El Pais publishes photos en las del pasado de la march 11 de marzo, una mostraba is where the con una bandera un anciano Franco. De la ha habido closes the critical acá al diario y la acusaciones on veracidad of photography. If it is assumed that the reader instantly provided and think about the digital tools for image processing, one can doubt that the banner that bears his grandfather no longer exists thanks to the expertise of an excellent user of Photoshop. However, El Pais says that the photo did exist and provides evidence . The flag is similar to the current English, except for the eagle to San Juan behind the shield, which much resembles the emblems of the Third Reich. Dominated the official acts from 1945 to 1977 and the black eagle continued until year 81, three years after the proclamation of the constitution of 78. But it still attracts many debates, there are who defend it for its symbolism "inclusive" and there are also discouraged from putting the adjective Franco. Some even claim that the flag was invented by Franco himself, but even their coming to power, the country had no national flag.
before inclusion in the debate, is better than the picture again El Pais. Personally, I think it existed. March 11 was not in Madrid, but near London's Victoria Station where we were to receive a French friend. Before returning to Paris, stayed in and see us while we were talking about coffee, we move towards the English Embassy, \u200b\u200bwhich is not far from área, a otro portador de una bandera franquista.
A diferencia de su colega de la foto del periódico español, este era mucho más joven, más elegantemente vestido y hasta con una simpática gorra bolchevique. La historia y los símbolos se entremezclan de modos misteriosos. Me sorprendió mucho descubrir la dichosa bandera, porque era la primera vez que la veía y hasta les indiqué a los demás en mi mesa que no la perdieran de vista. El abanderado, por su parte, siguió imperturbable su camino al sitio de la concentración. Me acordé también que en su convocatoria, el líder del Partido Popular español mencionó que habría manifestaciones en otras capitales europeas. Haber presenciado the scene leads me to deduce that if there was a flag Franco in London, or he could have in Madrid.
Also, I'm sure the flag of Victoria was on his way to protest, because London is a hyper-diverse city and as a personal fashion is always more of a perceptible way, but so far out into the street with flags as unique it is not customary. National pavilions abound in stadiums, sporting events when they occur as the World Cup, or the dates as March 18, when the Irish tricolor were visible throughout the city.
course, the problem is trivial when it comes to nations throughout history have had a single flag. Cubans for example, when it was announced that Fidel Castro's illness and his departure from government, flags filled some neighborhoods of Miami, the same as months ago, perhaps in Havana, Bayamo, or anywhere on the island, were fined for a matter entirely contrary to the poor health of the Commander.
Apparently the five bands, the triangle and the star does not belong only to the island or its diaspora. Once, I remember also in the now distant summer of '89, in July, my friend Rene and I went to another pre colleague. Know that neighborhood from the center of Santa Clara and Rene did not remember either way. After asking for the name of the street doubtful we stopped at the house number, which actually was the one we wanted. What stopped us was a Cuban flag, extended, covering part of the door. And that communism, we wonder unbelievers? It was, again, 89. There were still remnants of the socialist bloc and yet, we do not care much ironic show before a solemn symbol.
This week I began to read excerpts from the diary of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist murdered last year. In one, the failed writer of the Chechen war, was concerned about the rise of neo-fascist Russian flags. The concern, surely, is to see such symbols wave because in most cases are carried by people with minds more impulsive than the innocent display of a flag.
I wonder now how violent it would be the flagship of Victoria, how conscious his act. What scares me most are certain attitudes that many pecan naive, naive and akin to ignorance bordering on stupidity. I met a student from Madrid who took advantage of the slightest incident to blame the "socialist government" or "socialists" of all the ills of Spain and especially the moral decline of the family (whichever is the meaning of that phrase). But without doubt, the best comment was once at the leaving the theater after seeing Downfall ( Downfall) when it declared a sudden interest in reading more about Adolf Hitler, because after assessing the characterization of Bruno Ganz did not believe that the Furer had been "so bad. " Can one go now with a flag Franco, I wonder?
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