OT: Slogan of the group,

[Jonathan Lighter]

And why include "Keep Calm"?

I suspect black ops, disinformation, reverse psych, false-flag propaganda,
the works.

JL

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Independència per Catalunya JA [Independence for Catalonia NOW]:
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> KEEP CALM
>       and
> SPEAK CATALAN!
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> No translation into Catalan or into any other language, not even into
> Chinese, is supplied.
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> Somehow, using only English in a case like this doesn't feel right.
> Using a foreign language to urge people to speak their native
> language?! What up wit dat?
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