Wow yeah now it all makes sense actually.

Spain's actions in all of this seemed completely bizarre to me. They could have diffused the situation so easily. They did the one thing that makes it all worse.

But yeah, once you realize that Spain is ruled by a nationalist party that wants conflict and violence to maintain power.. this all must seem like a gift from heaven for them.

>PP misses ETA, the Basque terrorist group.

That's a really miserable thing to say.

It's sad but true. People's Party has been using our terrorist problems to attack other parties when they were the opposition. They feel very comfortable with everybody talking about nothing but Catalonia or the Basque Country.

> miserable

Very interesting word choice.

Let them eat coca de sucre!

If Rajoy had really wanted to fix the "Catalan problem", he'd have called the bluff of the referendum the first time around, like Cameron did in Scotland, the vote would have been a very clear "No", and that would have been it.

Instead, here we are. Yes, this is very much the PP's fault.

And absolutely, the Catalan politicians are another bunch of disgusting corrupt agitators, who will also benefit from the tension and violence. They are also loving it. They literally couldn't have hoped for a better outcome.

I was merely answering the question of "Why is the Spanish government acting in such a stupid way?"

Oh, and I'm afraid your "commie-dar" is a bit misaligned.

No doubt, you're a Patán.

FYI there was a terrorist group in Catalonia called "Terra Lliure". Now the members of that group are promoting secession.

My point exactly. The PP are working on the "was" to get to "will be again".

Some civility here might be nice.

Fair enough, thanks.

So what? Members of the former Spanish totalitarian regime are now in politics too, and I think it's great they changed their minds to now respect the most basic human rights. Don't you?