 en la champa del SupGaleano y dijo: \u201c<i>amarillo<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El Sup ni apart\u00f3 la mirada de la computadora, s\u00f3lo dijo: \u201c<i>en la chamarra, bolsa derecha<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Defensa Zapatista fue a donde estaba colgada la chamarra, de la bolsa derecha extrajo un paquete de mantecadas y sali\u00f3 corriendo diciendo con alegr\u00eda: \u201c<i>morado<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Contra lo que se pueda pensar, cada color no ten\u00eda un significado preciso. Para entender a Defensa Zapatista hab\u00eda que tomar en cuenta su tono de voz, el contexto en que lo dec\u00eda, a d\u00f3nde miraba, la expresi\u00f3n de su rostro, los ademanes y hasta la posici\u00f3n corporal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Una vez dijo tambi\u00e9n \u201c<i>amarillo<\/i>\u201d, mientras se encaminaba a la escuela, como si al pat\u00edbulo se dirigiera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Dice el Sup que hasta entonces supo que Defensa Zapatista era una ni\u00f1a normal y no un organismo cibern\u00e9tico, creado por la mente perversa del SupMarcos para molestarnos. La herencia maldita de un Moriarty de nariz impertinente, un cuestionamiento continuo y enfadoso, envuelto en la aparente inocencia de una ni\u00f1a que apenas levanta unos palmos del suelo. Un robot cuya fuente de energ\u00eda no es la solar ni la at\u00f3mica, sino las mantecadas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Una tarde cualquiera, El SupGaleano le explicaba a El\u00edas Contreras:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Es una infante, sin lugar a dudas. Es lo m\u00e1s normal del mundo que una ni\u00f1a que va a la escuela, lo haga con el pesar, la angustia y la desesperanza de quien marcha a la esclavitud de letras, n\u00fameros, nombres y fechas. Nadie podr\u00eda expresar mejor que ella lo que significa ir a la escuela, y creo que llevar al gato-perro consigo, as\u00ed sea oculto en la morraleta, es la forma de aferrarse al mundo en que es lo que Defensa Zapatista es, que no tengo idea de qu\u00e9 o qui\u00e9n sea, pero ella es feliz en ese mundo y es feliz en su empe\u00f1o de completar el equipo que, tal vez, es su forma de decir \u201ccambiar el mundo\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Porque observa que ella no sue\u00f1a con ser una s\u00faper hero\u00edna, alguien con s\u00faper poderes o con una katana que haga picadillo a sus enemigos que, si pones atenci\u00f3n, son siempre masculinos. Mira que nunca se refiere al gol que anot\u00f3 con una t\u00e9cnica que sorprendi\u00f3 a todos y que ha tenido las m\u00e1s dis\u00edmbolas explicaciones. En cambio, el finado SupMarcos no dejaba de recordar, la mayor\u00eda de las veces sin que viniera al caso o cosa, seg\u00fan, que en la secundar\u00eda hab\u00eda anotado un gol. Olvidando mencionar, claro, que siempre estuvo en la banca y que s\u00f3lo una vez aline\u00f3, y eso porque al entrenador le faltaba uno, y que lo anot\u00f3 cuando se resbal\u00f3 y, sin propon\u00e9rselo y como dicen los cl\u00e1sicos, \u201cempuj\u00f3 el esf\u00e9rico al fondo de las redes\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Tampoco asume el papel de la princesa desamparada que espera la salvaci\u00f3n llegando en lo que ella imagine la masculinidad montada en un brioso corcel. De hecho, creo que su relaci\u00f3n con el Pedrito es precisamente la inversa: ella debe ayudar, orientar y rescatar al Pedrito, aunque tal vez su m\u00e9todo de zapes continuos no sea el m\u00e1s adecuado.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>No, Defensa Zapatista asume su objetivo como algo a cumplir en colectivo y no concibe su lugar como la l\u00edder o jefa, porque ha elegido la posici\u00f3n que menos brillo podr\u00eda tener, la de defensa, y lo hace para apoyar al caballo tuerto que est\u00e1 en la porter\u00eda. Su trabajo es buscar y encontrar a quien se sume, quien trabaje en equipo, y es, al mismo tiempo que parte del equipo, el puente para incorporarse a \u00e9l. Y cuando valora por igual posiciones como la de recoge balones, o el chuchito o gato-perro que corre torcido, y pone como requisito \u00fanico querer jugar, es su forma de decir \u201cquerer luchar\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>En Defensa Zapatista est\u00e1 no un mundo nuevo, cierto, pero tal vez est\u00e1 algo m\u00e1s terrible y maravilloso: su posibilidad.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>Y cuando habla colores, tal vez est\u00e1 probando nuevas formas de comunicaci\u00f3n para ese mundo que ni imaginamos, pero que ella ya asume como por venir, no sin la lucha necesaria y urgente para traerlo, de donde quiera que se encuentre, a esta realidad que padecemos.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><i>No me imagino algo m\u00e1s zapatista que lo que en el esfuerzo de esa ni\u00f1a se sintetiza.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Eso discurr\u00eda el SupGaleano ante un El\u00edas Contreras silencioso y atento. En eso, apareci\u00f3 en la puerta de la champa Defensa Zapatista con el bal\u00f3n en una mano y el gato-perro en la otra y pregunt\u00f3: <i>\u201c\u00bfrosa?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Ahora vamos, all\u00e1 te alcanzamos<\/i>\u201d, respondi\u00f3 el Sup. Defensa Zapatista s\u00f3lo asinti\u00f3 con un \u201c<i>negro<\/i>\u201d y se fue corriendo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El\u00edas Contreras le pregunt\u00f3 al Sup: <i>\u201c\u00bfY qu\u00e9 dijo?