tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post6799384723588214026..comments2024-01-20T11:56:48.682+01:00Comments on WindRose Hotel: Where democracy ends and non-democracy beginsS.R. Piccolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15622464895435470724noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-83408871754633023322009-12-14T19:03:35.805+01:002009-12-14T19:03:35.805+01:00@stefanoC:
...But I said "if" ("if...@<i>stefanoC</i>:<br /><br />...But I said "if" ("if this is the opposition").<br /><br />However, it's true that both Casini and Bersani condemned the assault without "ifs" and "buts." They are both good men, and sincere men. And I deeply respect them.<br /><br />This doesn't apply to Di Pietro and Rosi Bindi, the chairwoman of the Democratic Party, who in an interview suggested that "while these (violent) acts should always be condemned, sometimes they can be explained. [...] The fact remains that one of the architects of this (political) climate is Berlusconi ... he cannot play the victim."S.R. Piccolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622464895435470724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-26021866950420597052009-12-14T12:09:41.403+01:002009-12-14T12:09:41.403+01:00I'm with you, rob, when you say that nothing c...I'm with you, rob, when you say that nothing can justify violence, and while I think that <i>sometimes</i> Di Pietro says something worth listening, this is one of the other times (the same goes for Bossi).<br /><br />I disagree when you say "this is the opposition": both the center opposition (Casini) and center-left one (Bersani) condemned the assault without reservations. <br /><br />Even the assaulter himself was not, according to friends and relatives, much interested in politics. Perhaps he was simply looking for media attention, like that crazy man who shot President Reagan.<br /><br />This is not to say that there is nothing to be worried about. Political confrontation is getting harsher and louder, and I think the most sensible people on both sides should try to cool down the hot-headed ones.StefanoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652837560316232523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-60131631868177174782009-12-14T09:13:55.365+01:002009-12-14T09:13:55.365+01:00It hasn't been a good year for the Italian Pri...It hasn't been a good year for the Italian Prime Minister, to say the least. But the adding of injury to insult, to end 2009, might make the campagners of hate reflect a little more.<br /><br />It brings to mind the behaviour of jealous, frustrated, school children when they gang up and target an outspoken but popular member of their school, when things get out of hand. When words become violent actions. There follows a silence. The realisation of having gone way beyond the line. <br /><br />If democracy totally rejects any form of anarchy, it should also reject those who condone it.Mirinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762774089637304953noreply@blogger.com