So if/when Spain goes "boom", what do I do?

[dulcemariamar]

Ok, I hope this doesn't come off as being snarky but I don't like the videos.

The guy is a great singer in the first video and it is nice way to protest without being violent or causing damage but I don't like how a lot of people blame the banks for the crisis. Of course, they played a part in all of this but we can also point fingers at the politicians and the general public. I know you probably didn't post this, to show that thanks to the banks we are in the worst crisis Spain has ever seen since the Civil War but it just irks me when you see so many people going only after the banks. What about personal responsibility in all of this?
Sorry for the vent.

And the second one I really dislike. Spain is a great country and it has done some great things here and abroad. However, I don't care if Spain wins every single medal in the 2012 Olympics. I hate it when the media and politicians use sporting events to distract people from what is really going on. Sure, we just cant sit and be depressed about the situation but winning big in London is not going to change the unemployment and financial crisis in Spain.

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Jun 2, 2012 5:40:35 GMT -5 dulcemariamar said:

The guy is a great singer in the first video and it is nice way to protest without being violent or causing damage but I don't like how a lot of people blame the banks for the crisis. Of course, they played a part in all of this but we can also point fingers at the politicians and the general public. I know you probably didn't post this, to show that thanks to the banks we are in the worst crisis Spain has ever seen since the Civil War but it just irks me when you see so many people going only after the banks. What about personal responsibility in all of this?

While I totally agree with you regarding the fact that winning in sports won't solve anything, that they continue to use this sort of ad is a direct reflection of rhetoric under Franco, using sporting events to bolster national pride (also of use elsewhere). Shift the focus to something else to make people feel better works rather well for them.

The banks f-d up big time, and it seems fair to protest it. Just because it's not the only place where people screwed up doesn't mean they don't deserve negative press. I also don't think it's just a question of personal responsibility across the board. The situation with the EU for example isn't one they have personal control over. That was done by their elected officials. And I've seen plenty of protest over the graft and corruption in politics of late. The general lack of employment opportunities is also the result of a system that doesn't promote education in growing careers. The amount of people I know with legal degrees despite not having any place to practice is appalling, and while the same could be said in the US, the government didn't pay for the degrees here. It did in Spain.

What a mess.