Do not read this if you cannot stand the truth.
People say the society changed, we are more aggressive these days. True or? If you ask me it depends on with which time you compare it and... if you follow the news. The dark middle ages are not for pussies and people were for sure not kind 2020 years ago. At times I ask myself if the world really changed, did humans change? I doubt it. People are greedy, manipulate, dominate, and do not accept it if others do not agree with them or correct them.
Street fights, gangs might not be common worldwide, as extreme in each country or area but they are not just born. It's not COVID-19 who did it to us, neither the mad cow madness nor discrimination. These are small excuses used to "explain" what happened to those who do not understand and... to make a statement.
These days discrimination is hot. As I was a child the word didn't even exist. These days if discrimination didn't cause it, it's bullying or the guy doesn't know what he did and is confused. All excuses used if it comes to situations the government and media need to manipulate or... can use for their own benefit.
Yesterday was the 3rd Tuesday in September. The day the government tells us how much more we need to pay. Of course, these announcements are no longer a secret. Year after year the info leaks, which is done on purpose (it's saver to be mad long before). While the nation is busy surviving, the royal family cares about what to wear, and in Italy is a funeral. A young man who tried do defend someone else was beaten to death. To me, this isn't new and I do not believe the Italian minister nor mayor if they claim this situation is new to them. Let's be honest... Italian brothers threatening people, beating them up, killing them... It sounds like the mob to me, very Italian.
The only difference the minister and mayor can make is this man wasn't white (not that Italians are white to us Dutch people) and of course this makes the situation different. Now it is called discrimination! I ask you why? It doesn't feel different to me as at the time all those other people were beaten up, kicked, or stabbed to death. What makes this murder different?
In the Netherlands, we deal with the same problems. People are kicked or stabbed to death as they tried to stop (young) guys robbing, raping, beating up someone else. Not once the word discrimination was mentioned. I am quite sure it existed at that time.
The thing is (and this is no coincidence) the word discrimination is only used if it concerns men, foreigners who are or feel mistreated. If it concerns women it's not discrimination. If black men, foreigners (most are not black whiter than I am) harm others seriously, kill people, it's never discrimination but the person is confused or... the media says it's custom in that country (what a big joke in own country they would be dead now).
I do not agree with this kind of policy. Discrimination is not a word you only use if it fits you which seems to be the policy these days. The world didn't change, people do not discriminate more and it's not something white people do only. Many of us do not like our neighbor countries which is one of the reasons races do not mix easily.
As long as the word discrimination is used when it fits us, we keep hate and differences alive, nothing will change.
Not because it is as bad as it is painted but because we want it to be that bad. The bad benefits us because as long as we can blame others we can manipulate them and feel important.
Willy is buried earlier than expected. Family from the Netherlands and elsewhere were present just like many "shocked" Italians. Out of experience, I know that "shocked" is a word politicians use frequently during the past three years. Not because they are shocked or care but to pretend they do. In reality, they force their will upon whole nations and demand them to forget about their own culture, norms, and values. Being beaten up with a helmet, stabbed to death while delivering the newspaper should be the new norm, accepted by all of us.
I know nothing about those brothers, those men who did this but I doubt it was a deed of discrimination. The only thing this young man Willy did wrong was what Joes Kloppenburg (died 1997) did wrong. They passed by and said "Kappen nou" (Stop it!), to men who attacked someone. This with the result the attackers killed these two who dared to say something. This murder in Italy wasn't an act out of discrimination but aggression. The attackers felt pissed because someone dared to interfere in their business, dared to correct them. It was an act of pointless violence not discrimination.
Joes Kloppenburg wasn't the first who died after being beaten up.
Kerwin Duinmijer was one of the first mentioned in the news (1983) and after him, many followed, women included like Froukje Schuitmaker and Marianne Roza. They all did the same: defending someone who couldn't defend himself or asking people to respect, behave. If I may believe the newspapers, this "pointless violence" already started in the 70s. It's not today's news, no surprise.
Meindert Tjoelker (2002) and Daniël van Cotthem (2009) ended under similar conditions. People not able to control themselves killed them and were hardly punished for it. The government made this possible. The lack of right, honest judgment, the small excuses, not listening to the people, and discrimination of the own nation caused an uncontrolled situation. A society where no one cares and people turn around if they see you are in trouble, since saving someone's life, being a hero doesn't pay. No one will be grateful you did.
Great one