Idiots from Spanish government seem to not know that violence leads to more violence and strong actions leads to even bigger contrmeasures, especially in dedicated souls...
I'm not pro catalan independence, I think that they are being played by their local politicans that want to steal even more (than Rajoy and his crew does
), but how the Madrid plays this issue is a classic example HOW THEY SHOULDN'T DO IT.
Also, I think that Catalunyan independence would be bad, both for average Catalans and Spain of course (maybe only rich catalans will get better). But in the days like today, Catalans received just more moral power to their cause and regardless of the referendum result (and if it it will even succeed), their independence cause only got stronger.