La professora Sussi Roure, d’Anglès, ens ha fet arribar textos de l’alumnat
de 2n de Batxillerat sobre els atemptats de París. Tot seguit us en reproduïm
alguns.
We are all Paris, aren't we?
Last Friday's criminal attacks have had a huge impact
on the occidental society. Everybody seems to be talking about it, even
Facebook has promoted an application to cover your profile photo with the
French flag, or Youtube has changed its logo into the three colors of France.
These attacks have been claimed by radical Islamic organizations, such as ISIS.
However, are we all really Paris, as it is being said?
Firstly, I have to recognize that these attacks are,
by no means, justified. Having that said, I must admit that I'm Paris, but I'm
also Lebanon, Syria and Afghanistan, for instance. In these places, criminal
acts like the one in Paris are more than frequent, even a daily routine. So,
everyone claims that all lives are equal, but in reality it doesn't seem so.
Furthermore, most occidental countries (mainly USA or
France) are taking part (by selling weapons or bombing) in the Syrian war. It's
so comfortable to attack without getting damaged, isn't it? When you are
fighting with such a strong enemy such as ISIS, you could have foreseen that
this could happen, dear France.
Moreover, let's not forget about where's ISIS getting
their weapons from. Ironically, USA sold weapons to the revolted part of the
Syrian war, which happened to be supported by the same Islamic organizations
that were behind the Paris attack. So, the big prize is for the USA, for
selling weapons to their worst enemy, and therefore contributing to the
perpetuity of the war.
In conclusion, we should all be looking a little bit
further away than what the media is telling us. Yes, we are all Paris, we all
think that this shouldn't happen in the 21st century; however, there
are lots of other issues that are maybe even worse, and we are approving them
because of our silence.
Martí Oller Riera
French people are the victims, not France
I'm sure everyone knows what happened last Friday in
Paris, so I think it's not necessary to explain the facts again. I just want to
give my personal opinion about what happened and, more precisely, about people
reactions to these facts.
First of all I want to express my sadness and my
suport towards all the victims and their families. The point is that I think
that people (when I say people I mean almost everybody) posting texts with
hashtags such as "#JeSuisParis" or "#JeSuisFrance" are
following the stream, the social stream, and that's not necessary.
Do these people know that France is one of the most
important countries in the world in terms of producing and exporting fire
weapons? From where do they think terrorists obtained the weapons to carry out
their attack?
So my opinion is that France, like almost all the
other countries from the first world, is kind of a fake country; that's why
"#JeNeSuisPasFrance", although I feel sorry and pray for the victims
of the attack.
Oriol Navarro
