You Tell Him King Carlos!!!
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
4 responses
@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
11 Nov 07
As a Spaniard I am proud of what our king did. Perhaps he shouldn't have, since he's a Head of State, but what the hell, someone must tell Chavez to shut up in this world, he is truly unbearable!
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@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
11 Nov 07
As an American, even I am proud of what your King said. The reasonable people of the world need to stand together.
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@ladyluna (7004)
• United States
12 Nov 07
I'm proud of what Spain's King did as well.
I imagine that it's got to be annoying, to say the least, for any monarch to bite his or her tongue when a dictatorial, military upstart so imposes him or herself into the affairs of governance.
Monarch's with a proud history of diplomacy, and the personal sacrifices that accompany such responsibility must find little upstart trouble-makers, like Chavez, a real thorn in their side.
Having never been a monarch myself, I can only imagine. Yet, I would think that the King of a country such as Spain, a long standing global presence, would find such rabble-rousers a real insult to the honor, and respectability of international relations.
@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
12 Nov 07
Thank you red and luna. I also think that someone should make people like Chavez shut up. The problem is that things are complicated in South America...we must provoke the change inside the countries, not simply going against their rulers, otherwise we give them excuses to have an outer enemy to focus their people on while they steal the blood and money of their people, which is what most south american rulers have done historically.
@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
11 Nov 07
King Carlos' statement to Chavez is even more amazing when you consider the USA is very unpopular in Spain.
A friend of mine has a son fluent in Spanish living in Spain. He keeps that he is American secret from most people. He knows the language that well. His reason for doing this is the huge anti American bias in Spain.
King Carlos' remark is even more note worthy taking this into account.
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@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
11 Nov 07
You saying that the USA is unpopular in Spain is not knowing anything about Spain. the USA GOVERMENT that mr bush rules in unpopular, which i understand because i hate him too, but i don't think the country on itself is unpopular at all. We shouldn't state things when we have no idea about what we're talking about. And yes, I am from Spain.
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@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
11 Nov 07
Surely I can understand that many in Spain dislike the USA government while still likely Americans. This only makes sense.
Now, pay attention closely. I do know what I'm talking about concerning my friend's son. What I said earlier is a fact. My friend's son living in Spain keeps that he is an American secret from people unless he knows them very well. He does this because of open hostility toward Americans. You may not believe it, but it is true.
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@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
12 Nov 07
If he has to keep it secret, it can only mean three things:
A- that your friend's son is a paranoid, which i don't have reasons to believe.
B- that he's been unlucky to be around some stupid spaniards where he is, who are not representative of the spanish society at all.
C- that he thought that what sometimes is said by politicians here and certain media is what we all think as a nation, which is ridiculous.
I insist, it's ridiculous to say that an American person needs to hide his nationality here nowadays. If he has to, it's either that he is not normal or that the people around him that he got to meet are not normal either.
@ladyluna (7004)
• United States
11 Nov 07
Hello ParaTed,
I've been a bit 'out of the loop' on news this past week. So, I appreciate your having posted this. I searched out any news stories on the incident, and found two interesting enough to link to.
It would seem, by all accounts, that King Carlos' scolding of Chavez was impotent. Chavez apparently tried to respond repeatedly, but his microphone was turned off. Hmmm, I wonder if turning off someone's mic is standard practice, or if someone was wise enough to anticipate Chavez's anti-social tendencies?
I also found it interesting that despite King Carlos' disdain for Chavez himself, that Spain still signed "an accord that will allow nearly 6 million migrant workers in Latin America, Spain and Portugal to transfer Social Security benefits between their nations. The leaders also vowed to fight "all forms of terrorism" and called on the U.S. to end its economic embargo against Cuba."
http://www.news1130.com/news/international/article.jsp?content=w111102A
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7089131.stm
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
12 Nov 07
Sound engineers often only keep one mic on at a time. It cuts down on residual noises and reduces the risk of feedback.
As for the treaties, "Just Shut Up" wasn't an act in alliance with the US, even if a lot of us here applaud him for it.
@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
12 Nov 07
I'm going to be sending that man a christmas. Where was he durring last years U.N. meeting durring Chaves' rant. It's about time someone hadd the balls to stand up and do that. We can dbate all day about the impropriety of it but in the end, it is still hystericly funny and has been needed for a LONG LONG time. I'm going to have a t shirt made in honor of the ocaision, it's simply gonna read, "Chavez, JUST SHUT UP", I ma send a duplicate shirt to the spanish king too, lol.
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