tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post971808815741739045..comments2023-10-02T16:20:05.107+02:00Comments on People become stories and stories become understanding: The French ElectionsDi Mackeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-26898523055997602152007-04-15T05:25:00.000+02:002007-04-15T05:25:00.000+02:00When has it ever been easy to let go of the famili...When has it ever been easy to let go of the familiar, as in faces, culture, and even the landscapes.<BR/><BR/>And when has it ever been easy to assimilate once you've grown up, as in with new neighbours, in a new work place, and even in a new city.<BR/><BR/>So why would anyone think it's easy to accomodate a 'country' that is not your own, nor the one you've grown up in or whose language you cannot understand, and now represented by their people right next to you.<BR/><BR/>But then I suppose humans are resilient, and eventually come to accept another, unless the 'another' does not want to be accepted.<BR/><BR/>And therein lies the challenge to 'modern' society. If it succeeds it will break away from the old, and if it doesn't it still won't go back to the country of the old, and it is in the latter that seeds of apprehension take root strengthened by the distress of not being able to revisit one's roots without seeing cultural landscapes that're as foreign as any one ever dreamt of.<BR/><BR/>And then it is election time.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.com