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>Ni idea<\/i>\u201d, le respondi\u00f3 el Sup, mientras dudaba entre ponerse la casaca del inter de Mil\u00e1n (que al parecer, me dicen, ya compraron los chinos), la del Atalanta (que ya est\u00e1 en ese mercado de jugadores llamado UEFA), o la de los Jaguares de Chiapas (que a saber d\u00f3nde andan), mismas que encontr\u00f3 en el ba\u00fal de los recuerdos del finado. Finalmente se puso la playera del EZLN con la que, en 1999, un equipo de bases de apoyo zapatistas debut\u00f3 en el estadio \u201cPalillo Mart\u00ednez\u201d, en la Ciudad de los Deportes, en la Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, en un partido en el que anotaron un solo gol y que el finado SupMarcos sintetiz\u00f3 as\u00ed: \u201c<i>no perdimos, lo que pasa es que nos falt\u00f3 tiempo para ganar, as\u00ed que falta lo que falta<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201c<i>En realidad siempre supongo lo que quiere decir. A veces acierto, a veces yerro. O sea que, como quien dice, aplico el m\u00e9todo cient\u00edfico del ensayo y el error. Vamos El\u00edas, creo que tenemos que ir al potrero porque hay un equipo que completar. De repente dilata pero s\u00ed, un d\u00eda vamos a ser m\u00e1s<\/i>\u201d, agreg\u00f3 a modo de disculpa el SupGaleano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">En el potrero ya estaban el caballo choco masticando con perseverancia la misma botella de pl\u00e1stico, el Pedrito que algo discut\u00eda con la ni\u00f1a, el gato-perro que trataba en vano de morder el flamante bal\u00f3n que el buen Vlady le regal\u00f3 a Defensa Zapatista, y dos figuras absurdas que permanec\u00edan en un costado del supuesto campo de f\u00fatbol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Nadie lo not\u00f3, pero entre Cabeza de Escoba, Pelo de Tortilla, El\u00edas Contreras y el SupGaleano, hubo un intercambio de una sonrisa c\u00f3mplice, y una ligera inclinaci\u00f3n de la cabeza como saludo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Defensa Zapatista re\u00eda, mientras el gato-perro brincaba alrededor de ella tratando de quitarle la pelota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El fr\u00edo hab\u00eda menguado y una tibieza empez\u00f3 a vestir la tarde.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Y todo esto que aqu\u00ed narro, ocurri\u00f3 en cualquier calendario, pero en una geograf\u00eda precisa: las monta\u00f1as del sureste mexicano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Doy fe:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">El gato-perro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Guau-miau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Gracias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Desde el CIDECI-UniTierra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">SupGaleano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">M\u00e9xico, diciembre del 2017.<\/p>\n<p>[:en]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>From the Diaries of the Cat-Dog <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Which narrates the story of how two great detectives met, a fragment of what El\u00edas Contreras and SupGaleano talked about during the now not-so-mysterious case of the missing honeybuns, how Defensa Zapatista tore the science of language to shreds, and some idle reflections from the Sup on the above subjects.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December 30, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Once again, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, we want to embrace to the Mapuche people who are still being attacked by the bad governments of the countries called Chile and Argentina. They have used legal ruses to again bring charges against Machi Francisca Linconao, along with other Mapuche men and women, proving once again that in this system, those who destroy nature are the good guys and those who resist, defending life, are persecuted, murdered, and imprisoned like criminals. Despite this, or precisely because of it, one word is sufficient to describe the struggle of the Mapuche people and all of the originary peoples of this continent: Marichiweu\u2014we will win, ten, a thousand times over and always.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, one of the women scientists who spoke here told us about a contest to write the message that will be taken by spaceship to another planet, and that the reward for the winning message is a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>The message that we propose, and which will most surely win, is: \u201c<em>Don\u2019t let us come to your world. If we haven\u2019t resolved the problems that we caused ourselves, we will make the same errors again. And in that case, we won\u2019t come alone; we will bring a criminal system with us. We will be for your world an alien apocalypse, the much-feared eighth passenger that grows and reproduces itself through death and destruction. The motive for learning about other worlds should be the desire for knowledge, the necessity to learn, and respect for what is different, not the search for new markets for war nor for refuge from a murderous system.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please deposit the million dollars in the bank account of the organization named \u201cThe Time has Come for the Flourishing of the People\u201d that supports the Indigenous Governing Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p>What I am going to read was going to be our contribution to the panel yesterday, but, like Pedrito, I was on the receiving end of a \u201cgender equality\u201d effort (knock on the head included) and \u201cthe women that we are\u201d won the space. So here it goes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Doctor John Watson looks worriedly in the mirror. He brushes his hair to one side, then to the other, forward and then backward. He looks at himself straight on, then studies his profile from the right, then from the left, and with a hand mirror from behind. He murmurs throughout this process: \u201cTortilla hair\u2026why does she call me tortilla hair? Because of the color? The style? Maybe because of the gray that now competes with the brown? Or is it the way I wear it? Tortilla hair, that damned girl\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s still in this process when Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective, suddenly jumps out of the hammock where he had been playing melancholy chords on the violin. Putting his coat on quickly, Sherlock urges the doctor:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuickly Watson, we don\u2019t have much time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are we going Holmes?