That's the article I had read. A second reading, coupled with your info
makes it a bit clearer. Thanks, Nathan
On Sep 7, 2014 10:11 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The pact as a whole is not “official”. There was an amnesty law in 1977
> but that is only a small part. The “pact” as a whole refers to the lack of
> public discussion, publicly funded research etc.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pact_of_forgetting
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> On 07 Sep 2014, at 23:42, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > The article I read on wkipedia when I searched "pacto de olvido" earlier
> > lead me to believe that it was official as of 1977. This isn't the case,
> > Nathan?
> > On Sep 7, 2014 3:03 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> Thanks Chris. The “pacto de olvido” (literally: the agreement to forget)
> >> is not formal. But because the transition to democracy was not violent
> >> following Franco’s death and because most of the power elite remained in
> >> power until they too died off, there was never any purge, nor any truth
> and
> >> reconciliation commission a la South Africa etc. It was one of the few
> good
> >> things done by the otherwise incompetent Zapatero government (2004-2011)
> >> that they started investigating things a bit, searching for mass graves
> >> from the Civil War and so on. The current reactionary PP government has
> >> tried to put a lid on things again.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >>
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu
> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
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> >> YNWA
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> >> On 07 Sep 2014, at 08:33, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >>> That's prolific, Nathan!
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> >>> I have to say that I liked the idyllic scene the best, not only because
> >> of the the lovely feminine shape but because the composition of shapes
> and
> >> colours was rather good.
> >>>
> >>> Is the "pacto de olvido" a formal one, or just that people try not to
> >> talk about it?
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> >>> And it's good to see the markets. My mother lives not far from Olhão
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> >> the Algarve where the markets look great.
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> >>> Chris
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> >>> On 6 Sep 14, at 18:02, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >>>> My weekly blog for last week begins with a sunset along the motorway
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> >> our way home from Madrid on Sunday the 24th and ends with a long bicycle
> >> ride on Sunday the 31st. In-between there are pets liberated from
> prison,
> >> people frolicking on the beach, some food porn, and some hungover fiesta
> >> goers. In other words, a typical summer week in Alicante:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=1256
> >>>>
> >>>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
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