Any country that claims to be a democracy but then stifles democratic debate will eventually fail. More Catalans will see that they are not listened to. I can not understand how well-educated and liberal leaning Castilians continue to have such a hate–it is a storng word but it is a hate–for all things Catalan but will blithly embrace English, or Polish or Swahili or whatever. The antipathy directed at us Catalans is distubing.

Whenever I read an article like yours that shows the disrespect directed toward Catalonia I get angry. But I also take heart because other Catalans are also getting angry. And that anger will serve us well.

I think that most Catalans would elect to remain part of Spain if Catalonia was given more autonomy and shown a minimum of respect for its language and culture. But that will not happen and Catalan seperatism will gain as a result.