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linguistic imposition, now in theaters

I just read an online debate about the extent by which the Catalan government intends to impose at least fifty percent of the programming of the theaters is offered in the vernacular of this autonomous region, which has caused a major upset in the group of businessmen concerned. As always, some speak of freedom of choice and trade, and more to protect a language in itself, they say, ignored forty years of Franco regime could not survive. Someone, referring to the graffiti appeared on the walls of cinemas most reluctant to lose money ( "marginalizes the cinema Aquest català!" ) compared with Nazi signs from the thirties to the door of establishments run by Jews ( "Resist the Germans! Jews Do not buy in stores!" ). And some commentators criticized the exaggerated comparison. It is true that is forceful but also timely: the matches we would be much more obvious if not for the fact that we only know, horror, historical implications of the two situations compared.

is not the same say "So and so is Nazi that" the Nazis began doing things like making Fulano ". Nor is equal say "this is a Nazi nationalist" (which may be descriptive) that "all nationalists are nazis" (which is unfair.) However, the important thing here is that the graffiti on the door of film adds nothing to the democratic debate or any debate, it can only be to intimidate, coerce, pointing to that should be excluded from the community, that deserves public censure or perhaps punishment. In this rule of law for judges, but the author of the graffiti the rule of law does not care, because he only aspire to achieve is a country forged around a distinctive and exclusive: the language he and his men have decided that the territory itself in living with others who do not speak or think like him. The painted facade is indeed a fascist. And the Catalan authorities do not prevent or condemn, but instead encourage this type of behavior, are fellow travelers of fascism and political leaders of any aggression resulting from this state of affairs. Not all nationalists are fascists, but to me it seems to me that all nationalism involves a germ without the fundamentalist and totalitarian that its meaning can not acquire or hold, and that too often results in taxation or violence in any of its forms and intensities. The imposition on the cinemas of the obligation to provide the customer contained in a particular language-like pre-labeled in the same belongs to a totalitarian conception of how things should be: "Reality is wrong, so cambiémosla" .

Imagine a country where social diversity lies not in the language, but in religion, as indeed happens in many places such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Germany. A true democrat in that country establish a secular state and religious freedom that allows each citizen (or each dealer, or each consumer) choose to manifest religion or engage in private life. In contrast, a religious nationalist legislate that every library should contain at least fifty percent of Lutheran books, or private television salute to spectators at least half of the morning with a Muslim prayer, or that more companies ten employees at least half of these were Catholics. Ie associate the concept confusing, if not false, which is often called collective or national identity with one of the social traits or cultural mind-religion or, rather, one of the religions, and consider the preservation, promotion and after the imposition of the single most important trait that individual freedom to buy, study or work without the same freedom conditions and effectiveness (communicative, educational, commercial, etc.).. legislate religious nationalist ad hoc, it devoted considerable resources to public and civil servants would also create an affine and a network of patronage as widely as possible, directly dependent on the prosperity of business relating to religion, all accompanied by a " religious policy "that would end up imposing on governments, schools, media and all services under the pretext of protecting the collective identity, encroaching on the public sphere and the private ... Religion is or may be an important element of free individual personality, a cultural trait passed down from parents to children belonging to both the private sphere and for which, as it seems to many Westerners since 1789, the powers of the State should be limited to guarantee freedom of exercise. The difference between understanding or not understanding this premise is that unfortunately there has been between Germany and Bosnia. O between Germany 2010 and 1935. Or, in the germinal stage, between respecting freedom of others and paint the front of the cinema with veiled coercion.

Well, the state intervention that seems unimaginable and never tolerate in favor of a religion we have meekly accepted in recent decades in much of Spain when it came to that invention sociolinguistic of "native languages" , To the astonishment of other European countries, scorn us, deterioration of our freedom and breach of the economy, to the point now threaten our existence and promote public protests with increasing frequency ... I suspect, however, that the latter is a sign of change. In our country there today a new policy option radically committed to freedom and, therefore, very critical of nationalism, whether linguistic or otherwise, and there are also citizens who want to vent that suffer extremely poor democracy: a system stuck in clientelism, mediocrity and prejudice. Unfair and boring shake the tyranny of language is only one of the tasks ahead, but certainly not least, on the road to democratic regeneration. Digital Journalist .

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semilingualism and second-class citizens

The known cases of children Ibiza and Valencia, students, public school system English who are prevented examined in their native language (English, official nationwide), are evidence of an unusual phenomenon in Europe, which only occurs in the Faeroe Islands and in bilingual regions of Spain. It is only the visible tip of an iceberg that has long opened a leak in the ship of equality.

Since the late seventies (and it has rained), Canadian J. Cummins, an international authority on learning of languages, has emphasized what he calls interdependence theory. According to Cummins, proficiency in a second language is largely proportional to the competence acquired in the mother tongue which is essential and indispensable factor for the acquisition of language skills in general and, therefore, to achieve intellectual achievements, whether academic or professional performance. Cummins defines its threshold theory different types of bilingualism: semilingualism with a poor level in both languages, bilingualism is dominated by one of the two languages \u200b\u200band additive bilingualism, with high levels of both. Faced with the subsequent acquisition of native language literacy and second language (and third), according to this body of theory lead to a desirable additive bilingualism, language immersion in the mother tongue semilingualism would direct cause, ie a poor acquisition of two languages \u200b\u200b(whether imposed by the educational system as the mother) and, therefore, a reduction of the powers of abstraction and problem solving with implications negative for school success and a mature personality.

