Political Discussions for "Adults"

The Batlord · 09-20-2017, 01:34 PM

If I was Hispanic in a country without tacos I'd want out too tbh.

Trollheart · 09-20-2017, 02:01 PM

Fair play to Barcelona. I'd imagine they have some pretty heavy hitting Spanish backers, and supporting Catalanian independence may hurt them, but they've voted with their hearts. I wonder will all the players support the club position though, given that so few of them are even Spanish?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-20-2017, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Fair play to Barcelona. I'd imagine they have some pretty heavy hitting Spanish backers, and supporting Catalanian independence may hurt them, but they've voted with their hearts. I wonder will all the players support the club position though, given that so few of them are even Spanish?

The interesting thing is where they would play if Catalonia did gain independence. I'm not 100% on it but I'm sure La Liga said they would make them play in the Catalan league (bad for them, they would be much weaker). The French league was mentioned also.

Catalan identity & nationalism is very much in the club's DNA, 'mes que un club' etc, it's the only reason I'm even sort of aware of the whole thing. Any game they play you will see loads of Catalan flags and stuff like that in the crowd.

Trollheart · 09-20-2017, 02:31 PM

It's hard to believe the Spanish govt would "banish" them, as they must bring in huge revenue, through sponsorship, merchandising and player transfers, to say nothing of gate receipts and television rights - the Spanish government must take their cut of all this in tax/VAT, and if they "kicked them out of Spain" they would lose all that surely? I reckon they'd come to some sort of arrangement which will be beneficial to both. Barcelona have to be huge for the tourism industry too, not just the club but the city: isn't La Sagrada Familia there?

Mindfulness · 09-21-2017, 04:07 AM

Mindfulness · 09-21-2017, 08:57 AM

do your part to get kid rock in the senate!

The Batlord · 09-21-2017, 10:10 AM

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Nelson Mandela is officially a paranoid old man reading too many blogs.

Mindfulness · 09-21-2017, 05:55 PM

this is the newest A Closer Look video

Mindfulness · 09-23-2017, 04:33 PM

i believe the email talk in the media was what the clinton campaign wanted and they thought that would out weight trumps personal character flaws

**Frownland** · 09-26-2017, 03:49 PM

Let's change the name to the RIPublican Party. I wonder which nail will secure the Democratic party's coffin, but they're not as predictable and that adds a lot of challenge to the game.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/power...=.d9541ad08853

09-20-2017, 02:01 PM	#842 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Fair play to Barcelona. I'd imagine they have some pretty heavy hitting Spanish backers, and supporting Catalanian independence may hurt them, but they've voted with their hearts. I wonder will all the players support the club position though, given that so few of them are even Spanish? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-20-2017, 02:31 PM	#844 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	It's hard to believe the Spanish govt would "banish" them, as they must bring in huge revenue, through sponsorship, merchandising and player transfers, to say nothing of gate receipts and television rights - the Spanish government must take their cut of all this in tax/VAT, and if they "kicked them out of Spain" they would lose all that surely? I reckon they'd come to some sort of arrangement which will be beneficial to both. Barcelona have to be huge for the tourism industry too, not just the club but the city: isn't La Sagrada Familia there? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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09-23-2017, 04:33 PM	#849 (permalink)
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09-26-2017, 03:49 PM	#850 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Let's change the name to the RIPublican Party. I wonder which nail will secure the Democratic party's coffin, but they're not as predictable and that adds a lot of challenge to the game. https://www.washingtonpost.com/power...=.d9541ad08853 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x