Liberal, Libertario, Libertino

Charles Clements, médico e missionário quaker norte-americano, visitou El Salvador no começo da década de 80, durante a Guerra Civil. Foi o pequeno trecho abaixo que inspirou a novela Cães, do meu atual romance em andamento, Cria da Casa.

Ao fazer sua pregação anti-violência aos guerrilheiros comunistas, eis o que Clements ouviu de um deles:

You gringos are always worried about violence done with machine guns and machetes. But there is another kind of violence that you should be aware of, too. I used to work on a hacienda. My job was to take care of the dueño’s dogs. I gave them meat and bowls of milk, food that I couldn’t give my own family. When the dogs were sick, I took them to the veterinarian. When my children were sick, the dueño gave me his sympathy, but no medicine as they died.