... louder.
Barcelona: 12 - 1903 to 2004
Manifestation civil funeral for the victims of the slaughter of Atocha. Rodrigo Rato y Josep Piqué are booed to be forced to leave the demonstration. Rato statements about what happened:
[declared himself] "saddened" by the insults, but stressed that "nothing has happened." "I felt very comfortable" (Source: Diario El Pais 03/13/2004; payment link).Madrid: 22/01/2005
demonstration organized by the Association of Victims of Terrorism. José Bono, Minister of Defence, is booed until he had to leave the event:
"It is important to say that it was not an isolated thing," said the minister, who said that for more than twenty minutes he was getting abuse from people who are a minority in Spain but yesterday they were "majority." The English 'normal' thought, according to Bono, this was over when the dictatorship ended, but unfortunately "are waste or, as would Tierno Galván, waste, some advantage. " (Source: Journal Basque 24/01/2004)
Two similar incidents. Two different answers. Two moods. Is it trivial the difference? No way. A politician attends a demonstration in which not everyone understands what is respect. Is attacked by a group of ultras (one color or another, anyway). If the politician believes in the cause that motivated the event will seek to make clear that those involved in the incident did not represent in any way upon the human tide that is hidden. You can not judge the thousands of citizens for a few freaks. If you believe in the cause that inspired the event, the last thing you do is contribute to an incident at his own expense contributes to ruin. Rato's what he did in Barcelona.
The other political groups condemn the facts. He tries to isolate the attackers and never tarnish the motivations and behavior of other groups. This is what the PP has done today and yesterday.
why Bono's statements after the embarrassing boos received caused much perplexity and amazement. The cause for if when it joined the demonstration convinced the cause was invoking its organizers, it makes little sense that their statements, even more than the conduct of its unpresentable attackers seem to go directly addressed definitely ruin the event. I can not doubt that his motives were to support the demonstration. But the truth is that if they were the opposite could hardly have said something more effective than what he said. Again:
"was not an isolated thing" [ie, almost everyone there was ultra] , are a minority in Spain but yesterday they were "most" [separation between the English, most which will clear the Prestige oil slick, demonstrating against the Iraq War and we vote for us, while a minority of them, including most boo me, has come to this drum: how I think of keep an clable] . The English "normal" [ie, ours] it thought it was over when the dictatorship ended, but unfortunately "are waste or, as would Tierno Galván, waste, some advantage" [some that should be insisting that clear, in the demonstration were the majority] .
Minister of Defense: I regret what they did, but seriously, next time stay at home. If you want to help the AVT, I say.
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