Insanity rules us...
Feels like we live in a bad dream,waiting to wake up...The past four days have been days of tension and anxiety...A 15 year old boy was murdered by a policeman on Saturday and all hell broke loose from that moment...There are protests and riots everywhere...People who manifest against the unjust violence are mixed with those who destroy everything with no reason...The whole country is in a turmoil and all we can do is watch things as they unfold in front of our eyes...
As long as I was still in school I used to know what was going on but without taking an active role in it...Today I went to my first manifestation...And I felt good and proud because a big group of students marched through my little city of Komotini,expressing our protest against what's hapenned and asking for justice...A protest that caused no problems or fears...A protest where the police didn't make an appearance...And I felt enraged and furious when a bunch of I don't know what to call them took 3 garbage cans and put fire on them,forcing the police to intervene and challenging them in a small battle...I felt shame that our act of peaceful protest was being used as a cover for creating problems...I felt fear that people of my age can't see beyond their small beliefs and understand that violence cannot be dealt with violence...And I still feel fear for what I'm gonna see tomorrow and the day after...Yes,our country is ruled by insanity but we cannot destroy what little good there is and then ask for more...We don't deserve more if we can't respect each other and the few things we have...
I don't think that things can go worse...It's been four days,the riots are going strong and fear and anger has paralyzed my country...I'm afraid that from this moment we'll start turning against each other...The only thing that gives me some hope is that once you hit bottom,the only way there is,is the way towards the rise...I don't think we can go much below that...A child was murdered,the police and the state in general are completely incapable of protecting us and people is angry...I can only hope this anger will help turn to right direction...But then again I don't keep my hopes that up...