1:27:01
If Margaret Thatcher,
the Iron Lady,
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had banned Sinn Fein,
1:27:07
would there have been
peace in Ireland?
1:27:09
I think the banning of Batasuna
is a mistake.
1:27:12
It will create more problems
than it will solve.
1:27:15
This is terrorism
with social support.
1:27:18
It's almost the leading party
in Guipuzcoa.
1:27:21
So what will actually happen is
it will make whole towns illegal.
1:27:26
If you think
that banning a problem
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will make it go away,
you are mistaken.
1:27:31
The last thing to do
with that world
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is give it arguments
for going further into itself.
1:27:36
In a democracy, you can't have
political formations
1:27:40
which shelter behind
the democratic system they mock,
1:27:43
and use it to gain political
coverage and funding,
1:27:47
to win public understanding
and to support terrorism.
1:27:50
I think the solution lies,
1:27:52
as Ernest Lluch, Jaúregui
and many others said,
1:27:56
on the side of dismantling
their arguments,
1:27:59
of convincing all those people
1:28:03
that their path is mistaken
and doesn't lead anywhere.
1:28:06
One must be aware that there is
a large percentage within Batasuna
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who have been thinking
for some time
1:28:13
that they want no more ETA,
no more killing.
1:28:16
If the PSOE had opposed
the banning of Batasuna
1:28:19
they'd never win an election
in Spain.
1:28:21
The PSOE didn't just
support the law,
1:28:24
they made it presentable
when it certainly wasn't.
1:28:27
The attitude of those
who signed the law
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towards those who dared express
the slightest reserve about it
1:28:35
or about its consequences,
1:28:37
seems totally unacceptable to me.
I think it's inquisitorial.
1:28:42
What is the person
who keeps silent saying
1:28:47
when he keeps silent?
1:28:53
Freedom of expression
is at its lowest level ever,
1:28:57
not just lower than it was
in post-Francoist Spain,