Language immersion children do not speak Catalan in Galicia, Basque Country, Navarra, Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands has therefore implications beyond the question of identity, a question which, of course, but anyone interested politicians have made her flag and livelihood. Added to other factors common to the rest of the English educational system, dipping deep into the poor quality of education because it puts political goals totes (the promotion of a language or allegedly own identity) to the objectives that should be the priority of the education system (to ensure dense and critical education: educating citizens). Also unfair because it violates individual liberty, the immersion is therefore profoundly inadequate with regard to the purposes of education. Due to the immersion, as evidenced by national and international reports, the significant decline in academic standards of universities such as galloping or reduction UIB competitiveness of regions like Catalonia or traditionally vibrant Basque Country, several generations of English have seen their professional qualifications (the real one, not reflected in the certificates issued by the system), their employability and their ability to criticize the political system and access to consumer goods. Are second-class citizens, just the thing for those politicians who have promoted this state of affairs and that, however, their offspring enrolled in private schools where they can choose the language of instruction. Second-class citizens on the other hand shaping a country less competitive and less worked, burned to the economic crisis that other countries manage to overcome more easily. Neither

immersion advocate radical PSOE and its partners nor the invention trilingual PP Feijoo and solve this problem. From UPyD appeal to common sense: do not want semilingual citizens or semi-free, nor semiinstruidos. We want first-class citizens and our effort will be aimed at ensuring freedom of choice of language used in teaching their children. It is our commitment from our foundation and take you to the institutions with the confidence of citizens. Digital Journalist .

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A lack of rigor or bad faith?

is not the first time Guillem Rosselló concerning our formation in negative terms. Attesting that accept UPyD criticism willingly-we are a party essentially critical and aspire to a critical vote, "but we are also pleased to see hiciese criticism about what actually say and not what some buccaneers of the opinion that we prefer to invent. And above all, always on the same arguments, it is frankly difficult to defend when one columnist, "Mr. Rossello, without going any further, accusing us a day to be a communist party and the next to be the extreme right. Complicated.

In his recent article "Rosa Díez or biased view of Spain and democracy" ( Last Time , 11/09/1927), attacks UPyD attributing uncertainty: "After reading and reflecting [ sic], one can not define whether Rosa Díez is on the left, the PSOE which arose, or the right of trying to nurture." I will gladly answer: UPyD is not left nor right, but cross. In our liberal and social-military party concerned about sectarian and anti-democratic drift of our country, derived from the same writings that Mr. Rosselló are proof. Ya, I know a little sidetracked sometimes vote with the PP and others with the Galician Nationalist Bloc, but is that we do we like to listen to everybody without preconceptions. Our unforgivable peculiarity is that citizens feel able to think for themselves and choose depending on the offer, and not sectarian slogans. It is normal that Mr. Rosselló not clear, or maybe it is that neither read nor thought as he says he did.

According to columnist, Rosa Díez feeds "hatred of autonomy" and is a "pre-constitutional leader" who "says that all state power should be in Madrid." No wonder you look like a "biased view of Spain": I, too, it would seem. But, look, since its founding manifesto (2007), has defended UPyD improving the state of autonomous and, in particular from the paper policy adopted in our First Congress on 21 November, we define our model of state and cooperative federalism, decentralization so dear that we are the only national party that defends federalism in Spain. Very different thing is that, as she might like Mr. Rosselló, cuestionásemos the unity of the nation, but no: for us the unity of Spain is unquestionable, and federalism, only the best way to secure, through a catalog of powers constitutionally closed to list what skills are among the autonomous communities of all alike, and which the State, so that no unfortunate combination of a central government with no sense of status and certain premises unfair, as happens today, you can put each year's competition and solidarity on the table in exchange, for example, voting for budgets. But our federalism declared it does not matter to Mr. Rosselló, who speaks of a "rancid nationalism" he recalls, could not be otherwise, the Franco regime and its "cultural genocide" [ sic] and "another fascism : the single party or the medieval kingdoms of those in which only the nobles had the word. " No comments.

What about at such laxity? It occurs to me: that Mr. Rosselló one of the most glaring examples of junk journalism that I have news in recent years. The service is not clear whether their own sectarianism and ignorance or, conversely, of someone very interested in UPyD unsuccessful, each of its lines is a lie or is born of ignorance of the reality that says comment . Assumptions either disqualifies him as a journalist, and certainly certifies the mortally afraid that some political sectors begin to experience in the Balearics since a citizen and as a progressive option is to UPyD threatens to shift the balance of forces in local politics. Courage, Mr. Rosselló, keep doing this you call your opinion. Maybe you prefer continue to rely on the honesty and progressive political parties such as UM, PP or PSIB, which certainly does not seem stale or Franco or genocide ... If one judges left standing after this term. Be encouraged that we so afraid. Last Time. Digital Journalist.