When I read the news from the local news agencies I was struck by feelings of astonishment on the one hand, and by the overwhelming desire to laugh on the other. Decrees like the one the Minister of the Interior is talking about is not a logical one; in my opinion it's a "romantic" decision stemming from the control that dreams and emotions have over the lawmaker; he thinks this is an independent state free of problems and wars, that it has complete independence and dazzling authority which gives him the power to impose laws that are not appropriate to either the time or place and that do not meet any of the conditions for them to be carried out.