Law may have prevailed but that means only that the law is wrong.
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| Spanish PM says 'rule of law has prevailed' after 350 injured in Catalonia |
| 2017-10-02 |
| [DAWN] Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Sunday that the rule of law had prevailed in Catalonia because an independence referendum in the region prohibited by the courts had been blocked. “Today there has not been a self-determination referendum in Catalonia. The rule of law remains in force with all its strength,” he said in a televised address. Earlier, Spanish riot police smashed their way into polling stations in Catalonia and fired rubber bullets at protesters outside one Barcelona polling station to try to halt a disputed independence referendum. Nearly 350 people, including some police, were injured in the melee, officials said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Where is the POUM? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-10-02 22:20 |
| #6 Finger breaking |
| Posted by: si vis pacem, para bellum 2017-10-02 15:18 |
| #5 I thought rule of law meant resolving problems via an objective process and the judiciary -- not sending thousands of goons to beat up peacefully assembled people, nor breaking a woman's fingers one by one. |
| Posted by: si vis pacem, para bellum 2017-10-02 15:17 |
| #4 Law may have prevailed but that means only that the law is wrong. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-10-02 08:02 |
| #3 ...ah, yes, the Bull Connor approach. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-10-02 06:56 |
| #2 Imagine the hue and cry if Franco did something like this. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-02 05:43 |
| #1 ...Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still smiling. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-10-02 05:36 |