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When the events occurred on my daughter's school, as reported on this blog, my biggest regret was not the fact that such have harmed my daughter. Not even the fact that a good professional to have been ignored, however much they were supportive of it and would share their anger at the appalling injustice that has been made. My biggest regret was related to the fact that you can not accept that such events could occur in a democracy like ours cemented. And to my dismay grew as I was feeling the formation of two components corrosive to our democracy: the indifference and fear.

Indifference was not a surprise because it is the most visible reflection of confidence in the durability of our democracy and lack of civic consciousness that leads to people having a poor participation in the activities of political, leaving political office to unpalatable "political professionals "who live by politics, not being his participation in it the result of their professional skills or ethics. I understand that the fact of having to live with them to scare off a lot of quality people in the world of politics. However, I can not accept any argument that attempts to justify the painful marks obtained by the turnout in our most diverse elections. The examples from young democracies, where people risk their lives to strengthen their fragile democracies, any Democrat should be ashamed abstentionist.

With regard to fear, although it was not exactly a surprise, fear noticed that amazed me by its size. It's outrageous that in a democracy people should refrain from expressing displeasure for fear of retribution or social professionals on the part of unscrupulous politicians. But this happens, and I believe there are reasons to justify such fears. However, I must warn those who do not clear when this attitude is justified, for fear of reprisals from various sources, which, although I understand their reasons for acting in such a manner and to respect this choice, I believe that the more they do, the more all have reasons to be afraid to come in the future. The impunity with which some rulers live when they abuse their power to harm others, which leads to increasingly feel untouchable, and that feeling feeds the fear of the people in confronting these governments where this is justified. The case that led to the set of texts to which it belongs is a paradigmatic example.

With all this, this case ended with two simple but symbolic acts: a petition that had a minimal number of signatures, especially if compared with the unease generated in those who had knowledge of the matter (many hundreds), but then or had fear of "giving face", said signing the petition, or simply do not have to bother because they were not professionals who whose rights were brutally violated, and a demonstration with about twenty people, mostly parents, very poor when compared with the number of caregivers present at the first meeting devoted to the subject and where everyone, without exception, have shown their outrage over the incidents there reported.

However, keep the petition as those responsible for the site where it is so permit, to remember that there are still Democrats who do not succumb to fear, and would continue to defend that which many Portuguese lost their lives.