adding insult to injury

With a rising wave of sexaul assault, it may not have beena good idea to carpet Naples and Rome’s walls with the following ad :

thankfully, several municipalities declared their intention to pass a ban against the photos. 

The sad thing being, there ad were meant to promote clothes: can you actually see that as the main message in it?

overheard quote of the day

it is time that i take my life in my hands.

from the seat next to me, on the sofa

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There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too. Where’s evil? It’s that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side

K. Vonnegut, Mother night

go ahead and screw them, but don’t forget to apologise afterwards

So this is how twisted a cheap interpretation of Chatolicism can be. There is a basket match, there is one looser and one winner.

long gone are the days of the winner takes it all! The head of the school of the winning team, which incidentally is the female high school team from the Covenant School in Dallas, urges the coach to apologise for the victory, a flashy 100-0.

The reason? not unfair play. not referee’s misjudgements. but…

 “It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened.  This clearly does not reflect a Christ-like and honorable approach to competition. We humbly apologize for our actions and seek the forgiveness of Dallas Academy, TAPPS and our community.  The school and its representatives in no way support or condone the running up of a score against any team in any sport for any reason. ”

wait a second. If one is a christian it is not honourable for him to fairly win a competition? does he really have to humbly seek for forgiveness?

well, and i thought that one had to give God what belongs to God, but to Ceasar what belongs to Ceaser!

io non ho paura

if i could be someone else, i would like to be…

 

listen to this: Donovan

italian word of the day: interista

interista is the italian word for the supporter of Inter, and much more. Inter in itself is more than a football team, but rather the patron entity of all hopeless people, ranging from the good-natured but unlucky guy to the little mafioso* that is eternally penniless for his gambling attitudes. to gain this saint-like aurea,  Inter has patiently lost the scudetto for more than 15 years in the most spectacularly dull ways, bravely carrying the burden of providing a harbour for all dispirited people.

the Interista, therefore, shores to Inter like a ship shattered by life. he has suffered enough in a world where everyone seems to win, but him. you may still find a trace of his sad, sad bygones in the way he watched a match: standing still, looking down, fingers folded and nervously tipping the hand’s back, the Interista forecasts the derision and taunt that he has to undergo during the damn 90 minutes of any given Sunday. lately, this first, quiet generation of Intersti has been partially invaded by more critical subjects, that is, more aggressive people, that gutter their frustations in violent and stupidly presumptuous misbehaviours. this appears to be connected to the presence of slimy Mr. Ibrahimovic, but qualified observers do not dare to speak of something more than sheer correlation.

today, and for the second year in a row, Inter has won the scudetto. you cannot figure the sadness and disappointment of the Interesti: the quiet ones feel like they have lost a companion in the bad times, and the rough ones feel like they have lost another good reason to pick up a fight.

dear reader, if you have a kind heart, please gather a minute for the sorrow and grief of these unlucky people, that today have lost their refuge and comfort.

 

mafioso*: typical figure in the italian society, either funny or pathetic, usually involved in illegal but innocous trades (cannabis, gambling, n.th hand subletting, etc.)

learn to cook- say hi to our new category!

do we believe in stereotypes? YES WE DO!

say hi to the new twice-a-week posts on how to cook as a real italian.

what you need:

-a patient and moderately hungry guest

-a decently furnished kitchen

-some basic skills

-reasonably expensive ingredients (do not cheat! quality matters)

-some time.

what you will get:

a dinner for two, some precious tips and a few words or two on generalities.

corriere.it

as you may or may not know, Corriere della Sera is the most famous italian newspaper worldwide (more than 2.400.00 results in 0.12 seconds from Google).  recently, i came to discover it has become one of the most popular triple x site for people who do not want, or simply can not, or even do not know that they’ld like to, surf more explicit pages. You can find all sorts of naked women, pictured in various positions (do you prefer the seaside languid close-ups? or do you have a taste for vintage shots of young celebrities?) . You can find detailed report about mundane events (Erotica 2007, one above all). You can indulge in unnecessarily detailed news about perverted murdered or masochist professors. Finally, you can watch a 3 minutes video of Paris Hilton taking a bath in her brazilian wax only. What did trigger my discovery? well, honestly, i looked for it. I am not denying that I click on a headline “Paris hits again. the naked video on YouTube”: of course i watch, it’s inviting. Yet I am the reader, not the writer.  Yet, i am 23 (jesus, i wrote 22 in first place!getting older..) . Yet, if there would have been something easy but dressed up, i’ld have probably clicked all the same. It goes like this with naked women: you don’t look for them, but if they are there, why not?

Unfortunately, what the corriere does not understand, is that as a newspaper it should provide good information, with a moral content.  I do profoundly disagree with what someone from the corriere replied to my complainsts. He said that the newspaper should cover the society 360°. serious and light things alltogether. I say that the corriere should recognize its educative role in the society. the myth of the neutrality of information is widely overcome. It is not the case that the newspaper can publish whatever and the reader can choose: why is there a complete coverage of next year calander and no news about recently published books? an example so to speak.

So please Corriere take your role in the society. Or, alternatively, upload some naked guys as well, i am honestly fed up with women.