\u201d It\u2019s cold already and the Junta [Good Government Council] says it\u2019s going to get worse,\u201d Watson says as he walks out the door of the small hut the autonomous authorities have provided them for their stay in the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes doesn\u2019t even bother to answer. He strides down the main street of the community toward the small building with a sign on the front reading \u201cVigilance Commission\u201d and a mural behind it with vivid colors that bravely fight the humidity. Inside the building, a young indigenous woman is attentively focused on a computer monitor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTe\u00b4 oyot Tzeb\u201d (\u201cGreetings, se\u00f1orita\u201d), Sherlock Holmes says in his best Tzotzil. A few days have been enough for him to master the basics in order to be understood in the Mayan languages of these zones.<\/p>\n<p>Watson is about to mock him when the young woman on the vigilance commission responds to him in perfect English: \u201cGood Afternoon.\u201d Her accent is not so much British as that of a Dubliner, Watson thinks.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes ignores Watson\u2019s sarcastic look and in impeccable Spanish asks,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can I find the person I am looking for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young woman, indigenous, short, with long braids and lively black eyes, looks amused as she responds in perfect German:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnd wie hei\u00dft diese Person?\u201c (\u201cAnd what is that person\u2019s name?\u201c)<\/p>\n<p>Holmes immediately catches on and asks in the French of an undocumented immigrant,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJe ne connais pas son nom, mais sa profession est un enqu\u00eateur priv\u00e9\u201d (\u201cI don\u2019t know his name, but he\u2019s a private investigator\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNon capisco niente\u201d (\u201cI didn\u2019t get any of that\u201d), says the young indigenous woman in the language of a rough and proud Italian neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Doctor John Watson looks amused by Holmes\u2019 predicament, but he is looking worriedly at the street, afraid that little girl is going to show up.<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes is trying to think how to stay \u201cprivate investigator\u201d or \u201cdetective\u201d in Russian, when Watson\u2019s fears are realized.<\/p>\n<p>Like a small hurricane, the little girl who calls herself Defensa Zapatista comes running down the street full of puddles and bursts in the door as Watson instinctively pats his hair and Sherlock is trying to decide whether to switch to Mandarin Chinese or Polish.<\/p>\n<p>Defensa Zapatista hugs Sherlock shouting, \u201cHole-mase! Broomhead!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, hug would be stretching it. The respective heights of Holmes and the little girl mean that he receives her hug around the knees.<\/p>\n<p>The consulting detective looks disconcerted. In London the minimum height of a person with whom he comes into contact is 5\u20199\u201d, although throughout this time in Zapatista territory he has had to lower that average to 4\u201911\u201d. His experience with children, apart from distancing himself anytime he sees one and gesturing displeasure anytime he hears one crying, is almost nil. But for some reason, the taller detective likes Defensa Zapatista.<\/p>\n<p>The little girl turns to the respected Doctor and blogger John Watson and throws her arms around his neck with a delighted \u201cWaj-shton! Tortilla hair!\u201d which does not delight the ex-military doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Defensa Zapatista takes them both by the hand and pulls them toward the door: \u201cHurry, we\u2019re going to be late!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young woman of the Vigilance Commission, disappointed by the rather abrupt end of her linguistic internationalism, closes the 7 tabs on her browser that were open to Google Translate and returns to the blog she is reading about the activities of the Indigenous Governing Council spokesperson, Mar\u00eda de Jes\u00fas Patricio Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes doesn\u2019t need to hurry; for each one of his strides, the girl has to take several. Sherlock is holding in his right hand the small stick with which he is always poking around in the dirt and between the plants in search of insects. Watson purposely falls behind when he sees the so-called \u201ccat-dog\u201d bite the cuff of Holmes\u2019 pants, probably to make him cut his stride and thus walk at the same pace as the little girl.<\/p>\n<p>The girl stops suddenly and says, relieved, \u201cWe\u2019re here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re at the pasture that serves, in addition to grazing land for the livestock collectives, as a soccer field for the teams that take turns working to widen and deepen the crack in the wall, as well as for festivals, dances, and celebrations, not to mention a training field for Defensa Zapatista\u2019s as-yet incomplete team.