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Journalist
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Sociologist. Writer in Basque
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President Basque Govt. with Basque
Nationalist Party (PNV) 1980-85
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Former president
of Eusko Alkartasuna (EA)
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Musician
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Psycho-sociologist
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I'd say this is more like
an archipelago,
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a place with lots of little islands
rather than one big island.
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Yes, there are two poles
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which influence
the Basque conflict,
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ETA and the government in Madrid.
That's obvious.
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Those two opposing forces
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are hindering something essential,
that is, mutual understanding.
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Things are black or white now.
You're either with me or against me.
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We forget about
the range of colors in between,
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which are perhaps the loveliest
and the most enriching.
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I think it all begins
with labeling people like me,
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who are considered ambiguous,
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with that cruel description
of "cowardly equidistance".
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We've already been reproached
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for taking the easy way,
for buying that freedom
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by avoiding commitment
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and refusing to see
what's happening under our noses.
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You can't resort to dogmatism
backed up by violence,
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the violence of guns
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or the violence
of the monopoly of State force.
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I don't want to be equidistant,
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but I can see the wrong
on both sides.
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Social confrontation
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forces individuals
to become polarized.
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It's not politically correct
to try to avoid taking sides.
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You'll be called weak,
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undefined, cowardly, compliant...