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It's not important, Ariel, don't bother, happy day!
posted by
Blanche.
on July 19, 2006 at 2:09 PM
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Blanche
I'll have to look it up. Got to leave for a while, 'cos Lady Ariela wants the computer!!!
posted by
ariel70
on July 19, 2006 at 2:08 PM
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So true Ariel, and that is the main cause for todays Middle East War!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 19, 2006 at 2:03 PM
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Ariel, is that Carlos Santana who said that?
posted by
Blanche.
on July 19, 2006 at 2:02 PM
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Mountain
Truly, he who knows not his history is doomed to re-enact it.
posted by
ariel70
on July 19, 2006 at 2:01 PM
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Sadly, Ariel, whether it be Spain or the Middle-East ignorance of
history's past is one of the main reasons for conflict in the present!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 19, 2006 at 1:59 PM
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Tio David
Thank you. Yep, I'll send a coupla serious dudes around to remind you. Benny The Blood and Slots Bonanno. Coupla nice guys, you'll love 'em.
posted by
ariel70
on July 19, 2006 at 1:51 PM
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Nautikos
Thank you for dropping in again, and your continuiing support.
One sometimes has a slightly disturbing feeling of deja vu, but I am hopelessly in love with Spain, and I have no intention nor desire ever to set foot in England again, so whatever happens, this is my country now.
posted by
ariel70
on July 19, 2006 at 12:50 PM
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Ariel,
truly fascinating. One has heard bit about ETA, of course, but with the menace of Islamic terrorism on everyone's mind, one thinks of it as 'small potatoes'. One is even less aware of the degree to which the age-old tensions in Spain persist to this day, mitigated though they may be by the Spanish capacity for reconciliation...
posted by
Nautikos
on July 18, 2006 at 12:33 PM
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Fascinating and erudite once again. Must give you that linking help.
Remind in a couple of weeks - I'll have more time then.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on July 18, 2006 at 2:30 AM
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Ariel, I like the fact that you point out that history tends to
oversimplify. Abraham Lincoln wasn't the patron saint of emancipation that he's portrayed to be, but he still was a great leader.
posted by
Blanche.
on July 17, 2006 at 2:30 PM
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Not totally forgotten
I remember learnign a good deal of this in my history course in college.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 17, 2006 at 2:25 PM
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Blanche
As you'll see in part two, the Spanish have made a pretty good job of reconciliation so far, but this lunatic Zapatero - a typical socialist meddler - is stirring up old hatreds again. God damn him.
posted by
ariel70
on July 17, 2006 at 1:42 PM
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Ariel, it is easy for Americans to forget the Civil War, but any civil war
must cause a violent animosity, and be particularly vicious in pitting brother against brother. How can those old wounds heal?
posted by
Blanche.
on July 17, 2006 at 1:36 PM
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