The IRA disarming gave me a little hope for peace. I remembered the last time when a seemingly hopeless situation turned around. Growing up I never thought that the wall would come down, or that the cold war would end.
That was my reality, a reality I had been born into.
However it changed. The wall came down. Gorbachev ushered in glasnost and the Union collapsed.
Where was I? Still in High School. I remember hearing the song by Jesus Jones "Right here right now." again and again.
I had a friend who thought it was sarcastic, but most thought it was sincere.
When I was in Berlin earlier this year, and stayed with a former Easterner living in the west, I was struck at how bizzarre the concept of putting up a wall to prevent humans moving around actually was. Such a ludicrous situation.
I wrote about it in a Sojourner thread I believe.
Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you guys have knowledge of where you were and what you were thinking when the unthinkable happened.
I couldn't believe it. It allowed me to be optimistic about the future. That positive change can and does occur.
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