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> Many are already imprisioned That's inaccurate, there are 2 civil society leaders (not politicians) imprisoned, and the alleged reason is not their support o
by alexandrerond 9y ago
> Many are already imprisioned
That's inaccurate, there are 2 civil society leaders (not politicians) imprisoned, and the alleged reason is not their support of the independence. That said, they should not be in jail (imho).
Note that greater risk is accompanied with greater personal, social gains (as a nationalist, I guess it is nice to have the chance to be a father of the nation). That doesn't give (or take from) them any legitimacy though, they just become sexier in the story that they are selling.
- narag 9y agoThese two guys were the leaders of a crowd that kept under siege overnight a public building where a Catalonia court officer was making a search escorted by police. The crowd vandalized several police cars and these two guys are caught in video on the roof of one car directing the vandals so you're right, the alleged reason is not their support of independence. About the risk for all of these nice folks: wait and see.
- pvaldes 9y agoTry to corner several FBI people and members of the justice system basically kidnapping them inside a building from 11 AM to 4:00 AM of the next day. Meanwhile vandalice and paint the FBI cars, fill the cars with garbage, steal weapons in the car and make selfies in the roof of the cars using a megaphone asking people to resist and not to leave. What do you expect would happen next with your probability of facing some jail time?
- narag 9y agoExactly. It seems that people from outside of Spain is so confused about what's happening here because they can't believe how lenient and forgiving our authorities are. In any other country, included every single one of our close neighbours like France, UK or Germany, what we have seen here would have been inmediately stopped in the blink of an eye.