Igår var jag en tur till Göteborg och mötte några mycket trevliga internetkompisar irl, som man säger... Vi var på en jättetrevlig plats, en gammal stenlabyrint som enligt uppgift ska vara 2000 år gammal. Den hade just den form som jag använt som förlaga till den labyrint som jag har i trädgården.
Vi gjorde bland annat en trumresa och så kände vi av skogen och platsen. Eftersom platsen är gammal så finns det mycket historia att känna av och det man känner eller ser där är inte bara av trevlig natur. En obehaglig känsla som kom över mig där fick mig igen att tänka på hur hemskt vi människor uppför oss mot varandra... Ska detta någon gång ta slut?
Med detta i tankarna sitter jag idag och slösurfar lite när jag ramlar över denna text:
Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,
we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents.
Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves.
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket,
he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being
was not determined by his wealth.
We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians,
therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know
how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things
that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.
John (Fire) Lame Deer
Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976
Vi gjorde bland annat en trumresa och så kände vi av skogen och platsen. Eftersom platsen är gammal så finns det mycket historia att känna av och det man känner eller ser där är inte bara av trevlig natur. En obehaglig känsla som kom över mig där fick mig igen att tänka på hur hemskt vi människor uppför oss mot varandra... Ska detta någon gång ta slut?
Med detta i tankarna sitter jag idag och slösurfar lite när jag ramlar över denna text:
Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,
we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents.
Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves.
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket,
he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being
was not determined by his wealth.
We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians,
therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know
how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things
that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.
John (Fire) Lame Deer
Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976
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