The grandson of Josep Lluís Ortega Monasterio, author, as is known, of the habaneraMy grandfather, considers "a victory" that in the Calella de Palafrugell song on Saturday the audience will end up, as one man, warbling the popular songKoldo Ortega Monasterio, as he is called, has announced a lawsuit against the authors of the documentary.Walls of silence, from TV3, insinuating that the composer was "connected" to a network of sexual exploitation of minors. He says this "is absolutely false and manipulated" and that his grandfather's innocence "has already been proven in court, but it has not been respected." Thus, the debate on the separation between work and author is not necessary for the moment, but, of course, it is inevitable.
All the loss of prudence and the tremendous levity that modern life gives us—understanding this as communication through networks—is revealed above all in the right we take for ourselves (an individual, self-help right that we believe we deserve) to rewrite history as our brains dictate. Is the "cause" noble, because it is generic? This endures everything. Demanding "that the Spanish people" apologize for the Colombian genocide, wanting to overthrow the statue of Antonio López, eliminating My grandfatherPutting your foot on Woody Allen's neck is very therapeutic and empowering for some, because it's risk-free. What if it's not true? What if it's not entirely true? There's no room for any nuance or doubt, it's not necessary. We're moved by the Civil War because "it's already over," and we've painted it in the colors—true colors, in any case—that suit us best. The war in Gaza, right now, is something else, because it's happening. We talk about tearing down statues or silencing songs, because of the original sin they claim to bear. Where do we stop? The pyramids of Egypt were built with the blood of slaves. I'm not trivializing any of the crimes I mentioned above, because they are crimes. But I find it hard to understand the ease and unanimity of the condemnations when the accusations have been dismissed from a court.
