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 November
26, 2004 - A large number of references throughout the Web as
well, including the ones in British English with the notorious
'rubbish'. A question asked via e-mail to British actress Greta
Scacchi was about which of her films had secretly made her think it
was rubbish (from Britain's Independent). Another 'inspirational
source' was Repubblica, reporting about a survey by British Broadcast
Magazine of the worst US TV-programs.
November
26, 2004 - See how frequent their taking up articles from abroad
is. Both from England and from Italy, they don't mind making use of
the foreign press. They once were scrupulous in being absolutely
self-referential. Today half the newspaper is being issued from
foreign sources. The Financial Times said yesterday that... according
to Broadcast Magazine...
November
25, 2004 - Everyone's making a fuss over the Ukrainian events
hit the headlines, but we must say the 'actors' of this drama are
really uninteresting.
November
24, 2004 - Those who were able to retire - I had wondered
what had become of Doris Day long before her son died. I thought that
she had to be somewhere, but no source gave us the evidence of a
further survival of her body after With Six You Get Eggroll
and some TV-specials until the mid-seventies. The Doris Day Show came
to an end in February 1975, this is what I knew about her. We can no
more imagine what her visage is like today.
November
23, 2004 - Dan Rather, anchor of the CBS Evening News since the
retirement of Walter Cronkite, announced today he will step down
soon. I'm addressing Italians: get used to doing it by yourself, like
Rather did. Otherwise it'll be an upper executive to be forced to do
it with the unpleasant consequences described on the right (Mediaset).
November
23, 2004 - New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) reopened after
a two-year restoration ($850 million). Milan's opera house La Scala
(here below, how it appeared in the late 18th century) is expected to
reopen in December 2004, after a two-year restoration (60 million euros).
November
22, 2004 - Last night, the author watched a bit of the Italian
version of 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire', a quiz game working
as a meaningless token machine never testing the contestants' ability.
November
22, 2004 - According to Mr.Albert Goodyear (University of South
Carolina), who's been excavating the Topper dig site since the 1980s,
the radiocarbon traces should make us date back human presence in
North America to 50,000 years ago
November
19, 2004 - At the MTV awards, some noticed that the major prizes
went to Americans. Nothing new. How the hell could you think of a
different outcome with a federation made of 260 million people with
the world's highest development in technology? Make an only nation of
the European States (the United States of Europe) and you'll have a
far more powerful country monopolizing every field. Nonetheless, even
this shouldn't make us build an antitrust legislation. Who's going to
win? The best, in any case. What system is on your machine? Windows.
This means you preferred this one to the others. So why ever should
the others ask for anti-Microsoft laws?
November
19, 2004 - The hard-line policy toward Cuba adopted by the EU
Parliament (a new resolution, last Wednesday) challenged once again a
regime that seems to be deaf to any suggestion of liberalization. A
bunch of Cuban dissidents invited at the European embassies was the
latest 'demonstrative gesture' to a man that may lose privately his
temper but never gives up.
November
17, 2004 - The news of the killing of Margaret Hassan, who had
been held hostage in Iraq since October 19, affected me deeply. Her
most recent picture, in a Hitchcock-like pose, doesn't do justice to
her. I want to hold this sad memorial with a happier one.
November
16, 2004 - Alba P., Italian show-girl that had been hospitalized
since November 4 after being injured in a dreadful road accident,
miraculously appeared again last night on a talk-show. The ones that
would never like to detach themselves from the TV-studios. Instead of
warning their relatives, they'll rush to acquaint Oprah Winfrey with
the accident.
November
13, 2004 - Claudio S. is the organizer of a four-day hi-tech
convention scheduled now in Milan (after several editions in Bologna)
that is called 'Futurshow' (he left out the final 'e', ask him why). |
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November
26, 2004 - What's to be considered 'trash'? The burning question
runs deep into one of the taboo issues that today can't seem to
deliver.
November
26, 2004 - Too many articles by The Economist and the Financial
Times on Italy's government are being boyishly taken up in
Italian newspapers. And it is often about a vicious tug-of-war for
political reasons.
November
25, 2004 - Quest'oggi ho pubblicato una delle pagine più
difficili. Spiegare perché il 'coverage' inglese nel senso di
'informazione giornalistica' non può attecchire in italiano.
November
24, 2004 - Ancora acronimi. Ora ci levano anche la bellezza di
dire 'Ministero dell'Istruzione'. Dobbiamo dire MIUR, per Ministero
dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca.
