{"id":7412,"date":"2020-06-09T07:22:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/?p=7412"},"modified":"2020-06-09T07:22:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:22:24","slug":"will-history-stop-repeating-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/?p=7412","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWill history stop repeating itself?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHUIT MINUTES QUARANTE-SIX SECONDES<\/strong>
\nQue peut-il bien se passer dans le cr\u00e2ne d\u2019un policier capable d\u2019assassiner interminablement un homme r\u00e9duit \u00e0 la plus totale impuissance\u00a0?<\/strong>
\nVous noterez que je n\u2019ai pas parl\u00e9 d\u2019\u00eatre humain concernant le policier. Je n\u2019ai pas envie de faire partie de la m\u00eame esp\u00e8ce que lui, et je souhaite que toutes ses nuits soient hant\u00e9es par son crime. Mais je crains fort que malheureusement il n\u2019en soit rien.<\/strong>
\nEIGHT MINUTES FORTY-SIX SECONDS<\/strong><\/span>
\n What can happen in the skull of a policeman who is capable of endlessly murdering a man reduced to utter helplessness?<\/strong><\/span>
\n You will note that I did not speak of a human being concerning the policeman. I do not want to be part of the same species as him, and I wish that all his nights are haunted by his crime. But I am afraid that unfortunately this is not the case.
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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019histoire va-t-elle arr\u00eater de se r\u00e9p\u00e9ter\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>, se demande Spike Lee qui a fait un montage avec des images r\u00e9elles, la mort de George Floyd et aussi celle d\u2019\u00c9ric Garner en 1994, sc\u00e8ne film\u00e9e elle aussi par les passants, et des images tir\u00e9es de son propre film, \u00ab\u00a0do the right thing\u00a0\u00bb.<\/strong>
\n\u00ab\u00a0Will history stop repeating itself,\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> wonders Spike Lee who made a montage with real images, the death of George Floyd and also that of Eric Garner in 1994, a scene also filmed by passers-by, and images from his own film, \u00ab\u00a0do the right thing\u00a0\u00bb.
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Il y a une dizaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es, Paul et moi avons visit\u00e9 au Portugal le monast\u00e8re d\u2019Alcoba\u00e7a o\u00f9 nous avons d\u00e9couvert la l\u00e9gende d\u2019In\u00e9s et Pedro (bas\u00e9e sur des faits r\u00e9els)\u00a0: futur roi du Portugal, Pedro de Castro \u00e9tait tomb\u00e9 amoureux fou d\u2019In\u00e8s, dame de compagnie de son \u00e9pouse. Pour des raisons politiques, le p\u00e8re de Pedro a fait assassiner In\u00e9s, et, pour la venger, Pedro, devenu roi, a fait arracher le c\u0153ur des bourreaux de son aim\u00e9e.<\/strong>
\nTen years ago, Paul and I visited the monastery of Alcoba\u00e7a in Portugal where we discovered the legend of In\u00e9s and Pedro (based on actual facts): future king of Portugal, Pedro de Castro had fallen in love with In\u00e8s,\u00a0paid companion of his wife. For political reasons, Pedro’s father had In\u00e9s murdered, and, to avenge her, Pedro, when he became king, had the heart of his loved one’s executioners wrenched.
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Mais la veuve de George Floyd ne pourra faire arracher le c\u0153ur de personne.<\/strong>
\nBut the widow of George Floyd will not be able to wrench the heart of anyone.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Je reste dans ce registre de cauchemar\u00a0: Monik m\u2019a envoy\u00e9 une p\u00e9tition pour soutenir les parlementaires d\u00e9sirant interdire la v\u00e8nerie sous terre<\/a>. Des militants ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 filmer les actions de d\u00e9terrage de blaireaux<\/a> ou de renards, y compris en pr\u00e9sence d\u2019enfants dont l\u2019un \u00e0 cinq ans et l\u2019autre douze\u00a0: ils sont l\u00e0 pour apprendre ce que c\u2019est que la chasse \u2014 en l\u2019occurrence des pratiques du plus total sadisme. Le texte de la p\u00e9tition conseille de regarder ces vid\u00e9os, moi pas. Il suffit de savoir que l\u2019on peut passer des heures \u00e0 traquer les animaux terroris\u00e9s, blottis au fond du terrier, puis de leur donner la mort en les frappant.<\/strong>
\nNightmare, still: Monik sent me a petition in support of parliamentarians wishing to ban underground venery.<\/a> Activists have succeeded in filming the actions of digging up badgers<\/a> or foxes, including in the presence of children, one five years old and the other twelve: they are there to learn what hunting is \u2014 in this case practices of the most\u00a0absolute sadism. The text of the petition advises to watch these videos, I don’t. Just know that you can spend hours tracking down terrified animals huddled in the bottom of the burrow, then killing them by hitting them.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Les hommes capables de faire cela pourraient aussi bien faire mourir un \u00eatre humain, c\u2019est pourquoi je me permets le rapprochement choquant entre ces trois trag\u00e9dies. Je me demande ce que deviennent les enfants t\u00e9moins de ces actes de barbarie.<\/strong>
\nMen able of doing this might as well kill a human being, which is why I allow myself the shocking connection between these three tragedies. I wonder what happens to the children who witness these acts of barbarism.
