On February 5, 251 a man, governor of Sicily, ordered the death of Agate. Why? Because the governor fell in love with her and she didn't. If every day we read the newspaper or listen to the radio, we will realize that things have not changed.
As in the case of Agate, today the list does not end, surely the torturers and murderers have not been governors of Sicily, but the rulers of his house, or they think, yes.
Some try to convince us that foreigners have brought us problems: we are not like that. Bad things happen in the neighbor's house, in our not. But you only have to go to the streets, to the bars, to the institutes, and you can see where the problem really is, who has the power, who gets angry when you don't do things as he said.
Some try to convince us that foreigners have brought us problems: we are not like that.
And that's a structural problem. Something is failing in the education system, and certainly in our homes, not just in the neighbor's house.
It's no small thing, and when there's a case like Agate's, right now, justice or law is not too harsh. This means, as in the case of the governor of Sicily, that the aggressor is left without punishment. In our justice system, the victim has to prove what has happened and return to what the aggressor did, moreover, before a judge. If this is alive, and if not – if it does – die like Agate.
I therefore have a question: have things changed so much after 1,800 years? How many Agate have died in these years? And how many Agate are dying in our time for the same reason?
Perhaps the answer should be to go out on the street every day and sing cocks or verses until you end this social problem. Who knows?
Josu Del Molino Blanco