<\/p>\n<p>Watson, who still hasn\u2019t learned his way around the small village where they spend the majority of their time, confirms unhappily that they have arrived at a pasture when he feels thick, warm cow shit underfoot.<\/p>\n<p>Defensa Zapatista says, \u201cYou guys wait here, I\u2019m going to go get the one-eyed horse,\u201d and she runs off with the cat-dog behind her.<\/p>\n<p>Just then an indigenous man of undefined age comes up to the British pair.<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes sees him coming and with the precision and speed that he is known for, begins to construct a biographical sketch of the man. But before he can finish, the man says:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood morning Mr. Hole-Mase, Mr. Waj-shton. Don\u2019t worry,\u201d he says to Sherlock, \u201cyour tailor in London will be able to mend that rip without a problem. And I believe you\u2019ll find some boots in your size in the Zapatista shoe store. You know how it goes here, sometimes it seems like there is nothing to do, but you should try not to smoke that pipe so much, it\u2019s bad for your health. I recommend the violin over the pipe when the day gets long. And I warn you that in these lands they say all kinds of things about the women, it seems they get angry very quickly, especially Defensa Zapatista.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes is speechless, and Watson turns to look at him with curiosity. Apparently the detective has been given a little of his own medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes snaps out of it and applauds with admiration, \u201cBravo! You\u2019re right about almost everything, although allow me to demur on the question of misogyny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson, as usual, doesn\u2019t understand anything that is going on.<\/p>\n<p>It is the indigenous man who clarifies, as Holmes nods at each point:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElementary, my dear \u2018Tortilla Hair\u2019: the gentleman has donned his much-valued raincoat very quickly, and in the process tore slightly the left cuff. Someone who dresses as he does is clearly very careful with his things, so it is to be expected that he is thinking about going to the tailor to get the coat mended. That the tailor is in London is an easy guess, as the coat is half open and one can see the tag.<\/p>\n<p>The nicotine stains at the bottom of his finger and on the palm of his hand reveal that he often smokes a pipe, as these are tracks left by the tobacco. About the boots\u2014well those little ankle boots he\u2019s wearing aren\u2019t going to last long here, and one can assume that you have all thought about getting some boots like the ones we wear, made by insurgent cobblers and which can be purchased in the compas\u2019 store.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, I forgot to say that Mr. Hole-mase is right-handed; he holds his pipe with his left hand because he uses his right to, for example, play the violin.<\/p>\n<p>The violin, well, the way he is holding that small stick is the same as how Pablito, the Zapatista mariachi, holds the bow when he plays violin at our festivals, and the redness on the left side of his neck is because of the violin, either that or because some insect bit him there\u2026 or somebody gave him a hickey. That thing about talking badly about the women was just to see what he would do, but since he has male company, well, either he thinks poorly of women or just prefers men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holmes applauds again. The indigenous man\u2019s insinuation of homosexuality didn\u2019t bother him a bit. But Watson is very defensive of his heterosexuality and tries to clarify:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPardon me, but Holmes and I are not a couple. That is, we are partners but not partners in the hickey-sense, but rather, I mean, that is, we have a\u2026.professional relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The indigenous man interrupts him: \u201cDon\u2019t worry Waj-shton, here we respect everyone\u2019s preferences.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI know,\u201d Watson insists, \u201cbut this isn\u2019t what it looks like, that is, not that I have anything against those kinds of relationships, I\u2019m just clarifying that\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Holmes interrupts him and nods respectfully, saying: \u201cIf I am not mistaken, you sir must be El\u00edas Contreras, Investigation Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson takes off his bowler hat\u2014with which he hopelessly tries to hide his \u201cTortilla hair,\u201d and also nods in admiration.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes adds: \u201cOnly someone like El\u00edas Contreras could make that series of observations, reasoning, and deductions faster than me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of accepting the praise, El\u00edas Contreras smiles teasingly and says:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNah, the thing is that SupGaleano has some books about you two and they describe you\u2014the pipe, the violin and all\u2014and I saw your names on the visitor\u2019s list in the Vigilance Commission office, and since you\u2019re the only outsiders in the village right now, well..\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson puts his hat back on a little resentfully. But Holmes is beaming and happy to have run into the not-at-all-famous detective, the one they call the \u201ceezeeelen investigation commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are right, my dear El\u00edas Contreras, or should I call you something else?