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Me voil\u00e0 \u00e0 nouveau \u00e0 \u00e9voquer des faits marquants de l\u2019actualit\u00e9 alors que ce blog est cens\u00e9 vous raconter notre quotidien. Cette actualit\u00e9 lointaine et traumatisante fait partie de mon quotidien, voil\u00e0 pourquoi. Je ne peux pas me dissocier du reste du monde. Quant au Covid-19, je continue \u00e0 en parler ou \u00e0 ajouter de nouveaux liens dans la rubrique d\u00e9di\u00e9e.<\/a><\/strong>
\nHere I am again talking about highlights of the news while this blog is supposed to tell you about our daily life. This distant and traumatic news is part of my daily life, that’s why. I cannot dissociate myself from the rest of the world. As for the Covid-19, I continue to talk about it or add new links in the dedicated section.
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Acanthe<\/p><\/div>\n


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Il est difficile apr\u00e8s cela d\u2019encha\u00eener sur une ambiance radicalement diff\u00e9rente.<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s hard after that to follow on with a radically different vibe.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

NOTRE QUOTIDIEN BANAL ET PAISIBLE\u2026<\/strong>
\nJe pars sans but en v\u00e9lo, par hasard au moment o\u00f9 Manwei passe devant chez nous\u00a0: elle a rendez-vous avec Jacques pour une balade et me propose de venir avec eux. Bonne id\u00e9e. Nous p\u00e9dalons tous les trois jusqu\u2019au bord du Rh\u00f4ne, je suis d\u00e9j\u00e0 pass\u00e9e par l\u00e0 avec Paul et c\u2019est tr\u00e8s joli.<\/strong>
\nOUR BANAL AND PEACEFUL DAILY\u2026<\/strong><\/span>
\n I leave aimlessly by bike, by chance when Manwei passes in front of our house: she has an appointment with Jacques for a ride and offers to come with them. Good idea. The three of us we pedal to the edge of the Rh\u00f4ne, I have already been there with Paul and it is very nice.
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En chemin, j\u2019explique \u00e0 Jacques \u2014 et \u00e0 moi-m\u00eame par la m\u00eame occasion \u2014 combien mon blog me p\u00e8se. Je suis en train de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir \u00e0 mon \u00ab\u00a0Presque muette\u00a0\u00bb publi\u00e9 mardi dernier. Je r\u00e9alise, en le lui expliquant, que mon temps est d\u00e9structur\u00e9 par mes appels t\u00e9l\u00e9phoniques quotidiens.<\/strong>
\nAlong the way, I explain to Jacques \u2014 and to myself at the same time \u2014 how much my blog becomes heavy for me. I am thinking about my \u00ab\u00a0Almost mute\u00a0\u00bb published last Tuesday. I realize, by explaining it to him, that my time is unstructured by my daily telephone calls.
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Je continue \u00e0 appeler mon p\u00e8re chaque jour, ma s\u0153ur \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s autant. Curieusement, ce temps de parole complique mon temps d\u2019\u00e9criture\u00a0! Tant que je continuerai \u00e0 donner ces appels quotidiens, \u00e9crire ici sera plus probl\u00e9matique.<\/strong>
\nI go on calling my dad every day, my sister about as much. Curiously, this speaking time complicates my writing time! As long as I keep giving these daily calls, writing here will be more problematic.
