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Because the PP, the party in power in Spain, will get political benefit out of conflict in Catalonia, the bloodiest the better. If by any chance a Catalan terr

Because the PP, the party in power in Spain, will get political benefit out of conflict in Catalonia, the bloodiest the better. If by any chance a Catalan terrorist group appears, that's the next several elections sorted. PP misses ETA, the Basque terrorist group. If you're thinking that's stupid and can backfire on them big time, well, I didn't say they were smart.

marindez 9y ago
>PP misses ETA, the Basque terrorist group. That's a really miserable thing to say.
- MrPatan 9y ago
  > miserable Very interesting word choice.
  - Kathee_HDS 9y ago
    It's a direct translation, miserable in spanish doesn't mean miserable in english, it means vile.
  - tankenmate 9y ago
    Let them eat coca de sucre!
- severino 9y ago
  It's sad but true. People's Party has been using our terrorist problems to attack other parties when they were the opposition. They feel very comfortable with everybody talking about nothing but Catalonia or the Basque Country.
notspanishflu 9y ago
No doubt, you're a Patán. FYI there was a terrorist group in Catalonia called "Terra Lliure". Now the members of that group are promoting secession.
- MrPatan 9y ago
  My point exactly. The PP are working on the "was" to get to "will be again".
  - mcguire 9y ago
    Some civility here might be nice.
    - MrPatan 9y ago
      Fair enough, thanks.
- severino 9y ago
  So what? Members of the former Spanish totalitarian regime are now in politics too, and I think it's great they changed their minds to now respect the most basic human rights. Don't you?
pipio21 9y ago
40 years ago Puyol used to say, first "paciencia" then "independencia". Now that independentists are doing what they have repeated millions of times they were going to do, it is a problem of the PP??? Leave me guess: You are leftist, communist maybe? How do I know? because your visceral hate is so strong you can't think at all.
- MrPatan 9y ago
  If Rajoy had really wanted to fix the "Catalan problem", he'd have called the bluff of the referendum the first time around, like Cameron did in Scotland, the vote would have been a very clear "No", and that would have been it. Instead, here we are. Yes, this is very much the PP's fault. And absolutely, the Catalan politicians are another bunch of disgusting corrupt agitators, who will also benefit from the tension and violence. They are also loving it. They literally couldn't have hoped for a better outcome. I was merely answering the question of "Why is the Spanish government acting in such a stupid way?" Oh, and I'm afraid your "commie-dar" is a bit misaligned.
jordanb 9y ago
Wow yeah now it all makes sense actually. Spain's actions in all of this seemed completely bizarre to me. They could have diffused the situation so easily. They did the one thing that makes it all worse. But yeah, once you realize that Spain is ruled by a nationalist party that wants conflict and violence to maintain power.. this all must seem like a gift from heaven for them.

marindez 9y ago

>PP misses ETA, the Basque terrorist group. That's a really miserable thing to say.

MrPatan 9y ago
> miserable Very interesting word choice.
- Kathee_HDS 9y ago
  It's a direct translation, miserable in spanish doesn't mean miserable in english, it means vile.
- tankenmate 9y ago
  Let them eat coca de sucre!
severino 9y ago
It's sad but true. People's Party has been using our terrorist problems to attack other parties when they were the opposition. They feel very comfortable with everybody talking about nothing but Catalonia or the Basque Country.

notspanishflu 9y ago

No doubt, you're a Patán. FYI there was a terrorist group in Catalonia called "Terra Lliure". Now the members of that group are promoting secession.

MrPatan 9y ago
My point exactly. The PP are working on the "was" to get to "will be again".
- mcguire 9y ago
  Some civility here might be nice.
  - MrPatan 9y ago
    Fair enough, thanks.
severino 9y ago
So what? Members of the former Spanish totalitarian regime are now in politics too, and I think it's great they changed their minds to now respect the most basic human rights. Don't you?

pipio21 9y ago

40 years ago Puyol used to say, first "paciencia" then "independencia". Now that independentists are doing what they have repeated millions of times they were going to do, it is a problem of the PP??? Leave me guess: You are leftist, communist maybe? How do I know? because your visceral hate is so strong you can't think at all.

MrPatan 9y ago
If Rajoy had really wanted to fix the "Catalan problem", he'd have called the bluff of the referendum the first time around, like Cameron did in Scotland, the vote would have been a very clear "No", and that would have been it. Instead, here we are. Yes, this is very much the PP's fault. And absolutely, the Catalan politicians are another bunch of disgusting corrupt agitators, who will also benefit from the tension and violence. They are also loving it. They literally couldn't have hoped for a better outcome. I was merely answering the question of "Why is the Spanish government acting in such a stupid way?" Oh, and I'm afraid your "commie-dar" is a bit misaligned.

jordanb 9y ago

Wow yeah now it all makes sense actually. Spain's actions in all of this seemed completely bizarre to me. They could have diffused the situation so easily. They did the one thing that makes it all worse. But yeah, once you realize that Spain is ruled by a nationalist party that wants conflict and violence to maintain power.. this all must seem like a gift from heaven for them.