\u201d he asks extending his hand with affection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl\u00edas is fine,\u201d the Zapatista says as he offers them both a rolled cigarette, which both politely refuse. Sherlock speaks again:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know what? Something similar happened to me with Sir Arthur, who used to give me the drafts of the sorry chronicles of my discoveries, which he inexplicably attributed to doctor Waj-shton, here at my side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson tries to protest but ends up just pulling his hat down a little further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I saw how Sir Arthur embellished my work, unnecessarily in my opinion. And I say it was unnecessary because all I did was apply science to solve crimes.<\/p>\n<p>And science and its explanation, my dear El\u00edas, are far from the glamour attributed to them by novelists and regular people.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, my work was full of errors, continuous and tiring experimentation, and serious and systematic study of the advances that are made in these fields in every corner of the world. Science and its application are difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Scientific rigor makes its implementation unexciting, and differentiates it from the intellectual laziness that is repeated in opinions, comments, and commonplace superstitions. For the same reason, when presented with the opportunity to study, some people opt for the poorly-named social sciences, or the humanities in general, which they think, erroneously, do not require the rigor, thoroughness, and complexity of scientific knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the arts, these demand not rigor in the sense of exactitude, but can, in contrast to the natural and hard sciences and the humanities, imagine not only other realities but also awe us with shapes, sounds, and colors that capture that imagination.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that is why the arts are closer to the exact and natural sciences, as opposed to the so-called humanities.<\/p>\n<p>The looseness that a novel requires, for example, would be an unforgivable offense in the scientific realm and an outright violation of the ethical code that any scientist should include in their practice.<\/p>\n<p>But the problem that is always confronted sooner or later is that the fact of having adhered to a strict discipline in order to gain solid knowledge often leads those who practice science as a profession to take on a wretchedly pretentious attitude toward everybody else.<\/p>\n<p>They tend to be arrogant and, not uncommonly, justify a certain frivolity and lack of common sense on their part with regard to daily matters. As if real life were a matter for us common folk, and that they [ellos, ellas, elloas], were above all that.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes despite the scientists themselves, the natural and hard sciences are indispensable, that much is undeniable. Any real and practicable possibility of getting out of the treacherous nightmare that is the current homogenous global system will have to have the natural and hard sciences as its principal foundation. And if it doesn\u2019t, we\u2019ll be stuck comforting ourselves with science fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson looks with surprise at Holmes as he thinks, \u201cIncredible, Sherlock Homes is describing himself in a disapproving tone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holmes notes Watson\u2019s surprise and addresses him to clarify:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re mistaken, Watson, I\u2019m not being self-critical. Obviously that monologue is not my own; it has been assigned to me by SupGaleano. See, the Zapatistas think that recognition and a soft scolding will be better received by the scientific community if it comes from one of the best detectives in world history than if it comes from a masked nose who still uses the Dane Niels Henrik David Bohr\u2019s model of the atom, describing it as \u201ca little ball made of a lot of other little balls stuck together around which other little balls orbit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes shudders, in part due to the scandalous description of the atom, and in part because it seems that he has finally released the discourse imposed on him by Zapatismo and backed by \u201cpoetic license.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El\u00edas Contreras, investigation commission for the eezeeelen, only spoke up with a \u201chmm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We know what happened next because Doctor John Watson took notes of what was said there\u2014not with the intention of publishing it, but rather because it sparked his interest. Holmes would later be pleased at this, because what El\u00edas Contreras said is still keeping him awake.<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes took El\u00edas aside, as Doctor Watson followed from a prudent distance. The little girl, accompanied by the the bark-meowing of the cat-dog, was busy trying to convince the one-eyed horse to get into position at the goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we\u2019re going to practice free kicks,\u201d Watson heard her say, and he saw a little boy position himself, jokingly, under the bar that was supposed to be the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes spoke in a murmur:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy esteemed El\u00edas, I come to you to see if you might have a case that requires the aid of my detective abilities. Of course, I promise to be discreet and claim no credit for myself should we be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El\u00edas Contreras stopped and said in the same confidential tone:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, in fact, yes. However, the problem that we are looking at is quite large and all we have is our minds in order to try to understand and address it. And then, well, what comes into my head I can talk about later with the compa\u00f1eros and compa\u00f1eras of the comit\u00e9 [Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcellent!\u201d exclaimed Sherlock Holmes. \u201cAbstract reflection requires extra effort that forces the brain to sublimate. Pay attention Watson, because now, I believe, we are about to encounter the biggest challenge for any detective: to solve a crime with only the tools of logic and scientific knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holmes looked as excited as could be. Watson couldn\u2019t remember seeing him so excited since the case of \u201cA Study in Scarlett,\u201d which brought him fame and global prestige as a consulting detective.<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes didn\u2019t rush El\u00edas Contreras. He lit his pipe, yes, but more in order to accompany El\u00edas, who was rolling a cigarette, than out of a desire for the sharp taste of tobacco smoke in his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>El\u00edas Contreras began:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right: the problem is big but simple. We know the murderer, the victim, the weapon used, the timing, and the location of the so-called \u201cscene of the crime\u201d, that is, where the fuckery was carried out. So like the Sup says, we have the calendar and the geography.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is big, though, because it\u2019s all mixed up. And that\u2019s where I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s all mixed up in reality or if it\u2019s my thinking that\u2019s confused.<\/p>\n<p>So in this case, the crime was already committed, but it\u2019s also being carried out and will be further carried out. That is, it\u2019s not just some fuckery that already happened and that\u2019s it, or that is happening now, but also something that is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holmes looks even more interested, but he doesn\u2019t interrupt El\u00edas Contreras, who continues:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we have to find out what happened, what is happening, and what has yet to happen so we can to stop it from happening, because if it does, it\u2019s going to be a tragedy so great you can\u2019t imagine it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes waits for the the investigation commission to pause before venturing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe I understand: we have to understand the crime committed in order to understand the crime underway and thus be able to avoid another crime taking place: the greatest crime in the history of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El\u00edas Contreras nods and continues:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe criminal doesn\u2019t hide; on the contrary, it shows itself outright and brags about what it has done. It says that its crime of killing, destroying, and stealing was a good thing to bring itself into being. I think it is there, where it was born as a criminal, the point at which it developed its way of doing things, that we can learn how it carries out its fuckery and how it intends to do so in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course,\u201d interrupts Holmes, \u201cwe must reconstruct the genealogy of the crime which in this case, and if I understand correctly, is the genealogy of the criminal. But go on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay,\u201d El\u00edas continues, \u201cfrom there we see that the criminal became modernized, that is, it became a better criminal and is careful that no one finds out that it is a criminal; rather, it dresses itself up like a good guy, like it\u2019s not plotting anything at all, just hanging around.<\/p>\n<p>So it has partners in crime, and those partners in crime are responsible for being the pretty face for the criminal. But since what\u2019s happening is so fucked up, these partners in crime have to come up with someone responsible. That is, their work is to blame somebody else.<\/p>\n<p>So they go look for someone to blame for the tragedy. Sometimes it\u2019s women who are guilty for not obeying, it is said, because they go around with skimpy clothing, or because they study and work, or even because they want to have \u201cself-rule\u201d over their own bodies and their path, to be autonomous, or maybe it\u2019s because they think, and begin to act like they\u2019re an autonomous municipality in rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>But other times they blame those who have skin of a different color, or who have another way of being, like Magdalena who died fighting against the bad and those who carry it out, and who was a woman but like they say, God messed up and gave her the body of a man and Magdalena, well she didn\u2019t hide it or accept it. She just didn\u2019t give a fuck what other people thought; she was different, and since she had that other body she was other [otroa]. And she, or he, or s\/he [elloa], fought to be what she was.<\/p>\n<p>Brave, that Magdalena, she never gave in, never ever,\u201d says El\u00edas, his eyes filling up upon remembering the person who, in his own way, he loved and still loves.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes and Watson maintain a respectful silence.