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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 9788928, member: 29&quot;]It would indeed.&nbsp; And of course, it wasn’t only language that was banned, as you know. I was in Catalunya the September after Franco died, which coincided with the Diada, the national Catalan day. It was the first time since the thirties that they’d been able to celebrate openly. There were men and woman dancing the Sardana with tears running down their faces. A couple of years later, we watched the local Guardia Civil barracks being demolished, to much cheering. Hence,now, the Mossos. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do think that the unholy alliance of Franco and the Church contributed to how quickly Catalunya and Spain adopted socially liberal laws. </p><p><br /></p><p>The detailed&nbsp; history of Barca and Real Madrid is fascinating too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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