The Spaniards confronted themselves during 3 terrible years of Civil War. The conflict was very very complex and impossible to summarise, but in a nutshell it occurred after General Franco's Coup dÉtat against the Government of the second Spanish Republic. An illegitimate action against a legitimate government that had progressively turned itself into an illegitimate extremist ruling coalition. The atmosphere was extremely difficult at the time, with 2 main groups taking their differences to the street.

Enough has been said about the abrupt explosion of violence and death that followed the Coup and the 3 years of bloody war. Both sides took it to the limit and there are examples of unjustified sadic retaliation on the 2 blocs. The "Republicans" even suffered its own internal civil war full of horrible crimes. The world then went on to a World War of sad remembrance for everybody.

Franco established a dictatorship for almost 40 years. Because of all the hatred accumulated during decades there were lots of "losers" who suffered the violence of his regime during the initial years of his ruling.

The Spaniads were skilled enough to reach an agreement after Franco died and transform his regime into a parliamentary democracy, equal in standards to the western governments that were formed after the end of the second World War. It's what we call the "Transición" (transition to democracy). It was a give and take negotiation where everybody conceded part of their demands. Everybody was allowed to honor its war heroes and relatives and the baby democracy issued laws soon to recognise this (even financially). We all said "let's move on". End of the story.

Or not? Well, 30 years after this massive effort, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the utopic "Alice-in-wonderland-Mr-nothing" president decided that the box needed to be opened again to honor one of the sides of the civil war. Pushed by the Medieval Fascist, in line with his limited intellectual view of things and the simplification he's tried to bring to all aspects of life, and what's worse, on the back of a childhood dream about the suffering of a grandfather he didn't even meet, he's passed a law called "de la Memoria Historica" which will precisely try to divide again the Spaniards between the good and the bad.

Hadn't we had enough of this bullshit already, Mr. Nothing? Let us look forward and not backwards. Life is not black and white Mr. Nada. Don't you see where we are heading with this? Will people be able as well to claim a compensation for their suffering during the 1934 Coup in Asturias, (led by your party with active constitutional defense by your granfather...)? Why don't we claim back to the 15th century?

You are a baby with a weapon in your hands....