Here's a letter to the editor from today's La Vanguardia.
Don't break up Spain
Spain is a nation that is formed by a people, the Spaniards, which grants itself, in virtue of its own sovereignty, a state.
We defend our positions through our representatives in the Congress of Deputies or through citizens' platforms, all of them registered within the legal bounds of the Constitution and of democracy which all of us Spaniards have granted ourselves, independently of our geographical origin. Spain is a historical, legal, political, and cultural reality which we are proud to belong to, despite the problems that today beset our nation.
Attempting to break up such a reality based on illegal and biased proposals does not at all contribute to the peaceful, plural, and progressive coexistence that the great majority of we Spanish people work for every day.
I'll bet I can completely change the meaning of this letter to the editor in fewer than 100 keystrokes. My changes are in capital letters.
Don't OPPRESS CATALONIA
CATALONIA is a nation that is formed by a people, the CATALANS, which SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO grant itself, in virtue of its own sovereignty, a state.
We defend our positions through our representatives in the PARLAMENT DE CATALUNYA or through citizens' platforms, all of them registered within the legal bounds of the Constitution and of democracy which all of us CATALANS have granted ourselves, independently of our geographical origin. CATALONIA is a historical, legal, political, and cultural reality which we are proud to belong to, despite the problems that today beset our nation.
Attempting to break up such a reality based on illegal and biased proposals does not at all contribute to the peaceful, plural, and progressive coexistence that the great majority of we CATALAN people work for every day.
I think that's fewer than 100 characters changed. But it's the same rhetoric.
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