I CAN’T BREATHE!
Are there any more powerful words in any language?
No puedo respirar!
Je ne peux pas respirer!
Ich kann nicht atmen!
No matter the language, the message is clear: breath and life are one.
Breath and justice are inextricable.
Without breath there is no oxygen delivery to mitochondria.
Without breath there is no elimination of carbon dioxide.
Without breath there is no life, there is no justice.
The force of one human knee on another’s neck, the weight of one human body on another’s trachea, the insensitivity of one human heart suffocating another’s life — science cannot answer the question, “Why do such things happen?”
Only a deep look into the human soul — which is breath — ruach — stands any chance of addressing this conundrum.
How can any human ignore such words croaked from the mouth of another human being?
How can one human deprive another human of oxygen — no matter what the circumstances?
