[BlackElk]

Spain should be so lucky as to be run by a new young Francisco Franco. The imposition of Marxism-Leninism on a society by any means including abuses of democracy has a lot worse consequences than preventing people from filming police in action.

I would prefer that police not interfere with such filming but Spain also has a very ugly history of an elected Marxist government sending its "Republican" army out to murder seminarians and priests and rape and murder nuns. It took Franco several years to kill those responsible and restore civilization to Spain, King Juan Carlos has done everything he can to be fashionable and reject the heritage of Franco to Spain's great detriment.

[kearnyirish2]

Yes, Juan Carlos seems to have forgotten that Franco (posthumously) restored him to the throne after Reds threw out his grandfather (and removed the monarchy from the Republic;s new flag).

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

Exactly. Spain was much better of under Franco.

Democracy is doing to the US what is has done to Europe.

Allowing people to vote themselves more goodies at the expense of others.

It never works over the long run. Never has. Never will.

Just look at ancient Rome.