Barbarians at the gate To the ones who build it, a fence is an image of safety, of security, of things being kept where they belong. Yet a person whoe feels safe, or secure, doesn´t bother building fences at all. And so a fence, or a wall, or a security barrier, is equally an image of gnawing insecurity, made tangible, in brick and razor wire. Do good fences really make good neighbors? *Publicado en la última página de la más reciente edición de AdBusters Julio-Agosto 2006 *Acompañando el texto, imágenes de la pared entre Israel y Palestina en Bethleham y el neo-muro entro EUA y México en Nogales. Saludos |