Corsica on the other hand has the particularity of being isolated, insular, and, well, not always welcoming (this depends on where in Corsica of course). Bomb attacks on people with a distinctly foreign origin (particularly Arabs) occur in Corsica once in a while.
From Spain. I should have said. From Spain
Particularly since some of those fellas were speaking catalan as well,
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Kcurie knows I'm just snarking, but you just can't get away from it no matter how hard you try... And the thing is boiling over in Madrid and Barcelona as we speak... unlike Muenchen and Berlin. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper