"Indignación suicida..."

Question

Looks like things are gettin hot under the collar in Barcelona and Madrid.

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«Han traspasado las líneas rojas», manifestó el president en un descanso de la sesión parlamentaria. Mas, que por la noche recibió una llamada solidaria del presidente José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, dijo entender que haya ciudadanos indignados por la crisis que azota al país, pero rechazó que eso pueda justificar la actuación de quienes definió como «profesionales de la violencia y la coacción». Momento en que aprovechó para pedir a la ciudadanía comprensión hacia el «uso legítimo de la violencia [de las fuerzas policiales] para garantizar el funcionamiento de las instituciones democráticas».

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I reassigned this to the "General Discussions" category. - pesta, Jun 16, 2011

Answer 1

I don't understand what is your question. If I am too stupid please don't laugh.

Answer 2

A fellow European, I'm worried too about the developments in our southern backyard. The financial crisis has struck ordinary people very hard, not only in Greece but also in Spain, Portugal and, more up north, in Ireland. And what makes it even more dangerous is that all of them are relatively young democracies that look back upon a lot of violence in the relatively recent past.

Answer 3

Yikers! I don't like the sound of that phrase, "legitimate use of violence." I fear for the protesters.

Answer 4

I don't understand what is your question. If I am too stupid please don't laugh

A potentially heavy confrontation between the police and the people is developing which is beginning to disturbingly echo the kind of responses we associate with the Franco regime.

The political problem the government has, like all governments is where to draw the line between legitimate protest and subversive actions which radically affect the governments ability to govern.

This kind of conflict can produce civil disobedience which the government feels powerless to control. When the ruling class fear this kind of result then the police are used as aggressors, as in Francos time. This kind of situation can progress until it develops into the kind of political disaster Spain does not want to countenance, having only relatively recently recovered from the last disastrous confrontation. The world and in particular Spain does not want another Tianamen Square.

Emotions are high in Spain as the conflict between the Franquista apologists and the left who are literally determined to leave no mass grave unexhumed make a mockery of "el pacto de olvido". Spain is a troubled political entity and emotions seem to be flooding out beyond reason. This, of course is the opinion of an outsider and I am prepared to bow to rational correction.

On a different tack, I'm off to Menorca tomorrow morning caloo calay!!!! ciao pesca'o