<\/p>\n<p>El\u00edas composes himself and continues: \u201cWell, they also blame us as indigenous people, saying that things are bad because we are not civilized and that we don\u2019t allow progress, and so they put mines where there should be forests and lakes. And the thing is that we as peoples live where they pushed us to, because they stole everything and ran us off from where we were before. They also imprisoned and killed us, but here we are, still resisting. Before, the criminal didn\u2019t want these lands, but now it does because now these lands are commodities too, they say; water can be bought and sold, as well as land, air, sunshine, trees, and animals, even the smallest ones; even what we use to make pozol is a commodity.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what this criminal does, it makes everything into a commodity, even people, women, children, men, their dignity; and if something can\u2019t be commodified, then the criminal isn\u2019t interested because it can\u2019t be bought or sold. But the problem isn\u2019t exactly that, but rather that the criminal can carry out all this fuckery because it has a weapon called private property of the mode of production with which it runs its whole plan. So the problem isn\u2019t that things are produced, but rather that there are some who have property which is used for that production and you only have your own labor for which they pay you, and badly, as a commodity. So the criminal destroys and kills thanks to its weapon of private property, and at the same time carries out all this fuckery so that that weapon can\u2019t be taken away.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how to explain it all exactly, even though I understand it perfectly well. I just don\u2019t know the words in Spanish to explain it, or in the languages you use. But it\u2019s more or less like I said: you have the criminal, you have the victim who is blamed for the crime in order to steal from them and fool others, and you have the weapon. And the crime scene is the whole world. That\u2019s why I say everything is mixed up, because the world capitalist system provides everything: it creates the victim and then murders them, it provides the weapon that kills and destroys, and it provides the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>I talked about this all with SupGaleano when he committed the honeybun crime, and they punished him but now he\u2019ll be charged with another crime because he took SupMoy\u2019s phone. You think SupMoy isn\u2019t going to realize that? But anyway, let\u2019s get back to the problem because if we don\u2019t stop the criminal, then the whole world will become its victim; not just people but everything\u2014animals, plants, rocks, water, everything.<\/p>\n<p>The other problem is that there is nowhere to lock up the criminal, so the only way to stop the crime is by destroying the capitalist system.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I\u2019m not telling you everything we talked about. I mean, this isn\u2019t the whole talk, but if I tell you everything then those who are listening and reading and watching this story are going to start nodding off or thinking about what they\u2019re going to wear to dance at the festivities tomorrow because one year is ending and another starting, and maybe they think that the change in calendar will be enough to change things, but it\u2019s not; in order to change things we have to struggle, a lot, everywhere and all the time, without rest.\u201d<br \/>\nHolmes and Watson remained quiet until El\u00edas bid them farewell saying, \u201cI have to go, take care and don\u2019t be ashamed of other loves, if there is a tomorrow it will also be for, with, and because of them [elloas].\u201d<br \/>\nEl\u00edas looked at Watson and added, \u201cIf there\u2019s no key to open the closet, break down the door. One has to come out without fear, like Magdalena. Or fearful but controlling it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson wanted to clarify again that he and Sherlock were not what it looked like they were, but El\u00edas Contreras, eezeeelen investigation commission had already taken off down the road and the afternoon was drifting off to sleep, covered by the shadows of night that already promised to be cold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p>There were a few days, not many moons ago, when the little girl Defensa Zapatista decided to express herself verbally only in colors. And not with expressions like, \u201cthis is blue,\u201d or, \u201cI felt orange\u201d or things like that, but only by actually naming colors. All theories of language and discourse were threatened by the impertinence of a Zapatista indigenous girl.<\/p>\n<p>One day she came to SupGaleano\u2019s hut and said, \u201cyellow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sup didn\u2019t even take his eyes off the computer screen, he just said: \u201cin my jacket, right pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defensa Zapatista went over to where the jacket was hanging and pulled a package of honeybuns out of the right pocket and ran out the door happily chirping, \u201cpurple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite what you might think, each color didn\u2019t have a precise meaning. In order to understand Defensa Zapatista you\u2019d have to take into account her tone, the context in which she spoke, where she was looking, the expression on her face, her gestures and even her body language.<\/p>\n<p>One time she also said \u201cyellow\u201d while she was walking to school, as if she were on her way to the gallows. The Sup said that\u2019s when he knew that Defensa Zapatista was a normal kid and not a cybernetic organism created by SupMarcos\u2019 perverse mind to pester us all. The cursed inheritance of a Moriarty with an impertinent nose, the continuous and frustrating questioning packaged in the apparent innocence of a little girl barely a few feet high, a robot whose energy source was neither solar nor atomic but based in honeybuns.