What remains of an earthquake
Unfortunately the disaster in Turkey and Syria leaves only pain and ruins. But it induces the whole world to assert that sense of humanity too often lost, and now rediscovered with a chain of aid formed over every language, border, religion: solidarity is its universal name. Federico Guiglia's notebook
The day will come, hopefully not far away, when even the earthquake will be able to predict how and when it will strike, so as to be able to warn people in time and prevent at least the most serious deadly effects. For now, science can only indicate where it will happen. And this already allows the countries most exposed to the earthquake, and organized, such as Japan, to educate the population from school on what to do when the tremors arrive. And it allows you to build houses and cities capable of withstanding the blind and sudden fury of the earth's surface, every time it sways.
Unfortunately the disaster in Turkey and Syria, also made so by the very strong energy deployed by the earthquake, leaves only pain and ruins.
But it induces the whole world to assert that sense of humanity too often lost, and now rediscovered with a chain of aid formed over every language, border, religion: solidarity is its universal name.
Suddenly we feel next to unknown people, but crying our own tears. Who has lost what any of us would have lost under the same dramatic conditions. And that she asks for nothing, so inconsolable is her suffering in these hours. Instead, it is we, incredulous and wounded humanity, who mobilize to save those who can still be saved. To give comfort in times of emergency. To help rebuild tomorrow, when it will be.
Impossible not to compare this catastrophe to the other one we've been experiencing for almost a year. And which, unlike the unpredictable earthquake, was caused with conscious choice and knowledge of the facts: war.
Same buildings razed to the ground, same innocent blood, same scenes of families crying and mourning. Mother Nature on one side, men with first and last names on the other, yet rubble and pain have no color or mercy: they are the same everywhere and for everyone.
But if the earthquake also moves humanity in the name of solidarity, which is the most powerful weapon, war brings with it the further damage of division. Fierce division between those who attack and those who defend. Between those who support the attacked and those who ignore the attacker. Between a world that wants to live in peace and another that still resorts to bombs to make people feel that it exists. Bombs call bombs and hell spreads.
And stopping the madness gets more complicated every day.
(Published in L'Arena di Verona , Il Giornale di Vicenza and Bresciaoggi )
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cosa-resta-di-un-terremoto/ on Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:01:46 +0000.