Zero Tollerance in Italy
Road accidents in Italy lead to more deaths than in any other European country, according to recent reports in Italian newspapers.
Recently released figures from 2006 regarding Great Britain (3,297), France (4,709), Germany (5,091) and Italy (5,669), clearly put Italy at the top of this macabre road accident death table. Formerly, Germany, which has a much greater population than Italy, was at the top.
Owing to the poor light shed on Italy by such statistics, and in addition to frighteningly high levels of work related deaths, Italy’s government is introducing a ‘zero tolerance’ policy concerning those caught driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Read more
Extrovertly Private
Italy boasts, if that is the right word, long and complex privacy laws, which are supposed to protect its extrovert citizens from excessive prying.
Once, back in 2006, and out of perverse curiosity, I tried to read Italy’s long and complex privacy laws.
The other day, the subject came up once more when I found myself reading How Do You Say Privacy in Italian? over at James Martin’s Wandering Italy blog. The post demonstrated, in part, that Italians are not really the most private people in the world. Indeed, as mentioned in the article, Italians do their level best to stick as close as possible to one another.
In restaurants, and this is something I have noticed too, when a group of Italians enters, you can just about put money on the fact that they will sit at a table very close by, if not right next to you.
This gregarious behaviour is not really what you would expect from a country with privacy laws that fill texts as thick as Schwarzenegger’s arm. James’ theory as to why Italy has privacy laws is similar to my own, but what I wanted to examine was the odd conflict which arises from the natural extroversion of Italians and the lust for privacy which exists here. Read more
What is the Right Food for an Italian Commie?
This week’s Food and Wine Friday feature takes a look at Berluconi’s arch rivals, the Italian communists, and examines the Italian dishes those with egalitarian ideologies lean towards.
From my article on commie hating Italian prime minister Silvio Berluconi’s favourite Italian dish, Billionaires Beef, you may remember that this staunch right winger goes for a robust red meat based recipe.
So just what do you think those left leaning Italian commie arch enemies of Belusconi choose in their favourite Italian eateries? Is all food created equal to these disciples of communist ideology?
Read on to see if Italy’s best known reds prefer red meat, and to discover a whole new way of establishing which way everyone will vote in the forthcoming presidential elections in the US. Read more
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