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Cependant, tout en bavardant, je m\u2019aper\u00e7ois que mon compteur kilom\u00e9trique va passer \u00e0 2222 kilom\u00e8tres \u2014 rien de vraiment glorieux en une vingtaine de mois\u00a0! Mais photographier une belle s\u00e9rie de 2 sur mon \u00e9cran me motive. Impossible de rouler aussi r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement, ce qu\u2019il faut c\u2019est d\u00e9passer cette vitesse et photographier l\u2019\u00e9cran en esp\u00e9rant tomber juste\u2026<\/strong>
\nHowever, while chatting, I realize that my odometer will go to 2222 kilometers \u2014 nothing really glorious in about twenty months! But photographing a beautiful serie of 2 on my screen motivates me. Impossible to drive so regularly, what I have to do is exceed this speed and photograph the screen hoping to do it at the right moment …<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Le vrai d\u00e9fi, c\u2019est de ne pas me casser la figure.<\/strong>
\n The real challenge is not to break my face.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Le r\u00e9sultat est satisfaisant.<\/strong>
\n The result is satisfactory.
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Plus tard, Manwei essaie mon v\u00e9lo sur lequel elle monte puis descend en v\u00e9ritable acrobate, j\u2019admire\u00a0!<\/strong>
\nLater, Manwei drives my bike on which she rides and then descends as a real acrobat, I admire!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

J\u2019abandonne Jacques et Manwei. Je reprends les activit\u00e9s habituelles, c\u2019est le d\u00e9but de saison des petits fruits. Je r\u00e9colte framboises, am\u00e9lanches, fraises, groseilles\u2026 De temps en temps je les pr\u00e9pare en salade, un dessert d\u00e9licieux. Une autre fois j\u2019ai os\u00e9 ajouter une poign\u00e9e de groseilles dans ma salade de lentilles \u2014 il faut dire que d\u00e8s que je fais cuire des lentilles, j\u2019y ajoute de nombreux minuscules cubes de carottes, du persil et de la ciboulette en grande quantit\u00e9, coup\u00e9s aussi en tout petit\u00a0; les groseilles en plus, \u00e7a passe vraiment bien. Dans mes salades de lentilles, la couleur dominante n\u2019est pas celle des lentilles.<\/strong>
\nI leave Jacques and Manwei. I resume the usual activities, it\u2019s the beginning of the berry season. I harvest raspberries, Saskatoon berries, strawberries, currants … From time to time I prepare them in a salad, a delicious dessert. Another time I dared to add a handful of redcurrants to my lentil salad – I must say that as soon as I cook lentils, I add many tiny cubes of carrots, parsley and chives in large quantities , also cut into very small; the currants in addition, it goes really well. In my lentil salads, the dominant color is not that of the lentils.
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W\u00e9g\u00e9lia \u2014 derni\u00e8re fleur \u2014 last flower<\/p><\/div>\n


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Le d\u00e9but de l\u2019ann\u00e9e a \u00e9t\u00e9 beaucoup trop sec, mais depuis le mois de mai il pleut r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement\u00a0: les am\u00e9lanches n\u2019ont jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 si belles. Elles sont grosses et plus faciles \u00e0 cueillir quand elles sont m\u00fbres. On pr\u00e9pare de la confiture avec une petite proportion de groseilles, ou de framboises. <\/strong>
\nThe start of the year has been far too dry, but since May it has been raining regularly: Saskatoon berries have never looked so good. They are large and easier to pick when they are ripe. We prepare jam with a small proportion of currants, or raspberries.
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Paul avait sem\u00e9 des haricots dans des godets avant de les repiquer sous la serre\u00a0: nous faisons une premi\u00e8re r\u00e9colte symbolique qui compl\u00e8tera une salade vari\u00e9e.<\/strong>
\nPaul had sowed beans in pots before transplanting them under the greenhouse: we are making a symbolic first harvest which will complete a varied salad.
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Les travaux au jardin sont toujours nombreux et vari\u00e9s. J\u2019essaie de d\u00e9truire les pucerons avec du savon noir, mais le lendemain je vais abondamment rincer les l\u00e9gumes \u00ab\u00a0savonn\u00e9s\u00a0\u00bb, sans cela ils risquent de d\u00e9p\u00e9rir. J\u2019esp\u00e8re ne pas avoir trop d\u00e9rang\u00e9 les coccinelles. <\/strong>
\nWorks in the garden are always numerous and varied. I try to destroy the aphids with black soap, but the next day I will rinse the \u00ab\u00a0soaped\u00a0\u00bb vegetables abundantly, otherwise they may perish. I hope I haven’t bothered the ladybugs too much.
