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...I think they were two important people to talk to:
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Kontxi Erro and Antton Erkizia, we held talks with both in a meeting
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it took place in Lesaka, that is historic
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(...) at a Sinn Fein congress in Ireland, and I remember an IRA man coming
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he goes, "close the doors!", what the..., there was an uproar among the people, "IRA, IRA!"
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then the guy sets about reading the comunicado, in English...,
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well, this is it, now yes, the party is over!
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(...) then I joined the party ESB when... war, I mean, when I came from across the border,
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in ESB, we insisted..., there were 12 in the executive board, and we say,
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"here we all 12 need be Basque speakers, else we are not accepting this"
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we kept on and on stubborn like mules, so we were expelled from the party...!
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(...) I do have some friends who are not Basque speakers,
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and well, it is a problem..., I don´t like it: if we are to go somewhere, eat out for dinner
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"...es que yo, claro, no entiendo, y tal", in Spanish, it really exasperates me, so yes,
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that has cut me off from many people, no doubt
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(...) to wake up, and for people to realize that, if we don´t get to use the language, all the rest is about pointless
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the language needs to come out onto public life, as Etxepare put it 500 years ago,
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"Basque, come out onto public life [marketplace]", that still goes for today.
