Repped. Was socialising with a group recently, mainly primary school teachers in their thirties, all from rural backgrounds, lovely girl/boy types. All living in Cork.
One of them pulled out a bag of coke and they were all queuing up to do a line without considering some of us mightnt approve or that it might change or view of them. Amazing how normalized it has become.
What struck me was the conversation beforehand. A very sympathetic view on the plight of Palestinians and people from other poor countries, but no connection made between the coke they went on to snort and the millions of people in south America whose countries are riddled with violence, intimidation and corruption because of western middle class demand for cocaine. Not to mention drug related violence here in Ireland among working class communities.
There was a guy there too who is a member of a left wing party and loves to preach about the working man (he's not elected or in the public eye).
He was first in line for the coke. The country is riddled with cocaine.
