Sir,- Before the latest news of yet another terrorist crime in Spain is forgotten, I want to join my protest to all those back home who cannot take any more of this absurdity, pain, anger, frustration.
ETA fought Franco; ETA has become Franco - the dictatorship of a few who have decided what the majority wants and how this should be achieved. The Basque people are saying: "Enough. Stop this killing." Just a few, feeble minds will rejoice will laugh at the suffering of the people they wanted to bring freedom to. Freedom from what, I wonder? Fear, insecurity, hatred that they themselves, ETA, have planted in their land?
I condemn ETA, I detest what they represent. They have fought for their ideals as cowards.
It would not be a surprise to admit that I do not understand what these ETA criminals are trying to achieve. How do we understand violence? How indeed can we defend ideals with violence, with such violence?
I want to join to the cry of all those in the Basque country, all over Spain who cannot take any more of this absurdity. I want to sympathise with all those who have suffered ETA's crimes. All of us are victims of their terrorism. - Yours, etc., CRISTINA SANTAMARIA, Meath Place, Dublin 8.