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Comment on Spain and Its Unruly Daughter, Catalonia by Jeff Thompson

Jeff Thompson — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:58:41 +0000

Are you kidding? You published a piece by someone with a non-Catalan Spanish name. (Catalan is a separate language, easy to tell apart.) What do you expect? It is indistinguishable from the propaganda emanating from the Spanish ruling party.

Comment on Spain and Its Unruly Daughter, Catalonia by Vigia

Vigia — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:37:14 +0000

Very poorly argumented! Interested in Catalan independence movement? Look for other sources.

Comment on Spain and Its Unruly Daughter, Catalonia by Albert Ubeda

Albert Ubeda — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 01:47:05 +0000

What happened on 11 September 1714?,. Catalonia was invaded by Spain, never was it a willing Union . We are now treated as a colony of Spain..You have no idea what you are talking about …

Comment on Spain and Its Unruly Daughter, Catalonia by Lou Nissart

Lou Nissart — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:55:17 +0000

Rafael M Herrero is biased. The same line of reasoning he employs for Catalonia would also have dictated the 13 colonies to stay with England and Ukraine to stay with Russia. He asks: “So why do so many Catalonians seem to want to be independent?” Answer: they do not “seem” to want it, 48% VOTED to be, in the latest elections. Not enough to secede, granted, but enough dfor the Catalan independetists to be taken seriously. Nobody, not even the Spanish Contistution, denies the Catalans are a nation. Nations possess the right to self-determination. Take notice Mr Herrero.

Comment on Spain and Its Unruly Daughter, Catalonia by Craig Anderson

Craig Anderson — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 19:10:42 +0000

Soooo, this is a joke, right? Or maybe a creative fiction writing assignment? Or “what might I write after 3 joints in 20 minutes?”

OK, so I’ll pretend this was serious then and just ask a couple of questions:
1. Does USF ask/train their MFA students to use facts when they write or are facts just inconvenient nuisances to artistic creative writing? I ask this b/c there is this new thing called the “internet” where it is actually pretty easy to find facts. And what used to be in big books called encyclopedias now is readily available on this thing called the “internet.” So, when you go on this “internet” to a pretty popular place called Wikipedia, you can look up (verify) facts. When you type in the words, “Catalan presidents,” low and behold, it asserts that something very different from Mr. Herrero’s assertions are true. Try it! or simply copy and paste this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Generalitat_de_Catalunya].
2. To have a daughter, don’t you have to given birth to her or adopted her? Again, this funny place called the internet can help poor Rafa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Aragon]. However, Rafa does get 1 point for having copied a date correctly. {Let’s encourage him every way we can!}
3. Competent authors do thorough work. Soooo, when you allege that something as well known as the European Union has said something, you might want to be sure it’s true! B/c if not, SOMEONE WILL POINT IT OUT AND YOU WILL LOOK LIKE A COMPLETE IDIOT!!! Poor Rafa! He just didn’t bother to do all his research [https://euobserver.com/institutional/130741].

Better next time?