I mentioned the other day that I was surprised by the suggestion that one could defame a political party in Spain. And now comes the news that judges can be sued as well. Or at least that's what we're to understand from the response given by the ex-Treasurer of the PP party when he was asked by his Swiss bank about reports he was involved in what was then Spain's biggest corruption scandal - “It's all lies and I'll be suing the judge for defamation”. Or words to that effect. I'm wondering whether this is because Spain operates under the inquisitorial system of the French Civil Code. Leading to public statements by judges about the possible involvement of individuals in the case he or she is inquiring into. And, thus, to the risk of defamation. Or perhaps it was all just bluster.
Talking about judgements . . . The BBC has recently erased from an episode of Fawlty Towers racist comments made by the bigoted Major character. This has lead one commentator to pose the apt question:- “George Orwell used to write disparagingly of 'the pansy Left'. He was, by 2013 standards, homophobic. Should publishers erase his prejudice from his essays? Or would that be a little, well, Orwellian?”
Fellow
blogger Lenox reports that “Fixing
a drain, workers found that a home in Mérida was served by a sewer
system built by the Romans.” This happens in Pontevedra, too. Though
we haven't yet found any of the more salubrious items with which
Mérida abounds. And which fill its marvellous museum. And an
amphitheatre still eludes us.
A
couple of Public Service Announcements:-
- Here, from the Olive Press, is information of use to us foreigners living in Spain.
- And here's something which may help you when you want to cancel a subscription or quit, say, increasingly-irritating-Facebook
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