57 - universal aspect of art

'Non nella pena, nel delitto e la infamia' says Vittorio Alfieri in his play Antigone. Phrase translates as 'Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime'.

Wonderful explanation of justice in a sentence. It's obvious, isn't it? Not always. When the wrong-doing is disguised like a wolf under a sheep skin, the shepherd has to be awake. If the shepherd catches the play, it would be no surprise for the wolf's attempt to revolt the sheep against the shepherd. I observe the current political atmosphere of Turkey as such. Just replace the metaphors with the real actors; government as the wolf, people as the sheep and judicial system as the shepherd. Of course I am not suggesting a one-to-one comparison for each characteristics. Sheep neither formulate their rights nor practice democracy.

Absurdly, the governing party which received 47% of the votes (as much as the Nazi party of 30s) in the election is being taken to the constitutional court for playing with the fire for sometime by now. Everyone is familiar with the misconducts of the party in fact. But hold on, would sheep distinguish a lie if the sheep-looking wolf is taking them to the pact while talking about green fields?

Apparently shepherd noticed this weird animal. State Prosecutor brought the case against the party and demanded from the Constitutional Court a close-down. And the sheep-looking wolf starts talking. 'How can you close a party which is so popular? It's a disgrace to the democracy'. The governing party is pushing for tricky legislations so as to make it impossible for a court rule to close their party (and abide the existing laws which were OK before their shares are at stake). So cheap! The question is for how long the wolf in sheep disguise will keep itself acting like a sheep cause it is obvious that not until then the sheep will realize what lies beneath the sheep skin.

Ironically the name of the governing party promotes 'justice and development'.

"A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre" says Alfieri in another play of his, Virginia.
"Liars are always most disposed to swear"...

Grazie Alfieri! For revealing what wolves do in humans' world.
By the way, for those who tolerates totalitarian aggression in the name of democracy: Humans cannot survive in wolves' world.