The Spanish philosopher and jurist Antonio Escohotado, who passed away in 2021, made a reflection that I would like to remember at the beginning of this year.<\/p>\n
His words<\/a> referred to one of the main riches of a country<\/strong>, a wealth that some seem to be forgetting:<\/p>\n \"A country is not rich because it has diamonds or oil. A country is rich because it has education. Education means that, even if you can steal, you don't steal.<\/strong> Education means that you are walking down the street, the sidewalk is narrow, and you get off and say: 'excuse me'. Education is that, even if you are going to pay the bill in a store or a restaurant, you say 'thank you' when they bring it to you,<\/strong> you give a tip, and when they give you back the last thing they give you, you say thank you again. When a town has that, when a town has education, a town is rich.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Socialism has been impoverishing Spain in many ways for years.<\/strong> Its impoverishing effects are felt especially in the economy and in our freedoms, but surely the most devastating effect of socialism is seen in the theft of that precious wealth that is good education<\/strong>. A theft perpetrated in the name of an ideology that has never spared any effort in destroying that which good education seeks to preserve: coexistence among Spaniards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This good education begins with something very basic that Spanish socialism seems not to understand: not gratuitously offending others<\/strong>. Obviously, anyone can be bothered by the opinions of another, but it is legitimate to express them. Gratuitous offence exists when one seeks to clearly humiliate others deliberately, using insulting words or gestures<\/strong>, without the attacked having done anything to be the target of this humiliating treatment.<\/p>\n Last night, during the New Year's Eve chimes on Spanish Television<\/strong> (a public channel paid for by all taxpayers), Laura Yustres V\u00e9lez, better known as Lalachus<\/strong>, displayed a blasphemous image that ridiculed the Sacred Heart of Jesus<\/a>. The image went viral overnight on social media, receiving numerous criticisms from Catholics and people who are not even believers<\/strong> but who consider that this gesture was clearly offensive and absolutely inappropriate in a New Year's Eve program on a channel paid for - I repeat - by all taxpayers, including millions of Catholics.<\/strong><\/p>\n Instead of condemning this offence, RTVE president Jos\u00e9 Pablo L\u00f3pez S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, chose this insulting image to show his satisfaction with this programme<\/a> in a message posted on his personal Twitter account. In other words, we have a public channel whose president openly celebrates a gesture of bad manners clearly aimed at offending Catholics<\/strong>. After receiving much criticism, L\u00f3pez has ended up closing the possibility of responding to his messages on his Twitter profile. A one-way view of freedom of speech: they can offend but they don't want you to express your opinion on it.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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