tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post5725264307940438846..comments2023-03-26T09:32:07.414+02:00Comments on Metis Meets Mittington: ¡Que se jodan!Alfred B. Mittingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09408858308842184986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-41629983415129908212012-07-17T12:30:06.012+02:002012-07-17T12:30:06.012+02:00Dear David,
Hmmm... an interesting point. There i...Dear David,<br /><br />Hmmm... an interesting point. There is, I believe, the Diario de Sesiones of the Cortes (the Spanish Parliament). Whether that report also include stray remarks by any of the 300 plus MPs in the house, I doubt however. I'll keep an eye out.<br /><br />Meanwhile, as you surely understood from my somewhat laconic treatment of the affair, I think it makes next to no difference whom the lady really meant. The true absurdity - and a telling one it is - is that an MP would stoop so low as to use such language in the national assembly. And get away with it!<br /><br />Spaniards pride themselves on their Democratic accomplishments after the Franco era, and not without reason. But as this episode shows: emotionally, they are still very addicted to the attitudes of their last civil war. Which makes me shudder...<br /><br />Yours, Al BMAlfred B. Mittingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408858308842184986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-89314906019000552252012-07-17T12:22:16.576+02:002012-07-17T12:22:16.576+02:00Dear Ms Azra,
Well, yes, in a way, Ms Fabra was h...Dear Ms Azra,<br /><br />Well, yes, in a way, Ms Fabra was handing the furious masses a John the Baptist on a silver platter, so to speak... And had it not been her, they would have found another target for their ire. Even so: her particular line of action stands out as one of the more blatant, and - if you ask me - amusing examples of Spanish practices.<br /><br />Yours, Alfred B MittingtonAlfred B. Mittingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408858308842184986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-18315511288781024922012-07-17T12:18:49.772+02:002012-07-17T12:18:49.772+02:00Dear S,
Thank you for the suggestion. I will cons...Dear S,<br /><br />Thank you for the suggestion. I will consider it. I only hesitate somewhat because of possible consequences of too high a profile of one as disrespectful as myself. I have to live in this country, after all. And such consequences can be quite real...<br /><br />AlfredAlfred B. Mittingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408858308842184986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-71577428623884978862012-07-17T10:41:25.574+02:002012-07-17T10:41:25.574+02:00Her actual meaning would be clearer if we had some...Her actual meaning would be clearer if we had some evidence of how she normally addresses "that lot on the other side." If she uses os, then her comment was clearly meant for the unemployed. Does Spain have a Hansard equivalent?<br /><br />DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-3335931323984434852012-07-16T22:47:02.006+02:002012-07-16T22:47:02.006+02:00Perhaps the people are looking for someone to blam...Perhaps the people are looking for someone to blame, and Ms Fabra just gave them a target? I do wonder whom exactly she was referring to :)Azhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274624534284532361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-31342819784221360872012-07-16T21:09:03.363+02:002012-07-16T21:09:03.363+02:00Send this article to 'Private Eye' in Lond...Send this article to 'Private Eye' in London, Alfred - http://www.private-eye.co.uk/ - it is definitely publishable over here.Tim Holt-Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679512754779338962noreply@blogger.com