From: "john bechtel" <dsidnt-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Basque state
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 14:40:58 GMT


Why support the ETA (Basque separatists)? Well, while the idea of replacing 
one state with another is not the best option, something needs to be done to 
save the Basque language and culture. It is the most unique, and probably 
the oldest, tongue in Europe, unrelated to Latin or Greek or Finnish. As a 
result theirs is also a unique culture, which like indigenous people around 
the world, is being destroyed by the 'dominate' culture (in this case, 
Spain). We could, of course, accept the Basque demise in some distorted view 
of evolution; Once Wal-Mart and McDonalds are firmly established there they 
will be civilized, not hanging on to outmoded forms of language and 
uniqueness. Then maybe you'll be happy because now your targets have brand 
names and local branches.
                                 Later, John



"And when one day our human kind becomes full grown, it will not define 
itself as the sum total of the whole worlds inhabitants, but as the infinite 
unity of their mutual needs."
                  Jean-Paul Sartre



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