Gallardon 'the Hater'

I thought that, as a spanish citizen, my rights on abortion were safe... but the woman haters (PP) are back in power with absolute majority and their moves have started.
It had been hinted that, if they won, the homosexual marriage law would be at risk, but they have decided to start with abortion.
Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, who is known for bieng the most left sided person in the political party he belongs to (PP) stated the following in an open session in the congress:

"La maternidad es lo que hace a las mujeres verdaderamente mujeres [...][y los poderes públicos tienen que actuar] para garantizar el derecho a la maternidad".

Literal translation:
"Motherhood is what makes women real women [...] and the public powers have to act to grant the right of motherhood".

In context, what he said is that motherhood is what makes women real women and because of that abortion should be ilegal, because it keeps women from complete realization, and that the government intends to take measures in that direction.

There are a bunch of things I'd like to point out.

1. This person, as male, has no right or knowledge to decide what's what makes us women.
2. I may even believe, that in my own case, it is possible that I think motherhood is the only way of bringing me complete happyness, but I still made a choice not to have children. This person doesn't have the right to force me to personal realization.
3. Let's say we were living in a creepy society where personal realization was, in fact, compulsory. Where does Gallardón's reasoning leave all that women who, for one reason or another, are incapable of giving birth? Why does he condemn them to not being able of being real women?
4. In what universe is a relation between granting the right of motherhood and ilegalizing abortion? Why are motherhood and abortion treated as contraries when they are not? Can't you have an abortion at 18 because you don't feel ready to have kids yet and have then later in your live? Can't you be a mother of a dozen of kids who decides that thirteen is too many?
5. Why does he say "grant the right of motherhood" when the only thing understandable from his logic is the "destruction of the right to choose motherhood"? Is he really spaeking of making motherhood compulsory? Because that's what it sounds like.

Really, I prefer the "abortion is murder" line by too much.

yesterday evening I came back home from class and mom said...

..."E.T.A. is over"


I was, like, happy? But it really felt odd, because I didn´t have any hope for that. I thought nothing was gonna happen, but well, it happened!!
And it was just the day before yesterday when I was engaged in a 3 generations conversation about the subject and, you know, grandma said she was hopeful because of the taken steps towards peace and that she believed E.T.A. would be over in less than a week and, you know, mom and I are sort of sceptical people and we told her that was really difficult and that we didn´t have any kind of hope in that because of blah, blah, blah, and then, 24 hours later, it just happened.


Wow.
It´s like and historical event.
It´s like the first historical event I feel part of!


It feels stupidly good :)
I never thought I would feel so happy because of it. I suppose I`ve got a more normal mind that what I thought...

I don't have a proper title for this

La cuestión es escribir sobre las pasadas elecciones y la impresión que de ellas he recibido.

De las elecciones en sí no tengo gran cosa que decir. Han sido las primeras para mi y me parecía realmente estúpido ir y votar, como si fuera a servir de algo. La impresión recibida: la gente es muy lerda. Tampoco me voy a extender más, ésa es la idea base y creo que se explica por sí misma.

Aparte de esto, ayer estuve indignándome en privado y llegué a la conclusión de que los votos en blanco deberían reflejarse como asientos vacíos en el parlamento. Porque al parecer y por alguna misteriosa razón (¿15-M?) en estas elecciones se ha superado con creces todo número anterior de votos en blanco, pero da igual. Y no estoy de acuerdo: si uno va y se molesta en meter una papeleta vacía en la urna, debería servirle al menos para ahorrarse un diputado, o varios si como en Aragón el porcentaje de votos blancos era igual al de la tercera fuerza política.

Otra cosa que me ronda en la cabeza últimamente es: ¿Por qué todo quisqui se muda a Wordpress?

Y el 9 de junio acudiré a una conferencia sobre autismo, grandes expectativas no tengo, pero a ver qué cuentan. Comunicaré mis impresiones al respecto.