<\/p>\n<p>One afternoon SupGaleano explained to El\u00edas Contreras:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a child, no doubt about it. It\u2019s totally normal that a little girl goes to school with all the weight, anxiety and desperation of someone marching into the slavery of letters, numbers, names, and dates. No one can say better than she can what it means to go to school, and I think the fact that she takes the cat-dog with her, albeit hidden in her bookbag, is her way of clinging onto the world in which Defensa Zapatista is what she is\u2014and I don\u2019t have any idea what or who that is\u2014but she is happy in that world and happy in her efforts to complete the team which, perhaps, is her way of saying \u201cchange the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because you can see that she does not dream of being a superhero, someone with superpowers or a Katana to cut down her enemies who, if you pay attention, are always masculine. You can see that she never talks about the goal she made with surprising technique and which has been passed off with other explanations. On the other hand, the late SupMarcos never stopped reminding everyone, usually in irrelevant contexts, that he had once made a goal in middle school. He never mentioned of course that he was always on the bench and that just once he was put in the game, when the coach was down a player, and he slipped and accidentally, as they say, \u201cpushed the ball to the back of the net.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither does Defensa Zapatista take on the role of defenseless princess waiting to be saved by masculinity astride a white horse. In fact, I think her relationship with Pedrito is just the inverse: she helps, orients, and rescues Pedrito, even if her method of knocks upside the head is not ideal.<\/p>\n<p>No, Defensa Zapatista takes on her objective as something to carry out collectively and does not conceive of herself as a leader or a boss; in fact she has selected the position that shines the least\u2014defense\u2014and she does it in order to support the one-eyed horse playing goalie. Her job is to seek out and find who wants to join, who will play as a team and be not only a member of the team but also a bridge for others to join it. And when she values as equally important positions such as ballboy or the little dog or the cat-dog who run crooked and makes the only requirement the desire to play, that is her way of saying, \u201cto want to struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Defensa Zapatista we find not a new world, that\u2019s true, but perhaps something even more terrible and marvelous: its possibility.<\/p>\n<p>And when she talks in colors, perhaps she is trying out new forms of communication for that world that we can\u2019t even imagine but that she already accepts as coming\u2014not without the necessary and urgent struggle to bring it into being, from wherever it can be found, here into this reality that we are suffering through now.<br \/>\nI can think of nothing more Zapatista than what this little girl\u2019s efforts symbolize.<\/p>\n<p>SupGaleano was commenting all this to a silent and attentive El\u00edas Contreras when Defensa Zapatista appeared in the doorway of the hut with a ball in one hand and the cat-dog in the other and asked, \u201cPink?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re coming, we\u2019ll catch up with you,\u201d the Sup answered her. Defensa Zapatista just nodded and said \u201cBlack\u201d as she ran out the door.<\/p>\n<p>El\u00edas Contreras asked the Sup: \u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeats me,\u201d answered the Sup as he debated whether to put on his Inter Milan jersey (which apparently the Chinese have bought), the Atlanta one (which is not in that player market called UEFA ), or his Jaguars of Chiapas jersey (who knows where they are), all of which he found in the trunk left by the late SupMarcos. Finally he put on his EZLN t-shirt, the one worn in 1999 when a team of Zapatista support bases debuted at the \u201cPalillo Mart\u00ednex\u201d stadium at the Sports Complex in Mexico City, a game in which they made only a single goal and which the late SupMarcos summarized thus: \u201cWe didn\u2019t lose; what happened was that we didn\u2019t have time to win. So, what\u2019s missing is yet to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is I just guess what she\u2019s trying to say. Sometimes I\u2019m right, sometimes I\u2019m wrong. That is, I apply the scientific method of trial and error. Let\u2019s go El\u00edas, I think we have to go to the pasture because there\u2019s a team to fill out. It can take a while, yes, but someday there will be more of us,\u201d SupGaleano added as a kind of apology.<\/p>\n<p>The one-eyed horse was already in the pasture stubbornly munching that same plastic bottle. Pedrito was arguing about something with the little girl, the cat-dog was trying in vain to bite the flashy ball that good ole Vlady had given to Defensa Zapatista, and two absurd figures lingered off to one side of the supposed soccer field.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody noticed, but a complicit smile passed between Broom Head, Tortilla Hair, El\u00edas Contreras, and SupGaleano, as well as a slight nod of greeting.<\/p>\n<p>Defensa Zapatista laughed as the cat-dog jumped up and down trying to take the ball away from her.<br \/>\nThe cold had lifted and the afternoon turned warm.<\/p>\n<p>And everything that I narrated here occurred on whatever calendar, but in an exact geography: the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>I testify:<br \/>\nThe cat-dog<br \/>\nRuff-meow.<br \/>\nThank you.<br \/>\nFrom CIDECI-UniTierra,<br \/>\nSupGaleano<br \/>\nMexico, December 2017[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:es] DEL CUADERNO DE APUNTES DEL GATO-PERRO. 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