Şi în antichitate bătrânii erau stimaţi, însă Strabon aminteşte un episod ciudat din insula Cos, când toţi bătrânii s-au încolonat şi au băut cucută. Lucru pe care istoricul grec l-a considerat absolut normal: “Cel care nu poate să trăiască bine nu trebuie să trăiască rău”.
Ce face astăzi guvernul Boc cu pensionarii e similar cu logica lui Strabon. Da, pensionarii nu au bani să trăiască decent, deci ar fi mai bine să moară. Ce rost are să le mărim pensia, că şi aşa sunt la limita sărăciei? De ce să-i chinuim degeaba?
Cinismul guvernului Boc – sau mai ştiu eu ce inteligent a ajuns la această soluţie – este că priveşte spre pensionari cu dispreţ, că îi tratează ca pe nişte obiecte nefolositoare. Nişte neputincioşi buni doar la vot!
În lumea civilizată, pensionarii îşi fac vacanţele în ţări exotice, au hobby-uri trăsnite, învaţă limbi străine sau intră în politică. În România, umblă prin gunoaie. Sunt consideraţi un balast, o povară pentru toţi: stat, familie, comunitate.
Cea mai mare răzbunare ar fi să-l văd la Pol pe Boc bătrân căutându- şi o banchiză!
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