We know, quite well, who we lived with. We know very well who Teofil is and we know very well what Teofil is to us. And then, after all, we can't know that. We were too close, it's too big for us to see it from here and now
I told him, at that time in "Imperial", that for a long time I thought that Teofil Pančić was a pseudonym. This morning, the first dawn without Teofilo, it seems to me that it would actually be better if it were possible to live without the body, only in books and in theater performances, in films and comics, with Olja and among friends, in newspaper articles, because only some gloomy and sad problems were encountered with the body. The body was suffering from what was happening around it
On the night in which I am writing these lines, the one from the first Thursday to Friday in March, I am left without the address from the title. Midnight has already struck, no one has been on the third or fourth floor of Mišarska 12-14 for a long time, only the night porter is dozing downstairs and wondering when the hairy madman will go to rest. And I'm still here because these lines can and must be created only there, in the last moment when the already badly wounded but still alive heart of my Mišarska is beating
We are once again under the tyranny of people without qualities, but with insatiable ambitions and advanced subservience
These days, more precisely, on February 5, five years have passed since the death of our founder and editor-in-chief, Dragoljub Žarković. Žare led "Vreme" through the most difficult moments, not only for the editorial office, but also for the entire society, from the XNUMXth of March, through Vučić's law on information, censorship during the bombing, the XNUMXth of October, and even through this period, which, we hope, is coming to an end
Attempts to simulate the existence of dialogue in society for two hours a week in a program that lasts 168 hours a week are futile, and that 166 hours are dedicated to killing the idea of dialogue and where "horses by the tails" are dragged, slurped and muddied by political dissenters.
Since January 27, the authorities have been inviting students and professors to a dialogue. However, several things stand in the way of dialogue: the students' demands are so clear that there is nothing to discuss, and the government continues its violence against citizens at the blockades. In addition, the one who calls for negotiations is not competent
"I would like us to remember this feeling. This will never be a functioning democracy without active citizens, people who are willing to sacrifice their time and show the people in power what they think. However this ends, we need to remember what it looks like to be an active citizen. The government then reacts. It will not be good to let the political elites finish this. Power without control turns into absolute power, we have seen that in this country many times in a couple of decades. The institutions are weak, the civil sector is not really capable of such a thing, we all know what the media are like - there is no one to be that controller except the citizens themselves."
What did the students start with their rebellion, their demands and the way they fight for them? What is actually happening to us? What kind of seed was planted? And what effects can this rebellion have? In the long run, does the government or the system change? How suddenly that youth - drugged for years to be disinterested and selfish - turned out to be so thoughtful and noble
For a long time, it has not been seen more clearly how much Javanese people have taken over Serbia than in that two-day visit of Aleksandar Vučić and his retinue to Varvarin, Aleksandrovac, Brus and Ćićevci. For this story, the names of those places and surrounding villages are not the most important because the principle is the same. In every small town, there is a certain Slavoljub Miljković, whom people say is the only one who asks about jobs or who transports cabbage or furniture for the cottage in the health center's car.
"Nikola Vasiljević, yesterday's regional head of the BIA, and now Vucevic's security advisor, was and still is friends with Zvonko Veselinović and Goran Kovačević Goranec. That practice remained even after Vasiljević, only now it is more intimate and firmer. Namely, the current head of the BIA for Novi Sad Bečić, his deputy Simo Aleksić and Goranac have known each other since Vrbas and 'now only the sky is the limit'! That bestiality of Nikola Vasiljević went so far that he does not even hide his corrupt savings. He registered the elite wine shop 'Dekanter' in an exclusive part of Belgrade on the water on his wife. The estimated value of the wine shop is around 2.000.000 euros.
On foot, step by step, I walked with students about eighty kilometers from Belgrade to Novi Sad. Along the way, people greeted them with tears in their eyes as liberators. From what? From the hopelessness into which this unfortunate country has fallen, from the abnormality that everyone feels in their chests, from helplessness in the face of a self-sustaining government
"I saw from the signatures of the petition to support the students that a large part of the policemen were afraid. In their demands, the students ask for the work of institutions and the rule of law. That is why MUP exists. But, of course, there is also that smaller part of the police that this system suits, because they are unjustly rich and find themselves in positions that they would never have been in if this country had been organized."
In Serbia, about 50.000 purebred puppies and countless mixed breeds are born on the street every year. What is the fate of most dogs and why did the state pass this test of humanity with a clean slate
In the lobby of the heart of darkness, we would probably not find much more than a small, insecure and not very interesting boy, without any special gifts, but too hungry for attention, appreciation and recognition to miss the opportunity to abuse poorly controlled political power and shape reality to fulfill his needs
"I believe that the members of the SPS and JUL, those who are not mentioned in the newspapers and on television as thieves, rich or that they are suspicious and responsible for some other reason - I believe that they are the ones who made an agreement with the new authorities to that government protects their material and other interests, their rather large wealth, and that in return they contribute to the bribery of their yesterday's comrades and personal friends"
"Refugees have been manipulated like no other population in recent times. Perhaps only the mentally ill were manipulated that way in the Soviet Union during Stalin's reign of terror."
The new authorities shout at the top of their voices that those responsible for the collapse of the state will be tried. Wouldn't it be more logical to rehabilitate the victims first?
In some reflections on the latest events not only in Macedonia but also in the south of Serbia, one hears how the Albanian side is allegedly trying to catch the "last train" for a more comprehensive solution to its own issue and to reach, possibly, a new Dayton by radicalizing the situation on the ground.
While the media and citizens find out new details every day and expose the government's lies, the prosecutor's office is dealing with the case of noise and stampede in Kralj Milan, apparently only in order to amnesty the regime
The Minister of Police is lying. Okay, that's not much of a surprise. But the entanglement of Ivica Dačić in the kitchen is more than simple lying
We allowed ourselves two dictators in 30 years. That is the core of our problem. There is no quick fix for this. And that's why March 15 could not be the Fifth of October. Because the Fifth of October is not enough now. Must be slower, must be smarter. It needs to be more thorough. Yesterday was not the end, because this is just the beginning
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