What's Going on in Catalonia?
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What's Going on in Catalonia?
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#2I'm all for Catalonian independence, but I completely oppose the way scrolling has been hijacked on that page.
here's how you scroll http://bost.ocks.org/mike/scroll/
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#3I am a born Catalonian although living away. Honestly, the page could do with a bit less bias.
Also, the big difference with Scotland is the Constitution. All citizens are subject to it and in it the existence of a single state is established quite clearly. Not so for the Scots, rather the opposite. That is why their referendum made sense.
Notice that in the same constitution is stipulated that there is no right to carry out a referendum by anyone except the Spanish Government.
What will take place tomorrow is a travesty because only the people willing to say yes are encouraged to go to the stations. The others have absolutely no interest in taking part in a unilateral decision.
Yes, great photos and lots of people. And so what? There have been lots of people meeting in Spain for many other reasons which are not shared by the majority necessarily.
What is the way forward? I do not know but it is never a travesty of legality, which is what shall happen tomorrow.
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#4A good example of bad "design", that holds aesthetics above everything else.
To be fair, it looks really nice. But having scrolled through it twice and being annoyed by the hijacked scrolling and autoplaying video with sound, I still have no idea what this is about.
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#5The situation is not that simple as "Catalonians want to become an independent state": they want to be independent with some conditions. For instance they claim they should not take any part of repaying Spain's debt, but some of part comes from them. Is like if a group of friends go out for dinner and someone say "I'm not paying".
They want to keep be part of the EU, which is not that simple, open borders, same currency, use Spain's army instead of building one, football clubs to play on La Liga (this a very big deal for most Spaniards).
As someone from south Spain, I'm totally up for them to become independent if that's what they feel like. However, they shouldn't expect Spain's help at all.
The site is obviously catalan, but the bigger picture is way more complex than that.
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#7A good example of bad "design", that holds aesthetics above everything else. To be fair, it looks really nice. But having scrolled through it twice and being annoyed by the hijacked scrolling and autoplaying video with sound, I still have no idea what this is about.
This design caused motion sickness in me, and I'm pretty immune to motion sickness in general.
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#8Jesus, what's with the scrolling? I hope their politicians are better than their web designers.
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#9Please stop using Hacker News for delivering your propaganda. This is all BS, there is neither right, nor matter to be decided.
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#10So what's to stop this from happening everywhere in Europe where more affluent regions want to become independent from less well off ones? I don't think that's the way forward, we should be more united not less. Each region can keep their language, culture and traditions.