Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Catalonia is a nation!
Catalonia finally achieved official recognition from Madrid, of its nationhood today. Want to see how this meme developed over 35 years?
Pau Casals at the UN in 1971 gives a completely moving speech in which he makes the claim to nationhood of Catalonia. This is the start of the phrase "Catalonia is a nation!" that you see tagged all across Barcelona:
Then in 2006 this hilarious, if rather fattist picture circulates on the internet. Look closely at the wall in front of the fat guy's peachy butt. Someone unkindly picked up on this at Craigslist Barcelona:
"What kind of nation is catalonia? Gay nation?"
Surely this can't all be a coincidence?
Pau Casals at the UN in 1971 gives a completely moving speech in which he makes the claim to nationhood of Catalonia. This is the start of the phrase "Catalonia is a nation!" that you see tagged all across Barcelona:
Then in 2006 this hilarious, if rather fattist picture circulates on the internet. Look closely at the wall in front of the fat guy's peachy butt. Someone unkindly picked up on this at Craigslist Barcelona:
"What kind of nation is catalonia? Gay nation?"Surely this can't all be a coincidence?
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