Sancho and Humphrey

Pedro Sánchez was vilified by Elon Musk for proposing to ban internet access for those under 16. The owner of X called him a "tyrant" and a "traitor," and didn't forget to throw in the "totalitarian" and "fascist" labels, which are always thrown in. For his part, the Spanish Prime Minister wrote (on his friend's network):Let the techno-oligarchs bark, Sancho, it's a sign that we're riding.".

Now then, the phrase, very popular, for being lively and useful, is not, as the president might think, ofDon QuixoteThis phrase never appears in Cervantes' novel. Some scholars attribute its origin to the poem. Kläffer, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from 1808. In the final verses it says (translated into Spanish): "And the roar of their barking / only proves that we ride"There are, however, those who say that Rubén Darío used to say: "When the dogs bark, it's a sign that we're riding, Sancho my friend."And he said it in reference to those who criticized him for being mixed-race. In short, the confusion has affected Cristina Kirchner and Orson Welles, in his 1992 film.

The case is similar to that of the most famous, but never uttered, phrase of Casablanca"Play it again, Sam." What Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) says to the pianist is: "Play it once" and "Play it, Sam." The confusion, in this case, is thanks to Woody Allen, who wrote, directed, and starred in Dreams of a Seducer (Play It Again, Sam), a very modern, comical work that moved us when we saw it. There, the artist uttered the phrase.

Having said that, I think Pedro Sánchez is quite right to ban social media for those under sixteen. Taking advantage of the momentum, I would ban it until age 98.