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The Spanish King gave a short speech this evening in which he condemned the independent vote in Catalonia and suggested the local elected leaders were going to get arrested.

what do Freepers think of the situation ?

1 posted on 10/03/2017 1:31:32 PM PDT by vooch
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To: vooch

“Kneel before Zod.”


2 posted on 10/03/2017 1:32:45 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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3 posted on 10/03/2017 1:34:36 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: vooch

I think the Basques still do not have independence. Countries are sovereign and people don’t just get to break off a piece and start their own country.


4 posted on 10/03/2017 1:34:39 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: vooch

“I’ll always be King of Spain.”


5 posted on 10/03/2017 1:35:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: vooch

Depends on WHY catalonia wants independence.

This video has a good rundown on WHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRU-CL9HNW8

Seems like it has it’s roots way way back in the early 1900s....

But it seems like Catalonia is sick of being the tax livestock of the rest of Spain and the refugees crisis created by Merkel and the EU isn;t helping matters much either.


6 posted on 10/03/2017 1:36:41 PM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: vooch

Spain is sovereign.

Two problems really stick out:
There was no referendum of the whole country.
“On 9 November 2015, Catalan lawmakers approved a plan for secession from Spain by 2017 with a majority vote 72 to 63. “ (Wiki)
That should have passed by a super-majority.


7 posted on 10/03/2017 1:40:17 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: vooch
Like he told Hugo Chavez ...


11 posted on 10/03/2017 2:14:20 PM PDT by x
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To: vooch

L’etat c’est moi!

Welcome to the Middle Ages.


16 posted on 10/03/2017 2:27:45 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: vooch

The situation is very unfortunate.

My hope is that the people in Catalunya decide that they are unwilling to kill thousands in order to separate from the more conservative Spanish government that they loathe. The Soviet sponsored Catalan communists showed they were serious by murdering priests and raping nuns during the Spanish Civil War, in which 600,000 died. There will be no independence if they are not serious about independence.


21 posted on 10/03/2017 2:38:55 PM PDT by Kaisersrsic
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To: vooch

The situation is very unfortunate.

My hope is that the people in Catalunya decide that they are unwilling to kill thousands in order to separate from the more conservative Spanish government that they loathe. The Soviet sponsored Catalan communists showed they were serious by murdering priests and raping nuns during the Spanish Civil War, in which 600,000 died. There will be no independence if they are not serious about independence.


22 posted on 10/03/2017 2:38:57 PM PDT by Kaisersrsic
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To: vooch

The situation is very unfortunate.

My hope is that the people in Catalunya decide that they are unwilling to kill thousands in order to separate from the more conservative Spanish government that they loathe. The Soviet sponsored Catalan communists showed they were serious by murdering priests and raping nuns during the Spanish Civil War, in which 600,000 died. There will be no independence if they are not serious about independence.


23 posted on 10/03/2017 2:38:59 PM PDT by Kaisersrsic
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