Assurdità. Immaginate se un giorno dovessimo dire WH o CB per
la Casa Bianca.
November
24, 2004 - Italian newspaper L'Unità explicitly
hinted today at the true reasons causing Rather's retirement, to be
seen in an alleged resignation ordered from above. Their typical way
of mystifying the things even when no evidence is given to them. Last
September, he made a mistake and apologized for that to the audience.
He also had a controversial electoral interview with George Bush sr.
in 1988, with no consequences. Journalists are given to making it all
soiled. If there's really something dirty, wouldn't it be up to them
to reveal it?
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Distortion of their minds?
Yes. They are so used to seeing
the dirty in every thing that they'll prefer to give a misleading
account of things that no one could however belie at a distance. |
November
24, 2004 - Ancora errori clamorosi, nel passare da una lingua
all'altra. Il Corriere di oggi, nel riferire su Rather, usa
'copertura' per il 'coverage' inglese. Non potete. La copertura
dell'assassinio Kennedy, in italiano, significa proprio il
contrario: insabbiamento anziché reportage, non fare
anziché fare. 'Coverage' così come 'cover' è una
di quelle cose che non si può rendere in italiano con la
stessa parola. Dovrete dire '(i) servizi', 'l'informazione su'.
P.S. E'
inutile insistere. Non si è mai affermato il 'copertura'
italiano. Non potete continuare a usare qualcosa che non suona. Non
potete scrivere 'la copertura di un avvenimento'.
November
24, 2004 - Kitty Kelley, biographer who published a book about
the life of President Bush and his family, was accused by a freelance
writer of plagiarizing his work. But who ever couldn't claim the same
right with a man that has been long involved in every kind of
speculation? Everybody in the United States has written at least a
piece of his own on the Bush family, in the last 20 years. Those
aiming to stir up controversy are always instrumental in promoting
the works for which they'd like to argue.
November
23, 2004 - Many problems of grammatical gender, when languages
have got two (male and female). This is not true of English, which
may differ however in the use of pronouns referred to animals (I saw
Alexander's horse like an object) and countries (how can you see a
nation with her relations?). In Italian, it is a matter
increasingly full of drama especially in the computer era. We have
the traditional bipartition, assigning male and female particles. The
shrewdest minds go about it in the right way by simply changing the
sentence as if it were not subjected to the rule. Yesterday, Renata
F. was caught in the trap. Having to give a headline to a page of
Repubblica, she wrote: "Internet è fondamentale ma
bisogna saperla usare" (The Net is fundamental but you
should know how to use it). I'm addressing Italians: make up your
mind. What would you like it to be? Male or female? I'd say the male
gender is better.
November
23, 2004 - Paolo F. established today a parallelism between
English 'philosophy' and Italian 'filosofia', but we must say that
the two words have been traveling on the same track. Philosophy
means: 1) Synthesis of all learning except for technical matters; 2)
Inquiry into the nature of things based on logical reasoning; 3) The
science dealing with logics, aesthetics, metaphysics; 4) The
intellectual activity of a particular time or civilization; 5) A
series of key-stones, principles or grounds a system is based on; 6)
One's system, one's way of life. To be considered obsolete the
original meaning of 'love and pursuit of wisdom'. Italian runs on the
same track from 2 to 5. The number 1 is more and more obsolete. The 6
was formerly trendy only until the mid-seventies.
November
23, 2004 - Oggi i notiziari radiofonici hanno parlato
dell'approvazione del decreto salva-Previti. Beh, ma questo è
un modo di esprimersi della peggior carta quotidiana. Se non capite
da soli che in un giornale radio o in un telegiornale non si
può dire in quel modo è sconsolante.
November
23, 2004 - The media coverage on Billy Graham's sermon was
generous. But it was his last, hopefully. He's been one of the
best-known crusaders, belonging to a generation of TV-preachers that
made an indecent business.
November
22, 2004 - Ieri sera, abbiamo registrato una conversazione
radiofonica di due teologi.
Il
documento n°1339 vi illustra il mondo illusorio e fallace
in cui cadde una gran parte del genere umano.
November
21, 2004 - Nella nota precedente abbiamo visto uno dei tanti
casi in cui occorre sempre precisare e puntualizzare, operazione che
ormai - avendo stancato ed esaurito strumenti - non porta da alcuna parte.
Il documento n°1338 spiega questo, insieme con tutti i limiti
di quel mondo.
