Comments by "retnavybrat" (@retnavybrat) on "What happened to Catalonia? One year on from the referendum - BBC News" video.

I realize that, under Spanish law, the referendum was illegal, but seriously, the response of the Spanish police was way beyond the crime being committed. I'm not familiar with Spanish law, but it seems like holding an illegal referendum would be more of a civil violation rather than a criminal one.
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@martin prince: Still, it was excessive force on the part of the Spanish police in my opinion.
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@Manel Sevilla: I'm not disputing that the Spanish government declared the referendum illegal, I'm saying that I believe the response of the Spanish police was way out of proportion to the nonviolent crime that was being committed.
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@Manel Sevilla I don't know why my point is not getting across to you. I'll try one more time, then I'm dropping the conversation. Was the referendum held by the Catalonian government illegal under Spanish law? Yes. That's not in question. Did that justify the violent response of the Spanish police to a non-violent crime? No.
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@isabelmolina4077 If you're referring to me, unless YouTube has cause to ban me from this platform, I have every right to express my opinion on whatever subject I wish. You have no authority to tell me otherwise.
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@aesfa56 As long as YouTube doesn't have cause to bar me from commenting, I have every right to offer my opinions on the videos I watch on this site. You are not YouTube, so you have no right to tell me when I can and cannot "talk".
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@aesfa56 "The value of your opinion ranges from zero to nothing." If you really believed that, you never would've told me to be quiet.
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