- ? - . , .... say the Georgians Strength is in Unity. United we can fight, resist, attack,defend. Without language, though, theres no unity, therefore, no strength. Witha common language, humans can understand and identify with one another, share thesame worldview, join in the same activities, develop a single culture, standtogether against outside threats. Precisely because of that, for the invader itis imperative to destroy the language of the invaded. Once the language isdestroyed, unity is destroyed, for there is no more communication between themembers of the group. As the individuals are assimilated, switching to thelanguage of the invader, the notion of us vs. them gets blurred; what was oncefamiliar becomes alien, frequent object of disdain and hate. The brave anduntamable are long gone now only those who bowed and accepted the new ordersurvived and their descendents, the oppressed, are born into a system where howthings are so they shall be, after all, questioning the system is bad for yourhealth. The rulers of this new society, though, understand the importance ofthe Georgian motto and will do everything they can in order to maintain theirlanguage as an instrument of domination, making it virtually the sole means ofeducation, media, politics and military force. Education should indoctrinatethe masses to be obedient, not to question the status quo, think in the state language and identify with theculture of the imperial masters more than with any other; media should shapeones opinion and worldview as the elites desire, manipulating their minds fortheir purposes and against their fears; politicians and the military shouldcontrol and monitor this whole structure, using education and media as theWizard of Oz used his tricks to create the false image that they have thepower, whilst, as they secretly know, no one holds it and they are, in fact, themost vulnerable ones in this game, should the people unite against them. Language is power and power lies in unity; the oppressed people speak the samelanguage, they can unite. The prey that was once swallowed by the imperialist beast canprove to be a poison in its belly. To speak English, Russian, Chinese,Portuguese or so many other languages often historically imposed in detrimentto the local, often dead or dying languages, does not mean to love them, their original speakers or everything they represent. Once webecome critical of our past, the same instrument that has been used against uscan be turned against our oppressor. ...(Belarusian) - To remember the past is to take care of the future Sua teimosia ainda vai nos meter emgrandes apuros, Yara... Shhh! Silencio, Imex! repreendeYara, irritadica. O Sol ja esta quase sobre sua cabeca e ate agora a pequenanao conseguiu capturar nenhum peixe com sua lanca improvisada.Imex suspira, cansado de cacarborboletas com seu irmao gemeo, enquanto sua irma mais velha insiste em fazertrabalho de homem. Ja temos bastante peixe para o takak,os adultos ja trataram disso. Mesmo que voce pesque algo sera quase nada pertodo que vai ter hoje a noite! continua o menino. Yara decide manter silencio e seconcentrar. Desde o comeco ela sabia que era ma ideia trazer seus irmaozinhospara o