Well our fair city is in the midst of its greatest yearly celebration, «Les Falles» which ends on the night of Saint Joseph with the burning of the ninots. It’s been a wild celebration this year and one of the biggest in attracting tourists in the history of Falles. Great! Our city is getting quite noticed…
Turning my head to other things, being as how the rest of the country, or Europe, or the world does not stand still for Falles as we do… I have seen the destruction caused by rioters in France as they fight the government. Apparently their retirement age is going up from 62 to 64. Oh those poor French workers, I really sympathise! No!!! No way do I sympathise! I am sick and tired of Europeans who don’t want to work but want to live a full, happy, pleasant and wealthy life!
Another thing that amazes me is that now I have heard that schools, here in the Kingdom (Spain) want to eliminate Father’s Day! What!?!?!?
Yes! School authorities think that it might hurt sensibilities as now there are many types of families which are totally different from a family composed of Mother, Father, children.
Now I am not opposed to any family or any combinations that ultimately will compose the family that raises and nourishes children, but all of us cone from a Mother and a Father, the mother did not lay us like an egg.
So if Father’s Day traumatises, eliminate it but also get rid of Mother’s Day, Women’s Day, Easter, Christmas, New Year’s and all other festivities as rhey can…and do…traumatise people.
OK! This world is going to hell in a handbasket anyways, after all, didn’t they eliminate God from schools?
Time to order some olives to have with my wine…
Cheers…
JaZzArt en València 
Excellent post, Francisco. I hadn’t realized that other places were using the same Alice Rabbit Hole as some places as the US. Artificial «wokeness» makes it more difficult for things like equitable treatment under the law to be given a fair hearing. People love to belittle what they don’t understand or agree with.
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You said it well my friend! Thank you! I just found out, from a cousin I have in Miami, what this «woke» thing is all about!
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People love to belittle woke but many of them don’t understand it or use the most extreme examples to marginalize the idea.
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I really don’t know much, if anything about that. I reckon I must do a trifle research.
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DeSantis is making it a major part of his possible presidential campaign platform.
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Oh, ok. I still don’t know what it’s all about…
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Most of us don’t really know what it means because it seems to fit whatever people want it to mean. Malc’s pdf is an example of woke carried to a high level.
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I think so… thanks Pat and Happy Sunday!
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Happy Sunday. Will you attend the Falles Finales?
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Oh yes, tonight is the burning and we’ve a front row balcony to watch one of the fallas burn from above with friends and vino! Cheers Pat and all the best!
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Nice Post sir.
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If you really want to get annoyed Francesc take a look at Oxfam’s latest inclusivity guidelines, but you’d better get another drink in and sit down first.
https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/621487/tk-inclusive-language-guide-130323-en.pdf;jsessionid=FF0856A86E61B64F78AEC3230AF17829?sequence=4
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I certainly will! Cheers Malc! All the best!
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Great post! Enjoy your wine and olives!
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Thank you Sharon! Cheers!
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Enjoy the wine! 😀
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Thank you! All the best!
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May I suggest a nice Kalamata or Arbequina to go with your red? As for the «woke» movement, it is a tricky thing. No matter what we change or remove, some will always find something to be offended by.
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That sounds great! Actually I ordered some «patatas bravas» (spicy baked potatoes) and some «croquetas» (made with Iberian ham) which was great for our «almuerzo», which is like at mid-morning. Reference the woke movement or thing, yes, I agree, some will like it, some will feel offended. I’ve still not enough information to formulate an opinion at all. I like to be documented before I speak. But if they want to defund the police et cetera, then I am not for it at all. Cheers my good friend. All the best!
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In my opinion, the people who are proposing these crazy schemes are insane!
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Oh yes! I agree! Cheers Dawn.
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