Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Re: Vancouver Riot Kiss

 
http://tinyurl.com/3p2curr
Mi ha fatto venire in mente questi versi di Jacques Prevert
Les enfants qui s'aiment s'embrassent debout
Contre les portes de la nuit
Et les passants qui passent les désignent du doigt
Mais les enfants qui s'aiment
Ne sont là pour personne
Et c'est seulement leur ombre
Qui tremble dans la nuit
Excitant la rage des passants
Leur rage, leur mépris, leurs rires et leur envie
Les enfants qui s'aiment ne sont là pour personne
Ils sont ailleurs bien plus loin que la nuit
Bien plus haut que le jour
Dans l'éblouissante clarté de leur premier amour
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Carlo "Jurassic Park" 

 
http://tinyurl.com/3p2curr
Bellissima immagine, dovrebbe diventare una classica.

 rw
Infatti la situazione è stata più complicata che si potrebbe pensare
vedendo l'immagine.  Un mio amico che vive a Vancouver, e ha visto un
po' dell'evento, mi ha appena mandato questo articolo dal sito CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/17/vancouver-riot-kissing-couple-eyewitness.html
'Kissing couple' witness rushed to help
Canadian woman hit by rioter, then knocked down by riot police
CBCNews.ca put out a call for information from anyone who saw the
couple whose image was captured by a Getty news photographer covering
the Vancouver riots Wednesday night. (They have since been identified
as Canadian Alex Thomas and her Australian boyfriend Scott Jones.)
This email came in from eyewitness Angela Nicholson, 31, of Coquitlam:
I work at the White Spot [restaurant] on the very corner of Georgia
and Seymour. I was working the 4-10 shift when the riot broke out. I
was able to watch the whole riot from a safe place. That's also how I
managed to be on the empty part of Seymour Street behind the riot
police — I had just gotten off work.
I have read many news stories, but all of the stories have left out
some of the most touching details of their story.
After the couple got trampled, they were lying on the street right at
the opening of the parking lot located beside the Scotia Bank tower.
Everything took place at 10:30 p.m.
The riot police had quickly turned onto Seymour Street. It was the
first time during the whole night that they had occupied Seymour
Street; up until that point, Seymour was safe for most plainclothes
citizens. Once the riot police started charging down Seymour, I could
see many innocent people stuck in the crowds, trying to escape. I
watched the whole thing from 40 or 50 feet away.
The line of riot police counted out loud, "One, two, three," and then
charged in unison. The athletic and energetic anarchists were
expecting the charge so they hopped backwards and ran to safety. In
doing so, they bumped into the girl (Alex) and threw her off balance.
Scott tried to catch her but by then the riot police were there and
the shield smashed Alex to the ground hard! There was a lot of
confusion for everyone. I could see absolutely everything because I
was standing right behind them with nothing obstructing my view.
As Alex fell to the ground, the two riot police raised their batons as
if they were going to hit her. When Scott saw this, he threw himself
on the ground on top of her (in the hug position) so that Alex would
not take the hits. At this time, the riot police still had their
batons raised! Alex had one arm wrapped around Scott and the other
hand up towards the riot police, palm forward, fingers spread, saying,
"Stop!" and "Please!" I could hear her very clearly from where I was.
The couple stayed there helpless at the feet of two riot cops for at
least 30 seconds (perhaps a little less — when you witness something
like that, it feels like forever).
Finally the riot cops stepped over them and reformed the line they had
come from. The street cleared and the two were left lying alone in the
street. No police officer checked to see if they were okay.
I immediately went over to them to help. I saw their embrace as I
approached. After the embrace, I heard her crying a lot. I saw she was
pale and her eyes were wide open — as big as they could possibly get.
Her stomach was locked so tightly she couldn't lie down fully. It was
like she was stuck doing sit-ups. This lasted for at least three
minutes. After I told her she was safe, her stomach relaxed.
Scott was very pale. He went silent but kept caressing his girlfriend.
I could see and hear his heart pounding in his chest. He held her so
softly and so close; it was the most amazing thing to witness. Such
tenderness among such chaos.
I knelt down near her and checked her for any severe trauma. After I
cleared her and Scott of any emergencies, I tried soothing her. She
was very upset. She said only two things: "I'm so scared" and "I want
to go home." I stayed with them and I assured her that both of them
were safe and that everything was over. With her boyfriend holding
her, she seemed to calm down.
Another person came over to help. He also knew some first aid. He did
another survey of the couple just in case I missed something. As that
happened, a regular police officer approached us and asked if Alex was
okay. I told the officer that Alex had been trampled by the riot
police and that she was absolutely terrified.
The cop said, "You shouldn't be here," and then told us to get her out
of the street.

 e' il parere di quasi tutti gli organi di informazione
Quindi bisognava presentarlo anche qui, no?  Pronto.

 
http://tinyurl.com/3p2curr
Sex & violence. Un classico.
-- 
Namib
"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis"
(ultime parole di Humphrey Bogart)

 Sex & violence. Un classico.
eros e thanatos. uno molto più classico ancora.
<:3)-

 eros e thanatos. uno molto pi� classico ancora.
"Eros"? E' solo (una) boutade/saudade mitologica.
-- 
Namib
"La force ne fait ni raison ni droit ; mais il est peut-�tre impossible 
de s'en passer,
pour faire respecter le droit et la raison" (Saint-Just)