Julio Llamazares dreams of a more respectful Spain

The Spanish writer Julio Llamazares regrets that his compatriots are unable to debate serenely. "The world is full of loud-mouths who don't listen to others and don't let others speak. In Spain this situation appears to be a social pathology .... .This results in a deafening country, bitter and vehement, in which everyone knows everything about everything and where it is impossible to get anyone to change their opinion. A country in which anyone well brought-up and respectful, who listens before discreetly opining is condemned to not being able to express themself. This doesn't bother them so much, for, as Felosio said, we are living in a world where no one manages to convince anyone of anything else. This is particularly the case in Spain, where vociferations and hoo-ha invade all places ... . It is thus only by shouting that one can try to be heard, therefore adding to the noise."

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