The talkative reform of the Penal Code omits the concerns of the citizenry. Is it dangerous for traditional families to celebrate Christmas in a tumultuous way outside the domestic sphere and concur with others in restaurants?
I am a member of a working family that intends to have lunch on December 25 in an urban restaurant that serves a traditional menu and admits reservations – at this point! – for between 12 and 16 individuals, some of whom may have intolerances and to whom A teenager who looks like a boyfriend, a stylist from Albacete who shows his face or a widower specialist in penalty kicks in his early years could be added without prior notice. Oh, and have good Wi-Fi coverage!
The years have these things. Suddenly, families innovate at Christmas: what if we had lunch on the 25th in a restaurant? The decision is complicated and, therefore, it is made late, so that the few restaurants are overflowing. Suppose, however, that the company is successful and even the entire troop confirms attendance around December 24.
The Criminal Code should provide for criminal acts that deserve tailored suits –a simp promoted by the elderly?– and set mitigating factors: lack of private space –more social palaces!–, random choice of an unwanted restaurant –Casa Jonathan, El Gallo Limeño, Yang-Tse al Besòs– and coexistence with traditional families in the process of deconstruction, without ruling out the classic silent marriage that looks bad.
I believe that celebrating Christmas in restaurants –neutral territory– requires manners, mettle and tolerance, virtues to the downside. If in Rome there were three deaths in a meeting of a neighborhood community, who guarantees harmony between families, to which the option of fighting is open?
In addition to providing food on such a special day, restaurants should pacify the after-dinner meal and thus avoid lawsuits: poetry recitals, brother-in-law jokes, oral legends –my military service in Sidi Ifni–, a contest for misses over 50 or a solidarity bingo .
All in order to sing –and not ride– the marimorena.
