Colombia Not Israel
I am interested in what my viewers (Did I just call you viewers?)have to say about this. What do you think it means? I have been both places and can think of one major parallel, but am eager to know your thoughts.
Tags: Bogota, Candelaria, Colombia, Israel
Posted in Photojournalism and Street 1 month, 2 weeks ago at 10:20 pm. 2 comments
Well, if we assume it is anti-Israeli and pro-Columbia, then it’s probably speaking out against the occupation of Palestinian territory in general or the siege of Gaza in particular, which is all the rage right now. But what controversy in Colombian politics is like occupation or siege?
Maybe it is pro-Israeli and anti-Columbia. In which case they could be slamming Columbia for perceived anti-semetic views.
Or maybe it’s anti-immigration. Israel lets people (Jewish people) from all over the world move there and become citizens, maybe someone doesn’t like foreigners moving to Columbia?
My bet would have to be that this slogan was inspired by the Gaza flotilla incident. Typically the kids with the spray cans flock to whatever the fad resistance movement is at the moment and rarely (but sometimes) do they have a deeper ideas worthy of our deep contemplation.
It looks like two different people wrote this. First was Israel, probably a positive statement. Then the Colombia not, a challenging response.