¿Qué tal Masterkoki?

Creo que coincidimos en algunos puntos.
Estoy de acuerdo en la completa y absoluta separación entre religión y estado.
También opinamos igual respecto a Chávez y siempre he vivido con esa separación vigente.
Con lo de la declaración de la Iglesia española, lo que ocurrió, en mi opinión, no fue más que una muestra de la libertad de expresión, que después la izquierda española se encargó de magnificar.
La iglesia se dirigió a sus fieles, a los normales destinatarios de su mensaje, sin coacción, ni violencia y el que quiso les escuchó y el que no , pues no. No entiendo cómo este hecho, pudo dar lugar a toda la sarta de insultos a la que se vio sometida la Iglesia por parte de la izquierda española. ¿Sólo por manifestar una opinión?
¿por qué si unos colectivos pueden manifestarse y pedir o recomendar libremente el sentido del voto para un partido determinado, otros no pueden hacerlo?

Por otro lado, Zapatero, a lo largo de los últimos cuatro años de legislatura, no ha hecho sino torpedear, uno tras otro, los principios fundamentales de la Iglesia, sobre todo dos, la familia y el matrimonio.

Saludos desde Gran Canaria

40 fundamental questions regarding the Spanish Civil War
by Stanley G. Payne, a very popular US Hispanist

Saludos

C'mon Comrade Joe, it can't be that bad.
I guess it is the same that any other european capital, I mean with good things and bad things too. But, man, the pictures of Scotland I've seen in this and in other forums, make me wish to visit it.

Saludos

Hombre, si pudieses ser algo más explícito, pues a lo mejor podríamos continuar hablándolo.

Saludos

ETA demands are:

1.- Independence of Vascongadas
2.- The annexation of Navarra, a region of Spain.
3.- The annexation of a southern province of France, that ETA says it belongs to them too.
4.- All eta assesins in prison, to be relief.

IMO there is only one answer for these questions: NO
ETA, folks, is a Marxist/Leninist terrorists group and we know for sure what's the meaning of this: if you don't agree with them.............you're shot!

I've read it in a local newspaper. But I also read:

The website www.fitnathemovie.com is taken off-line by it's United States based hosting provider "Network Solutions". The website only announced the Islam critical film Fitna of Dutch parliamentary member Geert Wilders and had no content besides a single page with the text: "Fitna, coming soon". Still Network Solutions claims it needs to investigate if the site violates Network Solutions acceptable use policy and replaced the website with a page with the following text:

This site has been suspended while Network Solutions is investigating whether the site's content is in violation of the Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy. Network Solutions has received a number of complaints regarding this site that are under investigation. For more information about Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy visit the following URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/legal/aup.jsp

Hosted by Network Solutions.

Did you know that, it seems that, Network Solutions do host the Hezbollah web site? No problems for Hezbollah, but regarding Mr.Geert Wilders, Network Solutions "claims it needs to investigate if the site violates Network Solutions acceptable use policy"
I'm sorry but we should stand right against this sort of censorship.

(Ironic mode on)
"We, western people, are the one to blame for all Muslim terrorisms. We are the one provoking by not respecting other's people belief. The Mahoma cartoons only aim is to offend Muslims in the world. No problem if the one insulted is the Christian God or his Son. If they are the insulted, we have to accept it under the freedom of speech. If the one pictured is Mahoma, we are only looking for problems. We do not respect.
(Ironic mode off)

Appeasement, the sad and bloody appeasement. We haven't learnt after the years.
I guess the first steps would be: the banning of the veil in Europe. As soon as any of the Muslims priests say a word regarding how to beat your wife in order to avoid Police investigations or talking badly about our way of life............................should be sent out of our countries in less than 48 hours.

Saludos

¡Gracias Viv!

And Feliz Semana Santa for you all, folks!

This is very true. Simply drop by any mall in your town and see the difference. For boys 3 or 4 pairs of trousers and 5 or 6 different types of shirts. That's all.
For girls you have a full world of clothes, shoes, accesories..............................for god's sake! I'm gonna need an extra job

Jericoacoara wrote:
Do you think raising a daughter is harder than raising a son?