November
21, 2004 - The mention of the Ummah by Magdi A., last Sunday,
can't be related to the modern-day concept of nation. It's rather the
community of believers, corresponding to Greek ekklesia (an
assembly of believers) that had been inherited from the very early
Christians. The Islamic Community managed to preserve it through the
ages, while the Christians yielded to a superior organization (the
Roman Church) that was to become later even a State. His mention
wasn't wrong, because it simply referred to the ethnic element in the
aggregate. Nonetheless, we'd better not use it for religions (except
for the Jewish people, the only one being a nation).
The
document n°1337 explains better the concept of 'nation'.
La Umma,
citata domenica scorsa da Magdi A. per la fine del Ramadan non
è la 'nazione islamica', ma proprio la comunità dei
fedeli. Essa corrisponde esattamente alla ekklesia (assemblea
dei credenti) delle origini cristiane, che tale avrebbe dovuto
rimanere. Mentre l'Islam seppe preservarla come tale nei secoli, i
cosiddetti Cristiani non vi riuscirono e accettarono di sottomettersi
a un organismo centrale che poi divenne Stato. La citazione che ha
ispirato questa nota non era errata, se si pensa che 'nazione'
è proprio l'elemento etnico aggregato. Tuttavia, siccome non
avrebbe senso parlare di 'nazione cristiana' non lo ha neppure
parlare di 'nazione islamica'. Si può invece parlare
correttamente di 'nazione ebraica'.
November
19, 2004 - Passaggio molto interessante ancora su articolo di
Repubblica Web, quest'oggi. Si parla di due gigantesche nubi sui
cieli orientali e dell'emissione di sostanze inquinanti. Alla fine si
scrive che Lì una grande nube si estende ai piedi dell'Himalaya.
Ecco un passo che rivela immediatamente il 'travaso' da una fonte in
lingua inglese. Nell'italiano in prosa di oggi noi non usiamo
iniziare la frase con un avverbio di luogo (lì, là,
colà), mentre il
'THERE -
VERB - SUBJECT' è frequente e normale in inglese.
November
19, 2004 - Well, you'll have to consider from now on that
there are things evoking our laughters as to recreate the climax of a
joke. The pattern was faithfully reproduced a few days ago when
presidente Bush said: "We are a nation founded by men and
women who deeply felt their dependence on God and always gave Him
thanks and praise. As we prepare for Thanksgiving in 2004, we have
much to be thankful for the freedom granted to each one of us by the Almighty".
He had the saving grace of the past tenses in a speech that
otherwise should have a nomination for the funniest of the year.
November
18, 2004 - Sempre su 'Repubblica Web' di oggi l'articolo che
corregge quello qui sotto menzionato riferisce che Gates avrebbe
detto: "Potremmo targettizzare il cliente e interagire con
esso". Qui il verbo inglese 'target' andava tradotto con
'selezionare, mirare a, rivolgerci nel modo migliore a'. Non esiste
in lingua italiana 'targettizzare' e forse non esisterà mai.
November
18, 2004 - 'Repubblica Web' di oggi riferisce che Gates avrebbe
parlato di 'una significativa flessione di studiosi in Europa e negli
States'. Frase che non esprime quello che vorrebbe e in italiano
è errata. Detto così, fa dire che gli scienziati (o
ricercatori, queste erano le due parole da usare) hanno prestazioni
più scadenti oppure che fanno esercizi ginnici. 'Flessione',
se si intende per 'calo', deve accompagnarsi al sostantivo che ne
qualitica il campo. La frase corretta era 'una significativa
diminuzione nel numero di ricercatori'.
November
17, 2004 - President Bush announced the appointment of
Condoleezza Rice as secretary of State. I'd like first to recover an
excerpt from a Memoriale page.
FROM
THE PAST - The portrayal of a woman initially nursing musical
ambitions failed to explain why she didn't prove the artist (or,
later, the scholar) she was cracked up to be. The more so because no
one had managed so far to chronicle her combination of two natures
rolled into one. Her waging and encouraging a campaign on the Iraqi
warpath hasn't been in tune with the update of a modern-day
Cinderella escaping from a delicate artist's life. There's something
great, however, in politicians able to hide most of their life from
the press. Something that I like, especially when it's about families
spawning women in career from scratch.
The former
political science professor and provost at Stanford University is now
50, maybe. President Bush offered her a good job, not a husband yet.
Here's the mistake. This is what is worrying the best families, that
would like to see an Iraqi nation free of US troops more than
anything else.
