i cououldn't understd a word of it.t. and they speak ; it's not a language for festivals. it's a languauage of every day for many villages in this--it's a mountainous area. so they have an ethnic uniqueness, they're roman catholic, and ththe church protected, in a sense. they couldn't be attacked quite so eaeasily. it w wasn't as if thee communist party did this or something like that. it was the church. and finally, there's a long history of the basques not being very comfortable within spain, so they demand independence, they had their own military. there were times when the spanish government tried to control themem, but it's s a hiy country and they had guerrilla, basically. so the spanish government is very eager not to have fights with these people because they fight t back, so between the church a and their n language and d customs and thehr willingness to fight, they had certain privileges, if you like, special conditions that helped make that possible there. that's true. ma'am, i think you were going. >> what role does competition play here? do the co-ops compete