{"id":26454,"date":"2009-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/the-impotence-of-words\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T07:32:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:32:33","slug":"the-impotence-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/the-impotence-of-words\/","title":{"rendered":"The impotence of words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EN LA VIDA DE LAS SOCIEDADES \u2014Y DE las personas\u2014 hay momentos desafortunados en los que los conflictos y las diferencias se arreglan a las patadas: gana el que m\u00e1s fuerza o m\u00e1s poder tiene.<\/p>\n<p>En Colombia esos momentos son muy frecuentes. Cuando de resolver conflictos se trata, en este pa\u00eds nunca han sido muy importantes los argumentos y las razones. Pero tengo la impresi\u00f3n de que \u00faltimamente ese penoso defecto nacional se ha agravado. Ya no se discute y en las raras ocasiones en las que eso ocurre, el resultado del debate no influye en las decisiones que se toman. Tener buenos o malos argumentos en una discusi\u00f3n pol\u00edtica es casi tan irrelevante como saber de filosof\u00eda en un reinado de belleza.<\/p>\n<p>Veamos, por ejemplo, lo que sucede en el Congreso. En teor\u00eda ese es el sitio por excelencia del debate democr\u00e1tico. Pero, en la pr\u00e1ctica, all\u00ed nadie argumenta; peor a\u00fan, nadie espera que alguien argumente. Lo \u00fanico que importa son los resultados, es decir, las votaciones. \u00bfO alguien me puede mencionar un discurso en el Congreso, uno solo, en los \u00faltimos seis a\u00f1os, que haya sido determinante para cambiar la manera como la mayor\u00eda de los congresistas quer\u00edan votar? Ninguno.<\/p>\n<p>Los congresistas est\u00e1n por supuesto dispuestos a cambiar su voto, pero no por argumentos, sino por c\u00e1lculos electorales. La pol\u00edtica es un regateo entre facciones pol\u00edticas. Un detalle simple ilustra lo que digo: \u00bfha visto usted c\u00f3mo la suerte de las leyes se decide durante el d\u00eda, cuando los congresistas negocian en los pasillos del Congreso? Cuando llega la hora de la votaci\u00f3n, en la noche, s\u00f3lo se ratifica lo que ya se hab\u00eda consumado durante el d\u00eda. Antes de que voten, ya se sabe c\u00f3mo van a votar. El Congreso funciona como una notar\u00eda a la que se acude para firmar, no para o\u00edr razones o para debatir.<\/p>\n<p>Por eso el Congreso se parece m\u00e1s a un mercado que a un foro de discusi\u00f3n. Como los argumentos para votar no cuentan, nada de extra\u00f1o tiene que los negociadores cambien de partido como quien cambia de proveedor. El transfuguismo es la ley del mercado: ahora vendo manzanas chilenas, ma\u00f1ana papayas hawaianas y pasado ma\u00f1ana juguetes t\u00f3xicos, poco importa. Si hay compradores, hay negocio y esa es la voz del pueblo. El partido es un eslogan publicitario, no un credo pol\u00edtico. La afiliaci\u00f3n es una patente de corso, una licencia para vender, para negociar. Por eso, este no parece ser el a\u00f1o del debate por la Presidencia de la Rep\u00fablica, m\u00e1s bien parece ser el a\u00f1o de las componendas por la Presidencia.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed han sido votadas, a las patadas, las dos leyes de referendo para la reelecci\u00f3n. La falta de escr\u00fapulos no tiene l\u00edmites; hace poco se propuso cambiar el censo electoral, crear un alto tribunal de justicia que sustituya a la Corte Suprema y suspender la Ley de Garant\u00edas. \u00bfQue son propuestas atrabiliarias? Por supuesto que s\u00ed, pero \u00bfqu\u00e9 importancia puede tener eso cuando no hay debate? Ni siquiera la ausencia de debate es motivo de debate.<\/p>\n<p>Como dec\u00eda el poeta Rafael Alberti, hay ocasiones en las que las palabras no sirven, son palabras\u2026 \u201cmanifiestos, art\u00edculos, comentarios, discursos \/ humaredas perdidas, neblinas estampadas \/ qu\u00e9 dolor de papeles que ha de barrer el viento\u2026\/ Siento esta noche heridas de muerte las palabras\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In society and people&#8217;s life there&#8217;s unfortunate moments in which differences and conflicts are resolved through aggression. 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