Monday, March 10th, 2008
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 16,091
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Re: Basque Separatism
This text that I wrote in Irish Nationalism should help you understand the concept of Fueros within the context of the Basque Country. This is central to understand the origin of Basque separatism, but also an important part of the idiosicracy of Spain (The Spains) and of our identity: An Historical Introduction to Spain and the Basque Problem in Context - Irish Nationalism
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'Dardanidae duri, quae uos a stirpe parentum
prima tulit tellus, eadem uos ubere laeto
accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem:
hic domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris,
et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.'
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
–Plato–
'Many people, I believe, wish for a society where faith, decency, pro-life convictions and national self-determination within Europe can flourish; and not be swallowed up in a dictatorial EU bureaucracy.'
–Gerry McGeough, Irish Nationalist and POW–
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