November
14, 2004 - WRONG HABITS. E. M., longtime Canale 5 anchor, is to
be replaced by Mediaset in the direction of the evening newscast. The
thing caused the usual, predictable fuss. Every time that the
management of companies owned by Berlusconi makes a shift in the
networks, there's a public outcry moving around and making people and
journalists talk about the freedom of the press or speech.
Chi
amministra o dirige un'azienda è libero - entro clausole
contrattuali, se ci sono - di assumere e di spostare. Tanto più
nelle emittenti televisive. Non cercate (e non chiedete)
motivazioni, perché non è mica una sentenza del
tribunale. Ragionando sulla questione, allora un giornalista
televisivo dovrebbe essere incardinato a vita? Non si potrebbe mai
rimuovere o spostare? Abituatevi a queste operazioni. Spostamenti del personale sono una
cosa normalissima.
November
14, 2004 - WRONG EXTENSIONS. Since I used the expression 'the
state-of-the-art astrobiology' we've noticed an extensive use of
it in Italian too. Journalists that were stricken with a sudden tumor.
You can't. 'State-of-the-art'
is an English adjective or noun to indicate a high level of
development for the time being but it can't be a passe-partout one.
Above all, it doesn't sound when transferred into other languages. If
used in Italian as 'Lo stato dell'arte' doesn't make sense. It's
better to say: "'(Una tecnologia, un'arte) al livello più
avanzato, o all'avanguardia".
November
13, 2004 - WRONG COVERS. The November issue of the National
Geographic magazine seems to question the accuracy of Darwin's work
in the making of a theory of biological evolution (in the middle of
the 19th century!). Apparently, it'd sound as the usual practice of
rowing against the tide even when a treasure is being given to all
(strangely enough, it's where they become more suspicious). When
there is somebody that disbelieves the landing on the Moon or other
space missions, no wonder if 140 years or so haven't been enough (for
them) to confirm Darwin's intuition that all life discended from
a common source. The oddest thing is that the National Geographic
survey gives out only positive answers. It says the evidence for
evolution is overwhelming. So why not foreshow it from the cover?
Nope, Sirs. They asked the opposite question: "Was Darwin
wrong?" This way, should you feel like challenging even the
evidence, here's the ideal starting point.
November
12, 2004 - WRONG REMAKES. Claudio G.F., a film critic, argued
that Gino Cervi, the Italian actor embodying Simenon's Maigret,
didn't get the better of his counterparts in other countries, despite
Simenon's (and Monni's) point of view. What's the point in setting up
world charts for one character portrayed only in detective novels?
There will never be one closer to him. Definitely, we didn't need a
new version of Maigret. As for Sergio C., we think that he's playing
a bit too often. Too many characters may damage anyone's reputation.
FROM
THE PAST - One day Rob Marshall asks you to play the lead role of
Velma in Chicago. So you dress up and surround yourself with
jewellery of that era. Later on, an Intolerable Cruelty with
George will put you back on our screens. Meanwhile, your agent told
you to read somebody's novel because he thought they were probably
going to make it. Then you'll tell tabloids you'd like to approach
some Broadway musicals, although you hung up your dance shoes at 19.
One of your dreams, however, has always been the remake of a
successful, black comedy like The War of the Roses. What else
on release? |
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Why
did you refrain from making a speech after Arafat's death?
The author
can't honor properly the memory of those who were unsuccessful. We've
never seen a Palestinian State so far. Despite his appearing on a
daily basis in all newspapers, Arafat was only the leader of a
constellation of Arab factions never making up a State or attaining
to the status they were after. The territory they have lived in has
been Israel since 1948 and meanwhile no partition map could make up
for the poor condition of refugees of those who fought for the making
of a new one. Whatever happens from now on, no reason for
honoring a political leader whose plans failed.
Forbidden
November
27, 2004 - Continuano a scrivere '60 software' nelle riviste di
informatica. Anche questa è una cosa che mi stupisce. Non puoi
pensare che non arrivino al punto da capirlo, e la cosa è
molto strana perché c'è gente adulta. In questo
caso, io domanderei a questi ragazzi: "Voi scrivereste '60 hardware'?".
November
26, 2004 - TOP. Presenze nelle immagini ultimi 60 giorni:
Domenico Siniscalco, Roberto Mancini e Mario Moretti Polegato.
Peggiore annuncio pubblicitario il tormentone Cònad.
