THAT'S RIGHT GEORGETTE! DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS.
I love the US for that... there are a lot of a-holes in the US and a lot of crime, but there are also a LOT of heroes who will stick up for others.
I am actually really scared about Italy's future because the people are SOOOOOOOOOOO passive-agressive and so irresponsible toward humanity and SUCH followers, plus the government is REALLY BAD at catching criminals or punishing crimes!!!
With all of these immigrants coming in (not to be racist, but seriously you have to consider that these people have values, beliefs and histories that are way different than ours!) and people generally getting more and more stressed from crises, I'm not sure what this country will come to in a few years.
Here's a BAD story. In my SIL's building there's a Tunisian family. The husband is a fisherman and every weekend when he comes home he smokes up a storm, gets drunk and rapes and beats his wife who runs around the house screaming for hours while the kids are locked in another room. Italy makes me sick because nobody can call the police and get something done about this. The wife would have to do a denuncia in order for this guy to ever get arrested! How sick is that! She has 3 kids to care for and would have nowhere to go without that creep's income! I wish she would go to a hotel on the weekend! But somehow her beliefs and background make her stay there and wait for him to come home every weekend. Fortunately my SIL doesn't hear all of this madness, but her neighbor tells her about it.
anyway... Michelle Hunziker is starting an association for abused women i think. I hope it is worth something.