:03:00
I think it all begins
with labeling people like me,
:03:04
who are considered ambiguous,
:03:06
with that cruel description
of "cowardly equidistance".
:03:11
We've already been reproached
:03:13
for taking the easy way,
for buying that freedom
:03:16
by avoiding commitment
:03:18
and refusing to see
what's happening under our noses.
:03:22
You can't resort to dogmatism
backed up by violence,
:03:26
the violence of guns
:03:28
or the violence
of the monopoly of State force.
:03:31
I don't want to be equidistant,
:03:33
but I can see the wrong
on both sides.
:03:36
Social confrontation
:03:38
forces individuals
to become polarized.
:03:49
It's not politically correct
to try to avoid taking sides.
:03:53
You'll be called weak,
:03:55
undefined, cowardly, compliant...
:04:02
The spectrum is much wider.
:04:04
The reality of the Basque conflict
is much more complex.
:04:07
It isn't so easy to define.
:04:11
Professor of Sociology.
Threatened by ETA
:04:15
Professor of Sociology
and Political Science
:04:21
In my opinion,
the capital sin being committed
:04:23
is that of situating
the center of the debate
:04:28
in the Basque Country-Spain
confrontation.
:04:30
But 48% of the people
:04:33
born in the Basque Country
:04:36
are the children of immigrants.
:04:39
It's a political confrontation,
caused by politicians,
:04:43
by some of the media
and by some intellectuals.
:04:46
It is out of keeping with
the plurality of Basque society.
:04:50
So we have a Basque community
:04:53
divided into two great cultures,
:04:56
or possible cultures,
or possible identities.