Off Topic > Off Topic
Catalonia's independence movement died before it started
Nonnel:
--- Quote from: Deus Ex on October 27, 2017, 08:21:45 PM ---You still aren't listening to what I'm loving saying
--- End quote ---
I am, but you're not considering the historical context. "Preserving the host culture" has been the justification in every fascist state. Germans were preserving German culture by removing non-Germanic people and recreating the Greater German Reich. Italians wanted to restore the Roman Empire, where many native Arabs were executed or sent into forced labor and Italian settlers sent in their place. Japan wanted to rule East Asia and the Pacific to unite Asians under Japanese culture.
The idea that minorities are infiltrating your country with the sole purpose of taking over your government/destroying your culture (see: "they're going to implement sharia law!!") assumes that all the people of that minority group are in cahoots, which is discriminatory for obvious reasons. just as "the jews are taking our well-earned german capital!!" was.
--- Quote from: Renderman In A Bowl on October 27, 2017, 08:36:26 PM ---So why do catalonians want their own country?
--- End quote ---
The region is relatively rich and sends out more in taxes than it brings in so they feel as though they're getting a bad rap. The fact that Spain decided to act forcibly against people who were trying to vote for or against this only exacerbated the problem and now who knows what'll happen.
--- Quote from: Darryl McKoy on October 27, 2017, 08:23:57 PM ---"Hey Tyrone, it's Dues. They want a photo of you with a shoe on your head - send it over ASAP"
--- End quote ---
"50 bucks as usual."
Køtt:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on October 27, 2017, 08:49:08 PM ---"fiddy bux as usual fam b"
--- End quote ---
Fixed. PRAISE KEK
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: Deus Ex on October 27, 2017, 08:15:18 PM ---Why do you guys insist on shooting yourselves in the foot by saying such stupid things
--- End quote ---
also: anyone who isn't spanish and feels the need to push their political opinion on this is a loving stuffhead
Darryl McKoy:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on October 27, 2017, 08:49:08 PM ---"50 bucks as usual."
--- End quote ---
Either that or he's one of those tribals trying to repress urges but actually having a taste of the chocolate fountain on the side
Deus Ex:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on October 27, 2017, 08:49:08 PM ---I am, but you're not considering the historical context. "Preserving the host culture" has been the justification in every fascist state.
--- End quote ---
Don't care, doesn't make it tribal