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| Spanish protest over Basque film |
| 2004-02-01 |
| A reminder that not all terrorism is Islamacist More than 300 people protested over the inclusion of a documentary about Basque separatists at the Goya Awards in Madrid, Spain’s Oscars equivalent. They were angry that Basque Ball, The Skin Against The Stone by Julio Medem, was nominated for best documentary. They said the film was too sympathetic to the Basque separatist group ETA, who have killed more than 850 people. Medem had earlier written an open letter to a paper saying he was shocked at opposition to the film. The protesters were led by the Association of Victims of Terrorism, who led banners criticising the film-making. More than 100 of the director’s supporters, however, staged a rival protest. Medem is best known for his 2002 film Sex and Lucia. The film has interviews with around 70 people, including widows of a politician and policeman killed by ETA, a Basque leader who lost his leg in a bomb but calls for talks, and the wife of a jailed ETA member. deleted the rest about another film |
| Posted by:rkb |
| #6 But that is just the point about the Palestinians! |
| Posted by: Barry 2004-2-1 4:58:34 PM |
| #5 Before someone starts crying on the poor Basques let's remembert how they treat their own minorities or have a read at the texts where the founder of Basque nationalism describes the non-Basque Spanish. I doubt pre-civil war southern writers were so agressive, derogatory and racist when describing the Blacks. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-2-1 1:21:35 PM |
| #4 Good point Barry, but the slope is slippery, and methinks Russia and Briton, to name only two, won't be eager to sign on. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-2-1 10:36:11 AM |
| #3 No all of the terrorists or potential terrorists come from Islamic countries. Just ask the Brits, or the Spanish, or the Italians, or the Germans, or the French, or the Canadians or even I dare say US. I fear if we start doing really stupid things anti terror wise we could see a real problem in certain parts of the country. What happens when non-assimilated Hispanics begin to clamour for the creation of Aztalan or what ever they decide to call it to be carved out of California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. We could be looking at this problem in ten to twenty years |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2004-2-1 10:31:41 AM |
| #2 Why consider the Basque "activists for independence" terrorists? If the majority of Europeans consider the Palestinian actions justifiable then they should be at home with ETA's behaviour. |
| Posted by: Barry 2004-2-1 10:29:20 AM |
| #1 A reminder that not all terrorism is Islamacist True, but the Islamists are the world's leading exporter. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-2-1 10:11:00 AM |