italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
Sebbene non sia consolatorio, posso assicurare che girare di notte per le
strade di Roma, e ormai anche di Firenze, è pericoloso per una donna almeno
quanto per chiunque altra persona, (avviene almeno uno stupro a notte) un
cordiale saluto da parte di un tetragono donna (dunque ultimo degli ultimi)
cdf
On Jun 26 2007, Lino Pertile wrote:
>italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
>
> massi, di passaggio in patria e in condizioni elettronicamente precarie,
> non posso non rispondere, anche se brevemente, al tuo messaggio per
> esprimerti tutta la mia solidarietà. Mi addolora moltissimo sentire quel
> che racconti, ma noi italiani siamo vissuti troppo tempo con l'illusione
> di essere tolleranti, aperti, "buoni", ecc. ecc. Purtroppo, tolleranti
> non si nasce ma si diventa, e solo lentamente e con fatica. Se c'è
> qualcosa di positivo in quel che racconti, è proprio questo: sono i primi
> segni che un processo di crescita è incominciato, ma è un processo che
> non avviene da solo; bisogna lavorare, vigilare, battersi continuamente
> perchè le forze della reazione non abbiano la meglio. Solo a questo patto
> si può sperare in un'Italia migliore. Coraggio, Max, e auguri,
>
>Lino
>
>
>Scrive "massi :" <[log in to unmask]>:
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>> italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
>> this message will be probably ignored, but at least i can say "i tried".
>> i am not going to talk about literature exactly, but more about italian
>> politics today and, more importantly, about italian culture and quality
>> of life today. yesterday, i was under the impression of being in a very
>> confusing dream. yesterday, in the city of bologna, golden medal for the
>> italian "resistenza", the mayor and the "questore" authorized a
>> public parade by young people from "forza nuova" in the very center of
>> town. this group (you can google the name) has a 100% neofascist
>> ideology. they wear black shirts, they make the roman salute, they write
>> with black paint on the walls "froci ai forni", "per te omosessuale
>> nessun diritto", "no moschea", "islam raus", "froci=aids",
>> "negri=merda", they write swastikas on the walls and often have been
>> convicted and then released for violent aggressions they perpetrated. in
>> italy we know them, and although they are ideologically close to
>> "alleanza nazionale" no political party officialy accepts them. they
>> exhibit images of mussolini and hitler. yesterday, at the same time,
>> groups of students and workers of the radical left and from the "centri
>> sociali" put together another street parade to oppose the fascists. the
>> newspapers today reported in a very negative way the leftist spontaneous
>> parade saying nothing on the ""legal"" one. walking at night in rome
>> alone for a gay or a trans is dangerous. there are more and more cases
>> of hate crime every day. most policemen dislike gay people and bring no
>> protection, facilitating the increasing violence and marginalization.
>> whatever your political ideas, it is a fact and it is written on the
>> italian constitution that the fascist ideology cannot be revived. still,
>> the pope launched a crused against gay marriage in italy calling us
>> "nocivi per la società" and "l'eclissi di dio". the italian catholic
>> church of former hitler supporter cardinal ratzinger and non democratic
>> groups are more and more attacking the dignity and the biological bodies
>> of the minorities; and the institutions, supported by hundreds of
>> policemen (only yesterday, 450 in service with stick and shields) are
>> tolerating and perhaps approving this escalation of violence,
>> legitimating and enforcing racism, homophobia, xenophobia, antisocial
>> and antidemocratic furious intolerance. thanks for yor time,
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