Where did you go Joe?

Though I was not lucky enough to be in one of your classes, I felt lucky when I found you online.
You wrote “you sound like you have much to share”.
Yes, I do have much to share,
but where did you go Joe.

This was a chance for me to be one of your students, your friend, your comrade, and your colleague.
But where did you go?
Is this a joke?
Where have you gone Joe?

There is a famous verse of a poet in Turkish: “Each death is too soon”
Yours was sooner Joe…
Too sooner…
But what was the rush though?
What was the rush?

Rest in peace my dear friend; you will always be one of my guidance and mentors with your work.

In solidarity,

Ilhan

11/12/2008 Initiative from the occupation of the Athens School of Economics and Business (source)

The children of Prometheus I am with you. 

Images from http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/dec/08/greece-riots?picture=340567594

You. Man at the machine and man in the workshop. If they order you tomorrow to make steel helmets and machine-guns, instead of water-pipes and cooking pots, then there’s only one thing to do: Say NO!

You. Girl behind the store counter and girl in the office. If they order you tomorrow to fill granades and mount sights for sniper-rifles, then there’s only one thing to do: Say NO!

You. Factory owner. If they order you tomorrow to sell gunpowder instead of powder and cocao, then there’s only one thing to do: Say NO!

You. Researcher in the laboratory. If they order you tomorrow to invent a new death against old life, then there’s only one thing to do: Say NO!

You. Poet in your room. If they order you tomorrow to sing songs of hate instead of love songs, then there’s only one thing to do: Say NO!