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Je r\u00e9colte quelques poign\u00e9es de fleurs de tilleul \u2014 en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 il s\u2019agit de cladodes, un mot que je d\u00e9couvre, qui me fait rire et que j\u2019essaie de m\u00e9moriser.<\/strong>
\nI harvest a few handfuls of linden flowers – in reality it is cladodes, a word that I discover, that makes me laugh and that I try to memorize.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Paul continue de passer beaucoup plus de temps que moi au jardin. Il a r\u00e9colt\u00e9 fi\u00e8rement les premi\u00e8res pommes de terre. Il trouve le temps de m\u2019accompagner en v\u00e9lo \u00e0 la boulangerie de Gauthier. Le boulanger nous pr\u00e9pare de la p\u00e2te \u00e0 pizza et Paul va en cuisiner assez pour trois repas.<\/strong>
\nPaul continues to spend much more time in the garden than I do. He proudly harvested the first potatoes. He finds time to accompany me by bike to Gauthier\u2019s bakery. The baker prepares pizza dough for us and Paul will cook enough for three meals.
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Kristen nous \u00e9crit\u00a0: il y a un an, elle \u00e9tait ici avec David. Ils avaient choisi de voyager pendant une ann\u00e9e compl\u00e8te, ils avaient pass\u00e9 des mois dans diff\u00e9rents pays d\u2019Am\u00e9rique latine avant de venir en Europe, et \u00e0 leur retour au Canada ils nous avaient annonc\u00e9 la grossesse de Kristen. Quels changements dans leur vie\u00a0! Le b\u00e9b\u00e9, Owen, se porte bien et, comme ses parents, il adore la musique.<\/strong>
\nKristen writes to us: a year ago, she was here with David. They had chosen to travel for a full year, they had spent months in different Latin American countries before coming to Europe, and when they returned to Canada they told us about Kristen’s pregnancy. What changes in their lives! The baby, Owen, is doing well and, like his parents, he loves music.
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David et Kristen ont eu beaucoup de chance en voyageant peu de temps avant le d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie. J\u2019imagine que d\u2019autres gens un peu partout sur la plan\u00e8te avaient planifi\u00e9 des aventures semblables, mais ont d\u00fb renoncer \u00e0 leur projet. Oui, David et Kristen ont eu beaucoup de chance.<\/strong>
\nDavid and Kristen were very lucky to travel shortly before the pandemic started. I imagine that other people around the world had planned similar adventures, but had to give up their plan. Yes, David and Kristen were very lucky.
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Nous avions pr\u00e9vu ce printemps d\u2019h\u00e9berger des gens venus d\u2019ici ou l\u00e0, les dates \u00e9taient d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9cid\u00e9s, et nos helpers ont d\u00fb renoncer \u00e0 venir.<\/strong>
\nWe had planned this spring to host people from here or there, the dates were already decided, and our helpers had to give up coming.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Je n\u2019oublie pas Ga\u00eblle qui va bient\u00f4t avoir fini son ann\u00e9e scolaire et ses deux ma\u00eetrises. Et S\u00e9b continue avec talent de travailler le bois.<\/strong>
\nI don’t forget Ga\u00eblle who will soon have finished her school year and her two master’s degrees. And S\u00e9b continues to work with wood with talent.
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Je continue \u00e0 publier des textes et des liens sur mon \u00ab\u00a0sp\u00e9cial Covid-19\u00a0\u00bb,<\/a> en changeant les couleurs pour vous faire acc\u00e9der plus facilement aux nouveaut\u00e9s, qui sont indiqu\u00e9es en haut de page. Je n\u2019ai aucune id\u00e9e du nombre de lecteurs de mes col\u00e8res.<\/strong>
\nI continue to publish texts and links on my \u00ab\u00a0sp\u00e9cial Covid-19\u00a0\u00bb,<\/a> changing the colors to make it easier for you to access the new features, which are indicated at the top of the page. I have no idea how many people read my anger.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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HUIT MINUTES QUARANTE-SIX SECONDES Que peut-il bien se passer dans le cr\u00e2ne d\u2019un policier capable d\u2019assassiner interminablement un homme r\u00e9duit \u00e0 la plus totale impuissance\u00a0? Vous noterez que je n\u2019ai pas parl\u00e9 d\u2019\u00eatre humain concernant le policier. Je n\u2019ai pas … Continuer la lecture →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7412"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7454,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7412\/revisions\/7454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasassezdetemps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}