The Royal Spanish regulations on caste and class were extreme to say the least.
I wonder how the Spanish court of that time would deal with us here at the Campfire?
I am thinking exile to a life at hard labor in a penal colony.
Chances are none of us would be allowed to use or own computers. So we probably would not known who each other were. The Spanish ruled with a pretty tight fist. Hand in hand with the church they kept a pretty tight rein on things!
My family on my dad's side would have agreed. My G-Grandfather was one of the last Civil Governors in Cuba, until Geneal Weiler took over. He was most assuredly rooting for the Confederacy, and obviously against the war in 98. Once the Spanish flag came down in Havana, my grandfather (and dad) told me he closed his shutters (he was retired by then) and died a few months later.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
