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© 2019 AFPClashes erupt in Barcelona as half a million separatists rally
By Alvaro Villalobos and Hazel Ward BARCELONA/MADRID©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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PTownsend
Fracturing the EU serves Putin's purpose. Catalan's separation would make it easier for Putin to include them in his Eurasian Economic Union.
Why would anyone hope for anyone to be crushed? More cheerleading for war. But then that's some people's assignment.
albaleo
Is separation the same as independence? Anyway, we would be more certain of the level of support if a referendum were held.
Chip Star
Russians do love a string government.
theFu
Catalans need to vote their representatives into the Spanish representation system as their first step. Then they can work to make local laws which fit their needs.
Hopefully, the first thing they address is petty theft. Barcelona is world famous for street and subway thieves. I've experienced this.
Norman Goodman
You said something a bit different before. You said:
Just because some people are not separatists does not mean they are against separation. Surely some are neutral. 44 percent is almost half and it would not be surprising if the neutral camp is over 20 percent. Thus 44 percent may well be a majority, particularly considering that identifying oneself as a separatist can be dangerous. What is the source of your information?
dougthehead13
Catalonia already has a very decentralized autonomic system within Spain.
Article 2 of the Spanish constitution is very clear.
Independence is impossible as long as this article exists.
IloveCoffee
CNN: Crickets
Fox News: Crickets
MSM: Crickets
EU: Crickets
So what have we learned from this? I personally learned two things. One is that, if you have a democratic form of government, the MSM and the people of the world would not care even if you crack people's head open on the streets, arrest and beat to death separatists and use any form of power necessary to contain any form of discontent or uprising happening in your country. If, on the other hand, your form of governance is not democratic, and there is a separatist riot happening in your country, the MSM and the people of the world will be very upset with you if you even attempt to defend yourself.
The second thing that i learned is that in a sick society, hypocrisy is only a problem when it conflicts with somebody else's hypocrisy.
cla68
I hope the Spanish government crushes their elitist “rebellion”.