November
23, 2004 - Esistono le cose che anche se sono corrette non si
possono usare? Per quanto possa sembrare strano, ci sono. Le trovate
in quei suoni che pur esistendo in natura vengono in genere
rifiutati. Su una rivista ho letto: "Acquisiamo su DVD". Se
scrivete questo (dandolo come titolo di un articolo) l'occhio
immediatamente suggerisce che per un errore di stampa manchi la T
intermedia. Invece era proprio il presente di 'acquisire'. Solo che
suona talmente male che nessun occhio fine lo scriverebbe mai. I
ragazzi, che non ce l'hanno, ci cadono. Memoriale suggerisce di usare
in quel caso la seconda plurale del presente o direttamente l'infinito.
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November
26, 2004 - Continuo a vedere una cosa che
non mi piace. Durante il dibattito l'altro dice improvvisamente una
cosa che vi mette in difficoltà e voi - con un gesto a
mulinello della mano - dite: "Ma
insomma... non facciamo comizi. Non siamo in campagna elettorale"
(Ferrara, Castelli ecc.). Cos'è questo metodo? Se c'è
qualcosa in cui avete torto riconoscetelo e basta. Cosa c'entra la
campagna elettorale?
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November
26, 2004 - No war on terror. The Great Passage era was marked by
fictitious policies, if only you think that we live in the most
peaceful era in human history. The latter is a thought that we should
never abandon when hearing of terrorist acts. Governments poised to
send troops to remote areas never consider that homicide rates in the
Middle Ages were four to seven times as high as they are today. So
politicians hitting the headlines with such a limited knowledge won't
ever attain to a decent status on this Web site. |
November
23, 2004 - Continuo a vedere il 'rilasciare' come corrispondente
del 'release' inglese. Non va bene. Non suona. Una Microsoft o un
Bowie che 'rilascia', detto in italiano, sembrano un direttore di
carcere che libera un detenuto. Molto meglio ancora e sempre tradurre
con 'fa uscire', 'presenta'. Oppure dire "Esce... di...".
November
22, 2004 - Strangely enough, both Repubblica and the Corriere
simultaneously received today an article by their correspondent from
Tibet. The first had a better reportage on the country's situation.
FROM THE PAST - Tibet is only an
administrative region in western China. A theocracy was established
after the Lamas attained political power in the 13th century, within
a world not yet divided in nations and States. Until the 20th
century, the Chinese dynasties however established a political
control over the region. Only from 1911 Tibet entered a period of
relative independence, because of the fall of the Qing Dynasty. The
Chinese rule was restored in the early 1950s, when the Chinese army
occupied eastern Tibet. In 1959 an uprising was repressed by Chinese
troops and the Dalai Lama fled to India. Since then he began to say
he was head of a government in exile, which wasn't true. As a matter
of fact, Tibet has never been a State. A territory becomes a State
only when it is recognized by the other States worldwide. The
existent States have their own embassies and international relations
all around the world. Both Palestina and Tibet might be a strong
desire, but have never been States so far.
?
November
22, 2004 - Tommaso P-S. scrive sul Corriere di oggi una serie di
sciocchezze. Molto strano che il direttore, che
è un politologo, abbia pubblicato questo articolo. 1) Non si
capisce perché una designazione del presidente della
Repubblica sia cosa poco apprezzabile. Ma poi, le designazioni
politiche non vengono sempre fatte da una persona? 2) Anche in Italia
il governo designato si presenta al Parlamento (cosa dice, Tommaso?)
3) I ministri vengono scelti in Italia prima della fiducia del
Parlamento, non dopo (cosa dice, Tommaso?) 4) Anche in Europa, le
designazioni sono state imposte da considerazioni di natura partitica
e non liberamente.
Memoriale ha spiegato che quello
realizzato dall'Europarlamento è stato un pasticcio. Le
designazioni politiche sono per loro natura discrezionali. In
quanto tali, salvo incompatibilità formali, non possono essere
sindacate da alcuno. I ministri, singolarmente considerati, non sono
organi che dipendono da una fiducia parlamentare. I parlamenti danno
la fiducia ai governi considerati in modo unitario, come un solo
organo. Non sarebbe certamente una conquista sottoporre i ministri
uno per uno ad esame di assemblee che potrebbero essere perfino
sfornite di competenza più di loro. Nel caso specifico, le
nomine dei commissari sono state fatte appunto dai governi nazionali
(che sono un organo unico, nel momento in cui il premier ne esprime
la volontà all'esterno).
November
20, 2004 - Marco T. è uno dei giornalisti più in
vista, dal 2001. Il suo è un protagonismo di stampo liceale e
con motivazioni malefiche, poiché si va soltanto su difetti
umani. L'autore ha letto ieri il suo libretto, di cui è
coautore con G.
