Cassando o tumidum

Stereosternum tumidum is a marine reptile which was extinguished in The Permian period (298 to 252 million years ago) and its fossil record can be found in some regions of Brazil..

As I wrote in the chronicle "Hammering," back in my school days, during my geology course in the mid-70s, I thought it was a "perversion" to hammer at the rock outcrop and try to take a large piece of it "home." I confess that, when I went on my first school trip in 1973, I committed a "perversion" by trying to get a sample containing a piece of this reptile from a quarry in the Rio Claro region (SP). 

While trying to reach the outcrop wall where this creature might be fossilized, I almost drowned in the mud of the mining site. After nearly burying myself up to my neck in mud to "hunt" Stereosternum tumidum, I began to see this type of collecting in a different light, and the "obsession" diminished over time, and my possible "Indiana Jones" side remained there, in that unsuccessful "hunt" for the extinct reptile.

Years later, after working with groundwater for several years in various locations, trying to observe people's behavior and how the Guarani Aquifer was being treated, exploited, and used in our society, I wrote the article "The Guarani Aquifer and the Question of Separatism" in 2006, which includes the following excerpt: "In the case of the Guarani Aquifer, today there is a movement that is, at the very least, strange in defending its hydraulic isolation in the South of the country, separating the reservoir from the geological framework of other states and bordering countries, seemingly camouflaging another type of separation, the political one."

Today, I find myself wondering if, after several scientific studies conducted on the Guarani Aquifer over the last two decades, the so-called "hydraulic isolation" cited to "camouflage another type of separation, the political one," could truly exist, or if this separation has actually been occurring, independent of the imagined dispute over the waters of this mega-reservoir, and soon after the government of the voracious "tumidum de Glicério" came to power in 2019?

It's never too much to remember that this government of the voracious "tumidum de Glicério," militarized from head to toe, genocidal by conviction, is the one that preaches and practices the true "us against them," but always wanting to attribute this attitude to others who are not sympathetic to them and whose deep-rooted denialism is leading us to separatism. Or isn't that what's happening? Is it an exaggeration to think this way? 

Therefore, if it's redundant to keep thinking about removing the voracious "tumidum de Glicério" and his gang, either by disqualifying the presidential ticket or through the tortuous path of impeachment, let's continue hoping that the politicians and judges currently in office will fulfill their role. In this way, we continue to believe that something along those lines will happen, and it won't be long. 

"Never lose faith in humanity, for it is like an ocean. Just because there are a few drops of dirty water in it, doesn't mean it's entirely dirty."Mahatma Gandhi).

Notes

1) “Hammering”, a chronicle published on Cacá Medeiros Filho's blog on December 12, 2020: http://cacamedeirosfilho.blogspot.com/2020/12/martelando.html?view=magazine 2) “The Guarani Aquifer and the Question of Separatism”, an article published in issue 116 of ECO Magazine, July 21, 2006: http://www.eco21.com.br/textos/textos.asp?ID=13683) “Cassando o tumidum”, article published in website From the Humanitas Unisinos Institute on 12/22/2020: https://www.ihu.unisinos.br/categorias/605743-cassando-o-tumidum 4) Glicério (SP) is the city where the current president of the republic was born.