No Mickey Mousing around ... what has happened to Gustavo Coronel?

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Sunday, April 13, 2003 By: Einnoc Lebrac

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:28:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Einnoc Lebrac venezuelanoestuya@yahoo.com To: editor@vheadline.com Subject: Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: I read with dismay the first line of Gustavo Coronel’s editorial, “Distrust and handouts are killing Venezuela.”  It took me a few minutes to regain my senses … I just could not stop laughing ... what has happened to Gustavo Coronel?

Poor Gustavo Coronel ... he must really be feeling homesick in Valencia or Margarita Island … so far away from Disney World ... where he has a hard time hanging on to Fantasy Land. What was he really thinking to start a letter with such an outrageously funny line?

Hear me people: “I, Gustavo Coronel, 8 years of age (?), went to Walt Disney, and Mickey Mouse was at the bank and he smiled at me” … (this is the image I got).

Now, I believe I understand why he writes what he writes…

Of course he felt offended when he went to the (Venezuelan) bank and was treated like the rest of us! That has been the way people have been treated at banks for many years; you sign in front of the teller and your picture is taken.

You know, these are places where robberies are likely to happen ... whether in Venezuela or in the USA.

Gustavo Coronel probably never noticed it because he was used to the “doctor with money” type of treatment he perhaps received in the past.

I am almost certain that all of you “earthly-normal-aware” people have experienced it or known of somebody else who has gone to a bank or a very busy office where you need to wait in line in cities like Chicago, New York, etc …and if you step 2 inches beyond any waiting line, the security guard approaches you and roughly signals you to step back, smile not included. If you need to withdraw or deposit cash, you're asked questions, your picture taken and all, and no “Mickey Mousing” around.

The sad part in all of this is that people still try, whichever way they can, to ignore that today’s world is not as safe as it was few years ago. “Homeland” security measures are taken worldwide, and Venezuela is part of this world. It is not Chavez or those who follow him who are causing it.

People, let’s stop closing our eyes to the reality of the world!

Venezuela has changed …and we hope for the better!

NOTE: In the same article Gustavo Coronel says: “The Welfare State is the other main enemy of our social progress. Paternalistic political leaders have led Venezuelans to believe that they can sit and wait for the government to provide them with all their needs…”

Or maybe, Venezuelans should have maintained the status-quo and “sit and wait” for the government to keep on stealing from them instead…

Einnoc Lebrac venezuelanoestuya@yahoo.com

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