@gnutelephony@floss.social @DamienMarieAtHope Well, as a Spaniard, I just want to add that Catholics were not saints. They were somehow free from utilitarism, but that just meant instead of massively-killing natives, they put them to work until death. Yes, Spain made some humanitarian laws on natives, but Spaniards tend to make great laws they don't expect anybody to observe.
@gnutelephony @DamienMarieAtHope @microblogc I remember the Europe wide smoking ban, the Spanish all but ignored it for a long time. Watching a cook with a cigarette in his mouth as he prepared food is much less likely an event now, but…..