REFLECTION TASK 3

     If I were jury member of the comitee choosing the person of the year, I would choose the man (Murat Yalçın) who said ''Should I take off my boots? Stretcher is going to get dirty'' after the Soma catastrophy. That man whose name I still do not know, made me cry. When I heard these words coming out of his mouth I wished that our hearts were at least as clean as his boots and his face. Conscience, honor, humanity... These were all hidden in that question. He is not the one that is dirty, so called ''people'' who made him work there under terrible circumstanaces are dirty, their hearts aree dirty, their conscience is dirty. This worker should be the person of the year for being so naive and reminding us all how screwed we are.This poor man was exposed to the idea of being unimportant so much that he thinks he is less important than a scretcher because he lives in a world where human life is cheaper than a piece of stone. This question came in the middle of a living dying battle from a man who was looked down on, prevented from developing his self-confidence. This question can make conscientious  people cry,  unconscionable may remain unresponsive. One can evaluate how much humanity is left in him/her by the reaction he/she gives to this question.  While one side thinks about the scretch instead of his own life the other one is so worried about his life that he hides behind the guards. I chose this man for he reminded me how unfair everything is.