Roses

"A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet"
            -Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
It's a chilly December morning during the Orange Revolution. Protests that are quickly turning to riots due to the results of the recent presidential election. The people fear of corruption, electoral fraud, and even voter intimidation, which is turning into a flurry of protesters participating in strikes, sit-ins, and other acts of civil disobedience. Amidst all this chaos, corruption, and violence, a woman decides to places roses into the guards that are attempting to suppress the rioters. I think the photo is trying to say that we are all on the same side in the end.
     This woman is choosing love or war, as it's going to get them further in the end than any act of violence even would. There aren't any good or bad individuals in this situation. The people are just want freedom, and the guards are people just doing their jobs. In the end, we're all just people with similar goals, dreams, hopes, and fears. When violence is used, there aren't any real winners. The woman is showing that even in a tough situations, like the proletariat revolution, there's still a choice to make peace. As human beings, we're all more the same than different, and in the end that each one of them can make their own choices on whether or not to fight. It doesn't always have to win with brutality, because there are truly no victors in that battle. There's always a choice, and sometimes a simple act of kindness is all people need among the struggle of life in order to choose empathy as theirs.