Posted: Oct 02, 2017 8:58 pm
aban57 wrote:Thomas Eshuis wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41461032Catalan emergency officials say 761 people have been injured as police used force to try to block voting in Catalonia's independence referendum.
The Spanish government had pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country's constitutional court.
Police officers prevented some people from voting, and seized ballot papers and boxes at polling stations.
In the regional capital Barcelona, police used batons and fired rubber bullets during pro-referendum protests.
My dad, who's quite progressive, said they shouldn't have gone through with it because the referendum was illegal.
When I asked whether the people in Egypt and Ireland shouldn't have protested because it was illegal, he claimed it was a different situation.
He refuses to realise that it therefore has nothing to do with legality.
Just like the Kurdistan's vote last week. Which could change a lot the topography in the region.
I doubt things will get that bad.