Hammersfan said:
Actually, I disagree with this campaign. yes it's appalling and should not happen, but we take the choice to come and live in Spain. We can dislike the property laws or lack of service or animal cruelty...but it's part of the package, along with the sunshine and scenery.
If a group of foreigners came to live in the UK and then proceeded to try to change British institutions and processes, however bad those institutions and processes were, my recation would be "you know the way to the airport...don't let me stop you"
Why should we be arrogant enough to believe that the same doesn't apply to us Brits as visitors/settlers in Spain? We might be right on the specific issues (as we are undoubtedly here), but we're wrong overall to believe that we have the right to go there and change the character of the country to suit our ideals.
It's not a case of like it or leave, as people make out. They don't ask you to LIKE cruelty. They merely ask you to be silent.
Many Spanish citizens have stood against this, because it revolts and disgusts them and they want it to stop. To those who live in Spain, they could be your neighbours, trying to stop these inhuman acts happening in the city, and whole country, that you both share. And yet you stay silent....
You moved there. Settled down, lived there for decades, used the services, paid the taxes, voted for the council, perhaps even the government. It is your home, and what happens there is as much your responcibility as anyone elses, but you stay silent, and let it happen wihtout a whisper of protest. Bad things happen when good people do nothing, or when good people get no backup from the disinterested.