Steven P. BarrettEXTRA! ITALY'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY EUROPEAN UNION CALVINISTS! NO! NO! NO!
August 19th 2008 01:48
By Steven Barrett
I had to do a double-take when reading this article from the AP and Yahoo. You will too when you read it. Italy hasn't always been known as a strait-lace country in Europe. Quite the opposite and that's one of her charms, unless you're stuck in the deepest inner lane of a rotary and you know it'll be a cold day on Mt. Etna before you see an inch of opening for you to zoom like a bat out of hell to the first street -- even a dead end.
And of all places, you should see where they put a classic of neo-platonic EU-inspired "civic laws" regulating where a woman could be seen wearing a bikini of all things. This IS Sophia Lauren's homeland. Am I right?
C'mon, this is Italy; isn't it?
And no demonstrations of public affection? Yo, Italy, what are you doing to yourself? You're becoming more politically correct and less Italian. Has the National Organization of Women overtaken the place? Okay, you want to cut down on all those macho-sexist gropers, but going after a kid while walking his date home? Since when did any government, much less Italy's of all governments, take the job of putting the fear of God in some boy's head from his girlfriend's father? Now the kid's got two strikes against him. Not only is the old man going to let him have it, he's got to pay out of his pockets for "holding hands." Non capece!
But that'll sure teach him to keep hands to himself.
I've been to Italy a couple of times and I'd give anything to go back. Well, almost anything as you'll see in the following link. Let's just say, I'd be more willing to give anything to hear NPR's Tappet Brothers, Tom and Ray Magliozi of "Car Talk" fame (or notoriety) offer their astute commentary of this grave situation as it's unfolding in Italy.
But all these new nicey-nice laws won't change this in Italy: they'll still have the wildest drivers -- short of the French, of course.
Finito!
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I had to do a double-take when reading this article from the AP and Yahoo. You will too when you read it. Italy hasn't always been known as a strait-lace country in Europe. Quite the opposite and that's one of her charms, unless you're stuck in the deepest inner lane of a rotary and you know it'll be a cold day on Mt. Etna before you see an inch of opening for you to zoom like a bat out of hell to the first street -- even a dead end.
And of all places, you should see where they put a classic of neo-platonic EU-inspired "civic laws" regulating where a woman could be seen wearing a bikini of all things. This IS Sophia Lauren's homeland. Am I right?
C'mon, this is Italy; isn't it?
And no demonstrations of public affection? Yo, Italy, what are you doing to yourself? You're becoming more politically correct and less Italian. Has the National Organization of Women overtaken the place? Okay, you want to cut down on all those macho-sexist gropers, but going after a kid while walking his date home? Since when did any government, much less Italy's of all governments, take the job of putting the fear of God in some boy's head from his girlfriend's father? Now the kid's got two strikes against him. Not only is the old man going to let him have it, he's got to pay out of his pockets for "holding hands." Non capece!
But that'll sure teach him to keep hands to himself.
I've been to Italy a couple of times and I'd give anything to go back. Well, almost anything as you'll see in the following link. Let's just say, I'd be more willing to give anything to hear NPR's Tappet Brothers, Tom and Ray Magliozi of "Car Talk" fame (or notoriety) offer their astute commentary of this grave situation as it's unfolding in Italy.
Si! Si!
But all these new nicey-nice laws won't change this in Italy: they'll still have the wildest drivers -- short of the French, of course.
Finito!
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Comment by S.L.
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When my friend finally had the chance to visit Italy, he immediately forgot everything he had learned in the class!!
It's hard to imagine Italy becoming politically correct and straight laced. Just a bit scary...
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