Il
documento n°1336 è per dirvi quanto fumosi e
inconsistenti siano questi scritti.
November
19, 2004 - Marino S. said today that the murder of an orthodox
Jew in Antwerp - that he set down to a neverending anti-Semitic wave
- poses again the issue of how to face up to a multicultural social context.
?
I'll treat
briefly this wrong idea (criminal acts making an alleged 'terrorist
melting pot' in the today's world), bordering on sort of social hallucination
that has recently captured so many souls.
The
document n°1335 is just to explain how stupid you are with
this kind of discussions.
November
18, 2004 - INCOMPREHENSIBLE. Chirac's meeting with Blair was
given the calling card of a great memorial, the anniversary of the
Entente Cordiale. As a matter of fact, they can regularly meet at any
time of the year, whenever they need it. We never go and meet one of
our relatives or friends because of the recurring date of a past
event. Should I meet in December 2004 the woman I met in December 1974?
? We got used to
celebrating the 50 or 100 years after something. Are you sure the 49
or 101 won't feel offended sometime?
November
18, 2004 - PUZZLES. Marino S., radio anchorman, said today the
Netherlands must be analyzed differently before and after the 11
September attacks.
?
November
18, 2004 - OUTDATED LANGUAGES. Franco Frattini, outgoing
minister, said today the newly-appointed Gianfranco Fini will keep
the national flag flying (terrà alta la bandiera della
diplomazia nazionale).
?
November
16, 2004 - After Powell's resigning, everybody treats the matter
in terms of hawks and doves. The White House like a makeshift nest.
If you just want to stay in their matter, I'd say this way of seeing
politics borders on a parroting mania. Would Mr. Powell be a dove
advocating peace after his shaking a tube before the UN assembly?
?
November
16, 2004 - JUVENILE LANGUAGES. Natalia L. used today the word
'boatos', in an article of her own in Italian.
?
November
15, 2004 - According to Dr.Dean Hamer, who claimed to have
associated a DNA sequence with homosexuality, there is also a 'God
gene' that would determine the belief in the Almighty (source: The
Sunday Telegraph).
?
November
14, 2004 - We're told the British super-band formed in 1966 by
Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker may return to life in 2005.
?
November
12, 2004 - 'Otto e mezzo', the daily follow-up to the evening
newscast on 'La Sette', presented the killing of Theo van Gogh in
Amsterdam as a multicultural murder (?) and so it started a further
debate on the thing.
? If
a guy from China professing Buddhism kills an American citizen in
Los Angeles is this a kind of multicultural event? Does that sound
reasonable to you? Are you sure you're mentally healthy? We think
that you're simply toying with the idea, that manipulates the
emotions of weak audiences. Too shaky foundations to envisage a clash
between civilizations. There's always been such a kind of murders.
FROM THE PAST - Restating the
obvious. If a man firing a gun and killing dozens of innocent people
avows to be a Muslim, this doesn't mean Islam is to blame for his
terrorist acts. This adds up to saying that his condition (his
tastes, his beliefs, his religion) has nothing to see with his
committing a crime. A crime is a crime, whatever you see it
surrounded with. No religious idea or belief will ever account for it.
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Insomma, facciamo - per Ferrara,
Feltri e tutti gli altri visionari di questo mondo della carta
stampata - un breve riepilogo. Settembre 2001: attacco alle
Twin Towers (circa 2900 vittime) - Ottobre 2002: Bali (circa
200 vittime) - Maggio-Novembre 2002: Arabia Saudita (circa 50
vittime) - Ottobre 2003: Dubrovka di Mosca (forse intorno a
200 vittime) - Febbraio 2004: metropolitana di Mosca (40
vittime) - Marzo 2004: Madrid (191 vittime) - Settembre 2004:
Beslan (forse 450 vittime). Ci sono stati poi attentati con qualche
vittima in Tunisia, Turchia e Pakistan.
Tutta qui la contabilità
degli ultimi tre anni. Negli Stati Uniti, nulla di nulla. Al di
là delle parole e delle misure di sicurezza, è stato il
periodo più tranquillo di tutta la loro storia.
Se contate tutte le vittime,
muoiono più persone in due mesi di circolazione stradale di
Italia, Spagna e Francia. La finite con questa storia dello scontro
di civiltà?
Se in giro nel mondo ci sono 16,
160, 1600 persone fuori di senno che fanno saltare in aria edifici o
auto, che cosa ha a che vedere l'Islam? Soprattutto, dov'è che
si scontrano le civiltà? |
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