Lizzie wrote:ohhhhhhhh hum
I really think your view of Berlosconi is coloured by the people around u when u r an expat, unless of course your Italian politics, history and language are up-to-date. I don't know enough about him to have a valid opinion. But I do, for e.g. know people who have been working in Abruzzo in the camps and it does not seem a good situation, and I am sure it doesn't feel like a camping holiday. Also when they held that big meeting in Abruzzo I thought it was in bad taste and a real waste of funds. My gut instinct is that Berlusconi is a slime ball...but as u say what politician isn't these days?
And Italy is not stuck in the 80s, it is still in the fifties! U consider it's attitude to women for e.g.
oh, there's a whole can of worms here!
well, i do intend to look at the MIL blog, so thanks for that Imarmstrong66... but since this has turned into a chat about Berlusconi, i'll add my thoughts too.
As much as I wish that all world leaders would be holy upright honest and respectable, I know that is just not possible
I do wish more women would be in charge, but that also seems impossible because women have so many other things to do besides gain power and status in life!
I guess a lot of men who gain power and status in life, along with wealth and fame, turn out to be sort of shady. I wouldn't expect Berlusconi to change as a person... but it seems that the laws put into effect when he is in office are usually good ones, as opposed to the really useless ones that Prodi was making.
What I don't like at all (besides just a general disgust for the whole Italian political and judicial system) is that he has been in office too many times for too many years
- and he owns not only some of the media, but a lot of the media! I just can't see how that is a good thing.
In any case, throwing a statue at him is just ridiculous. If the society is upset about how government is running, Berlusconi is the wrong target to attack. People should look at themselves first, and how they are voting, how socially responsible they are, and how much of their time is dedicated to the greater good of the nation. Berlusconi doesn't really matter that much!
And those are my useless rambling "two cents"