What king?
When I was a kid I learned a very important fact in school.
Humankind was entangled in a constant quest to evolve.
My teachers told me that societies around the world had fought against rancid paradigmas in order to better themselves.
As a result of my education both at school and at home I suscribed to one strong belief, and it is that as an individual I am not more nor less than any other person in this planet. I understood that I was born a free citizen of a democratic state, that those that had investures like President, Governor, Mayor; where in fact ordinary citizens chosen by us to carry on public positions, that they were no more than public servants.
So, I tend to see Monarchic states as a thing of the past, only people that has not evolved as a free society allow such concept to perpetuate itself. Ironic indeed that so many countries in Europe, where people see themselves as the avant garde when it comes to progress, still preserve their "Royal Families".
And time to time, representatives from Spain have the gall to go to the Basque Country, one of the oldest democratic societies in Europe, to proclaim their adherence to the king, the king of Spain that is, the Basques have not vowed to a king since the dismiss of Navarre in in the 1500's. Even more ironic when you are reminded that this king was reinstated by a dictator, a dictator that was ushered to power by the Nazi Regime, sad indeed.
This excerpt was taken from a note that appeared today at Berria English:
When I was a kid I learned a very important fact in school.
Humankind was entangled in a constant quest to evolve.
My teachers told me that societies around the world had fought against rancid paradigmas in order to better themselves.
As a result of my education both at school and at home I suscribed to one strong belief, and it is that as an individual I am not more nor less than any other person in this planet. I understood that I was born a free citizen of a democratic state, that those that had investures like President, Governor, Mayor; where in fact ordinary citizens chosen by us to carry on public positions, that they were no more than public servants.
So, I tend to see Monarchic states as a thing of the past, only people that has not evolved as a free society allow such concept to perpetuate itself. Ironic indeed that so many countries in Europe, where people see themselves as the avant garde when it comes to progress, still preserve their "Royal Families".
And time to time, representatives from Spain have the gall to go to the Basque Country, one of the oldest democratic societies in Europe, to proclaim their adherence to the king, the king of Spain that is, the Basques have not vowed to a king since the dismiss of Navarre in in the 1500's. Even more ironic when you are reminded that this king was reinstated by a dictator, a dictator that was ushered to power by the Nazi Regime, sad indeed.
This excerpt was taken from a note that appeared today at Berria English:
Francisco Vazquez, Chairman of the Federation of Spanish Town Councils, ended his short speech shouting “Long live the King, Long live Spain”, which was followed by a round of applause. It was Ibarretxe’s turn to speak next. He welcomed the Spanish King and Queen and all those assembled in Basque.
However, when the Lehendakari of the Basque Autonomous Community began speaking about dreams he switched to Spanish. “In the Basque Country we dream of the disappearance of ETA and peace,” he said. He stressed that Basque citizens had another dream, too: “We also dream of town councils in which all the political parties, including Batasuna, are present. Thus we would be able to defend all our political projects.”
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