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To: Elroy who wrote (276921)	2/27/2006 5:23:25 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572657

Re: What is wrong with those Basque people? Why don't they want to be a part of Spain? Spain is an awesome place with good food, friendly people, a siesta in the middle of the day, what the hell do the Basqueians want? Dunno... and I'm not sure ETA activists know what they're actually fighting for... I've been told that, of all European minorities/autonomous regions, the Basque Provinces enjoy the most lenient devolution... Their largest city, Bilbao, was even endowed with one of the world's finest museum: guggenheim-bilbao.es The problem with Basque secessionism and its Corsican version is that, over the years, both movements have somehow degenerated into criminal organizations similar to Italy's mafia... That is, protection racket and extortion of hundreds of thousands of euros annually has just turned out to be a cushy way of life for Basque and Corsican independentists. EU subsidies make up another juicy, inexhaustible source of easy revenues for front businesses run by the ETA or the FLNC(). I guess the biggest problem Europe's breakaway minorities face today is their anachronism. I mean, Basques, Catalonians, Corsicans, Flemings, Scots, etc, already enjoy full-scale cultural autonomy: they all can run their own schools, curricula, websites, newspapers, TV channels in their own languages. They can have their own holydays and festivities. They elect their own deputies, mayors, etc. and run most of their utilities (water, electricity, coaches,...) What more do they want? Do they want to print their own money? Finance their own military? Carry out their own diplomacy? But we --I mean the European peoples-- are supposed to build a European UNION at the same time!!!! European secessionists must understand that they can't have it both ways, just like the city-states of Medieval Italy --Florence, Venice, Milano, Genoa,...-- can't dream of turning the clock back and be independent again! They're all ONE and belong to the Italian Republic ever since 1870. It doesn't make sense for them to split anew in the 21st century.... Gus () ict.org.il