37. This Mad, Mad Italy
Ian Fisher of The New York Times claim Italians are discontented
What an exciting time it was on the radio this morning! Half awake and half in sleep from my dreams of Grandma’s bronze face and Bella leaping about in a field of sunshine I heard the announcer hammering away that Italians are deeply discontented and angry… angry… angry… apparently all brought about by an article that came out in The New York Times this morning that said so. Perhaps the article was motivated by a little bit of envy since Italians are noted for their ability to be sunshine characters most of the time- or so I thought.
The title ‘Mad Italy’ is not of my invention but I am regurgitating what a listener was saying on the phone, that due to the stand-still caused by the lorries it was not possible to find fruit and vegetables on sale anywhere and since 80% percent of all our food is transported by lorries which had for forty years been given free reign in order that a famous vehicle company could prosper, it was time for a change. Lorries caused air pollution, accidents and discontent in general while the Italian National Air Company was lying about doing nothing but burdening us tax payers to fork out billions for its up-keep… Madness! She thought.
Another, emphasizing the ‘one’ said, any one Tom, Dick and Harry could bring down the government, at any time or moment… an argument, a whim, a fly in the soup… and the government is on its knees. This listener suggested a Presidential system of democracy as in France and the U.S. I wonder if any kind of politics will ever work here.
Justice was the next argument treated since people get away with murder in Italy, the woman stressed that there was no ‘guarantee of guilt’- an Italian way of saying, people get away Scott free. While on the other hand, Berlusconi, the Opposition Leader said with his usual nonchalant smile, to look at what they had done to him, just imagine what they could do to the common man in the street! This argument dutifully had to be dwelt upon since Italy’s President from the U.S.A. stated that Judges should not be delegitimized but they too must abide by the rules. I bet this had something to do with the Judge having had access to the bugging of our Minister of Justice without due permission!
Unless, I misunderstood, the Italian President from the States also touched upon the argument of “Freedom of Speech” and that journalist should not publish the findings of cases under investigations or something of that nature… which I thought was a bit tough- Come on President why shouldn’t the rest of us know what’s going on in our own country?
Freedom of Speech was conquered by our ancestors by much persecution and suffering so that we could tell the rest of the story… Do we really want to lose all that?
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The title ‘Mad Italy’ is not of my invention but I am regurgitating what a listener was saying on the phone, that due to the stand-still caused by the lorries it was not possible to find fruit and vegetables on sale anywhere and since 80% percent of all our food is transported by lorries which had for forty years been given free reign in order that a famous vehicle company could prosper, it was time for a change. Lorries caused air pollution, accidents and discontent in general while the Italian National Air Company was lying about doing nothing but burdening us tax payers to fork out billions for its up-keep… Madness! She thought.
Another, emphasizing the ‘one’ said, any one Tom, Dick and Harry could bring down the government, at any time or moment… an argument, a whim, a fly in the soup… and the government is on its knees. This listener suggested a Presidential system of democracy as in France and the U.S. I wonder if any kind of politics will ever work here.
Justice was the next argument treated since people get away with murder in Italy, the woman stressed that there was no ‘guarantee of guilt’- an Italian way of saying, people get away Scott free. While on the other hand, Berlusconi, the Opposition Leader said with his usual nonchalant smile, to look at what they had done to him, just imagine what they could do to the common man in the street! This argument dutifully had to be dwelt upon since Italy’s President from the U.S.A. stated that Judges should not be delegitimized but they too must abide by the rules. I bet this had something to do with the Judge having had access to the bugging of our Minister of Justice without due permission!
Unless, I misunderstood, the Italian President from the States also touched upon the argument of “Freedom of Speech” and that journalist should not publish the findings of cases under investigations or something of that nature… which I thought was a bit tough- Come on President why shouldn’t the rest of us know what’s going on in our own country?
Freedom of Speech was conquered by our ancestors by much persecution and suffering so that we could tell the rest of the story… Do we really want to lose all that?
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