We are in the middle of rehearsals for Mrożek’s “Emigrants”. You already know that.
Really beloved, this text is so deadly timely and it translates into our situation as emigrants now .. Everywhere we are and live.
How to overcome the feeling of being “that foreigner”? Is this a normal phenomenon and maybe we shouldn’t complain?
After the rehearsal, the three of us sat down and a loose discussion took place, inspired by a few lines of Mrożek’s text.
ATTENTION: Beloved, we understand that you are moved by the death of our compatriot on a tram in The Hague …
However, let us be moderate in our assessments of the causes of the situation.
A few days ago, the official statement of the perpetrator’s lawyer is that it was an accident as a result of a fight in which both parties took an active part.
So the case is underway.
Yes, you have to resist aggression! Necessarily.
For this, however, it is enough not to accept aggressive behavior. Blaming one another does not lead to understanding the much needed tolerance.
Nowhere.