Last Friday, March 22, the news broke that more than 400 students from the El Divino Pastor school, in Malaga, had gone out to celebrate their particular Holy Week dressed as legionnaires through the streets of the city. An event that did not go unnoticed on social networks and that generated a great barrage of criticism because minors lined up, raised toy weapons and sang the Legion’s song, The Boyfriend of Death.
The topic has generated so much controversy that programs like En boca de todos have wanted to put it on the table in their respective current affairs tables. This Tuesday, the collaborators of the Cuatro program debated this controversial Malaga parade, demonstrating a great disparity of opinions.
One of the collaborators who was most critical of the ‘legionary children’ parade was Sonia Ferrer. The presenter did not hesitate to take a stand against the decision of the Malaga school. ”I can understand tradition and children who want to imitate what they see. But can we leave the children alone? Can we let them grow the way they have to grow?” She began by saying.
”I want an egalitarian, pacifist and democratic education. I don’t want a hypersexualized childhood, nor do I want them to be applauded because they carry weapons and parade like soldiers. Now it is OK. Let’s let them grow up like children,’ he said.
However, his vision was not unanimous at the table and some of his colleagues were radically against his words. ”I think it’s great. Because my son has grown up, if not, he would command him… There are many reasons to be proud of The Legion. “He is a body admired and applauded throughout the world,” declared journalist Antonio Naranjo.
”This is not about The Legion, it’s about children,” replied Sonia Ferrer. ”In the same way that you cannot have a legionnaires’ parade, you cannot have a beauty contest either. Children are children,” said another of the collaborators.
