NO HAY MERCENARIOS EN ESTA LUCHA, EN LA BATALLA DE LAS HORMIGAS
"No había ningún mercenario allí. No tengo duda de que fue por un principio por lo que lucharon,
igual que lo hicieron nuestros antepasados, y no para evitar un impuesto de
tres peniques sobre el té, y los resultados de esta batalla serán al menos tan
memorables para aquellos a quienes concierne como los de la batalla de Bunker
Hill"
(HDT, Walden)
La reflexión anterior corresponde a la batalla de las hormigas, descrita en el capítulo "Brute Neighbors" de Walden".
"Aquiles es una rebelde, que reta a las figuras de la
autoridad, como su comandante Agamenón. Si usted fuese un profesor de los dos últimos
siglos que enseñase la Ilíada
a los pupilos de Eaton, ¿no querría neutralizar al personaje más glamuroso,
peligroso y carismático de la historia, que es Aquiles?.Abrazar Aquiles es abrazar
la rebelión, de modo que esos profesores pusieron todo el énfasis en el heroísmo
de Héctor, que es un patriota."
(Caroline Alexander, La Ilíada es un relato antibelicista. Culturas 25 de
Abril de 2015)
"The legions of these
Myrmidons (6) covered all the hills and vales in my wood-yard, and the ground was
already strewn with the dead and dying, both red and black. It was the
only battle which I have ever witnessed, the only battle-field I ever trod
while the battle was raging; internecine war; the red republicans on the one
hand, and the black imperialists on the other. On every side they were engaged
in deadly combat, yet without any noise that I could hear, and human soldiers
never fought so resolutely.
(…)
I was
myself excited somewhat even as if they had been men. The more you think of it,
the less the difference. And certainly there is not the fight
recorded in Concord history, at least, if in the
history of America,
that will bear a moment's comparison with this, whether for the numbers engaged
in it, or for the patriotism and heroism displayed. For numbers and for carnage
it was an Austerlitz or Dresden.(8) Concord
Fight! Two killed on the patriots' side, and Luther Blanchard wounded!(9) Why here every ant was a Buttrick (10) — "Fire! for God's sake fire!" — and
thousands shared the fate of Davis and Hosmer.(11) There was not one hireling there. I have no
doubt that it was a principle they fought for, as much as our ancestors, and
not to avoid a three-penny tax on their tea; and the results of this battle
will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the
battle of Bunker Hill, at least.”
(HDT,
Walden Brute Neighbors (12))
Las guerras no existen
desde que alguien cada día
ataca nuestro corazón. Es rápido el siglo,
Más rápido aún es que la palabra.
Si estuviera muerto todos me creerían
cuando me callo
(Nikola Madzirov, Es rápido el siglo, fragmento)
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