Eta Quotes

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Christopher Hitchens
“I can remember when I was a bit of an ETA fan myself. It was in 1973, when a group of Basque militants assassinated Adm. Carrero Blanco. The admiral was a stone-faced secret police chief, personally groomed to be the successor to the decrepit Francisco Franco. His car blew up, killing only him and his chauffeur with a carefully planted charge, and not only was the world well rid of another fascist, but, more important, the whole scheme of extending Franco's rule was vaporized in the same instant. The dictator had to turn instead to Crown Prince Juan Carlos, who turned out to be the best Bourbon in history and who swiftly dismantled Franco's entire system. If this action was 'terrorism,' it had something to be said for it. Everyone I knew in Spain made a little holiday in their hearts when the gruesome admiral went sky-high.”
Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

Xavier Àgueda
“Una vez hubo un poco de follón virtual porque hice un chiste sobre la ETA. Corría el año 2013 y la banda terrorista ya había dejado de cometer atentados, o al menos llevaba mucho más tiempo sin matar a nadie que los Mossos d’Esquadra.”
Xavier Àgueda, Una amante complaciente

“«Es mentira que nos hayan exigido mil millones de pesetas», dijo uno de mis tíos a los medios. «¿Cómo reaccionó su padre el pasado viernes?», preguntó un periodista. «En ningún momento tuvo reparo alguno en ser secuestrado. Se vistió, cogió un sombrero y algunos libros y se dirigió a nosotros para que estuviéramos tranquilos», contestó mi padre.”
Gabriela Ybarra, El comensal