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Things coming to a head in Catalonia | 30 comments (30 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Who votes for these people? (none / 1)

Aragon seems never really to have been properly integrated into Spain any more than Quebec has been well integrated into Anglophone Canada or Ireland was ever integrated into Great Britain. Treaties and superior force don't equal acceptance and assimilation.

Now, now, hold it right there with the historical parallels...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Nov 29th, 2009 at 03:42:47 AM EST
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Re: Who votes for these people? (none / 0)

Now, now, hold it right there with the historical parallels...

Quite right. As we know, history is a non-euclidean space and there are never proper parallels. We must remain proper nominalists and never attempt comparisons. Oh, those odious "Compare and Contrast" essay questions in college.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Nov 29th, 2009 at 11:20:01 AM EST
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