What a lovely fluid image we saw the other day of a group of "farmers" happily entering the Lorca town hall to greet those present, right? Apparently, it's true, it seems that they didn't request an appointment, they didn't leave their IDs at the reception and they didn't go through the metal detector at the entrance, but that's because they forgot. It was not in bad faith. It was, no doubt, because they were in a hurry. And the pictures confirm it. Firstly, at the front door, it's clear that their attitude was absolutely peaceful:
... and then, once inside the building, their gestures clearly explain that what they wanted was, taking advantage of the fact that they had been let in without any problem, to visit the building, appreciate the interior decor and make contact with the people they happened to encounter:
Let's see, maybe there is a moment when you can feel a little tension, but the fact that the council session that was being held at that time in the building was intended to limit the construction of more pig farms close to land zoned for urban uses and, as Pascual Salvador - a Vox parliamentarian in Murcia - expresses very well, "you can't play games with the future of farmers and their families". Or as - also capturing the idea impeccably - Fulgencio Gil, president of the Popular Party in Lorca, stated: “The rural world says they've had enough, they've been pushed to the limit and they can't take anymore. You can't keep playing games with the livelihood and despair of thousands of families." And I would add that neither can you play games with the despair and the future of thousands of pigs and their families. Those of the pigs, that is.
But it's more than that, and I ask out loud: The "farmers" went upstairs to where the council chambers were, yes, but did they climb on top of a car that had been wrecked and was full of weapons? NO! Did they call off some protest? NO! Did some civil servant state that a helicopter should go home? NO! Were there hateful looks? NO! And something else: were any of the "farmers" called Jordi? And were any of them from Altsasu? You can bet your life on it, NOOO! And was there a Guardia Civil officer with the Twitter name of Tácito writing reports styled on the Brothers Grimm? NOOO! Well, no further questions, your honour!
Well, yes, one last thing. Those who now say that the perpetrators of this small chapter should be duly punished in application of the law... Let's see, well, nothing much happened, really. That, as they have well acknowledged themselves, they were misinformed. And a misinformed person is sometimes disoriented. Therefore, in no case should article 505.1 of the Penal Code be applied, which states: “Those who, without being members of a local corporation, seriously disturb the order of the its plenary sessions preventing (...) the development of the planned agenda or the adoption of agreements, shall be punished with a prison sentence of between six months and one year”. Nor should, as some insane people demand, the crime of sedition be applied to them, which is "the public and tumultuous uprising intended to prevent the application of the laws or the legitimate exercise of the functions of any authority, official corporation or civil servant”. No way, man, no!!!
What does need to be done is to return to prison the Catalan coup-plotters so that they can serve a life sentence, apply permanent rule from Madrid in the north-east region and impose Hispanic sharia law in schools, banning Catalan. Oh, and may King Emeritus I return to Spain via Lorca, to compensate these poor "farmers" for the bad experience they had forced on them.