The Outlawed Beauty of Cats
Do not mention all cats are beautiful to a police officer in Spain. You might get fined up to 600 euros for insulting him. That's what happened to a woman walking home last Sunday in Madrid. It just so happened that she lived near the stadium Vicente Calderón where people were lined up waiting for the doors to open to watch a soccer game. It wasn't just any game, it was the final of the King's Cup between Sevilla and Barcelona with the King in attendance. Police were crawling all over the place and two of them saw a woman walking by with a large bag. On the bag there was a picture of a cat within a circle. Around the circle was written "All Cats Are Beautiful." Above this were the initials "A.C.A.B." That incensed the police officers. They went running after her, stopped her, and gave her a fine for the initials on the bag. She argued that the initials were spelled out in the circle and meant nothing denigrating. They didn't buy it and fined her...