tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post1876769040733079446..comments2023-03-30T08:37:38.108+01:00Comments on From Catalonia to Caledonia: Fascist impunity (II)Rabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-59840135595585203342010-03-03T22:18:26.780+00:002010-03-03T22:18:26.780+00:00Sorry I forgot this link:
another example
I dare...Sorry I forgot this link:<br /><a href="http://www.avui.cat/cat/notices/2009/10/el_govern_espanyol_ensenyara_catala_als_policies_estatals_75011.php" rel="nofollow"> another example</a><br /><br />I dare say that the vast majority of Spanish policemen and Guardia Civil have not learnt Catalan despite living in the country for decades and have no interest in doing so. I await with interest Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-33124965122060104012010-03-03T22:14:13.586+00:002010-03-03T22:14:13.586+00:00Michael: thanks for your comment, this is just the...Michael: thanks for your comment, this is just the tip of the iceberg. <br /><br />Even in 2010, Catalan members of parliament are prohibited from speaking Catalan in the Spanish parliament and the Spanish State keeps blocking the adoption of Catalan as an official EU language despite being more widely spoken than many other languages already official. <br /><br />It is this background of Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-33311151475026080942010-03-03T00:34:35.151+00:002010-03-03T00:34:35.151+00:00I'm neither Spanish nor Catalan (American, in ...I'm neither Spanish nor Catalan (American, in fact), but I'm no "impartial" observer either. Anyone who claims to be is either cynical or deluded. <br /><br />That people can actually have to go to court for speaking their own language is redolent of the worst years of totalitarianism. No serious democracy would ever allow its authorities to get away with such an abuse. <br Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156776168011622183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-54033295693692363062010-03-02T19:38:33.794+00:002010-03-02T19:38:33.794+00:00Pepe: no lies here my friend, only the truth, the ...Pepe: no lies here my friend, only the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth as reported by the few media that dare to highlight linguistic persecution of Catalan speakers.Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-21907699705062159232010-03-01T11:24:12.054+00:002010-03-01T11:24:12.054+00:00I never thought that lying in English would be as ...I never thought that lying in English would be as easy as lying in spanish and much more believable. Go on with articles like this.Pepe Negretehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13521694932543185171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-39234086479714208362010-02-24T20:36:22.269+00:002010-02-24T20:36:22.269+00:00Well Jan, better be careful: exercising your democ...Well Jan, better be careful: exercising your democratic right of using Catalan language can earn you a detention in police cells and a 200 euros fine. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.racocatala.cat/noticia/22050/demanen-200-euros-multa-dona-no-va-voler-parlar-en-castella-girona" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />Where are Amnesty International or SOS Racisme when it comes to criminalisation and Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537773508053082477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811405.post-44655431532415344842010-02-23T10:52:01.342+00:002010-02-23T10:52:01.342+00:00Oh, that's bad and you're right, it wouldn...Oh, that's bad and you're right, it wouldn't be tolerated elsewhere. We're both going to be stuffed then, as we only speak english i una mica de catalan.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430236104525571846noreply@blogger.com