I don't think it is harder, but different. There is a big difference if your son come home and tells you: Dad, my girlfriend is pregnant and when is the daughter the one who come home and tells you: Dad I AM pregnant. It is not the same, even when society this and that and the responsibility of the father nowadays and all the bla, bla, bla. There is a Spanish saying: tuya es la vaca, tuyo es el ternero. Translation: if you are the owner of the cow, you're also the owner of the calf

Girls are far more complicated human beings than boys, IMO. In a few words, boys only need a ball to play football and you can forget about them for almost the whole afternoon. I've had my daughter with two of her friends at home for an afternoon and..............................man, a ball do nothing. And for sure 3 girls is a wrong number.

Saludos

Eastern in Spain is....................I don't know how to say it...Kids enjoy a one week holiday, this week between today and next sunday, no kids at school. Adults do work on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are days off too.
So there is a part of the Spanish Eastern that means crowded beaches. The other part means religious processions, silence and respect.

In my particular case, my daughter is enjoying her Eastern holidays staying at my brother's in Fuerteventura which is 30 minutes away from Gran Canaria by plane.
What can I say folks?.............................................Yupi, Yupi, Hey. No daughter for a whole week!!!! Finally, spare time for me..................only. And what is better.....I do not have to share it with no one. It is only mine

It is just like going back 10 years. I'm having some feeling of freedom and independence that you can only have when you've realized how tough is to rise a kid.

Saludos

Against Feminism

A book written by a woman named Edurne Uriarte, who is a teacher in one of the Universities of Madrid.

My condolences for his relatives.

It is simply repulsive. A worker, a man that was not politically important. He retired from politics last year and was working as a..........toll booth operator on a nearby motorway!!! For God's sake!! I mean he was not a "bloody capitalist and an ultra/mega fascist" a toll booth operator....................how brave!.
But Timesonline says: "the violent Basque separatist group", separatist group??? ¡¡Y una mierda!! this is unacceptable. ETA is a terrorists group, end of the story. I want to see them all dead or all behind bars. These hijos de la grandísima puta shot him because they knew he had no bodyguard.
Cowards!!!!!

Viv wrote:
If I had the choice, I think I would choose to be at home.  It's never been a choice.  The culture is that you work and buy the big house on the hill, run two cars, go abroad a few times a year...that's how things are done. 
IMO it's not natural, there are many things which bring happiness within the home and not just regarding looking after children.
Many of my female friends do prefer to be at work and a follow a career.  I do it, but I don't "get" it.

I do prefer to be at home and not following any career. What I really want is time. Time for me only, to play my guitar or my bass guitar or to save into my PC all the patches in my pedalboard, in order to replace the battery..... I believe that domestic tasks are the best way to get that time. Tidy up the house is something that only takes a couple of hours, twice or three times a week. The ironing, 2 hours once a week. Washing the clothes, twice a week. So only food, the washing of plates, forks, spoons and knives and leaving your bed ready for the next night, are the only tasks that you necessary have to do daily.
Last time my boss told me: "Hey I want to know who's behind this terrible mistake" and I was the one behind of it..................I rather prefer being at home,............responsibility is not so big and important as it is when you decide to follow a career.

Saludos

Yilmaz101 wrote:
A woman should be given the freedom to determine what her roles will be rather than having certains roles imposed on them by the society.

But we do live within a society.
In 1960 the Spanish wives were not allowed to open a bank account without their husbands authorization.
In 2008, law says that political parties must be equal regarding candidates: equal number of men and women. And at first, it seems fair, it seems simply common sense, but, no one wanted to know about what was the percentage of women affiliation to political parties before they issued this particular law. 32% in the socialist party of Spain. 30% in the Spanish partido popular.
It is a positive discrimination against men, because they are many more, therefore there must be more men candidates than women candidates. Equality is unfair.

Saludos

I know some of them.
One of them is a dentist. His wife is an economist but do not want to work as economist. She rather prefer being at home rising the kids.
Why does she prefer to stay home than earn a living working as an economist? Women and men are equals. Women do not have to stay at home nowadays, as they used to. So why are there many women that simply refuse this "new age" of women liberation and do want to go back again to that pre-equality times.

Saludos