Enquanto houver vida…
English Version: Recently, my internet pages were almost completely taken over by a single news story: that of a dog beaten to death by a group of young people. The case was repeated in headlines, images, indignant reports, and inflamed comments. What they did to that animal — docile, defenseless, incapable even of understanding the reason for the violence — was of a cruelty that surpasses the limits of narration. There is something profoundly disturbing in realizing that the suffering imposed was not only physical, but deliberate, prolonged, almost ritualistic. Observing the comments that accumulated under these news stories, I noticed a recurring pattern. Phrases like “this needs to end”, “situations like this cannot continue to happen”, “those responsible need to be punished severely” or questions laden with despair: “how long will crimes like this persist?”. These are understandable reactions, even necessary within a society that is still trying to convince itself that justice can ...
