"Politicians, even those with fewer prejudices, are not yet ready to admit what they do, fearing that someone will compare it with what they say."Horrified by hidebound tradition in Anglo-Saxon Britain? You might want to take a peek over the borders and check out what another player in the Iraq War got up to whilst young men and women gave their lives on behalf of empire-building.
Of course, all they serve in Villa Certosa is free ice-cream. From El País today, the following:
Let us now visit Villa Certosa, the mysterious Sardinian mansion property of the Milanese tycoon who is currently Prime Minister and rotating president of the G-8, as well as leader of the People of Freedom party, elected by show of hands.An intriguing report, with photos to boot, can be found here. Even more intriguingly, published in an English which just about bears reading.
So is this what happens more widely in international politics? And if so, should we be worried?
And if we should be worried, what can we do?
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Hi Mil
I think this is *probably* specifically an Italian thing. You may well prove me wrong though.
God save us from the imbeciles
Hi Brian - it may be so, but, in different ways and different cultures, I fear it is not the case. We are all so bound by our miseries that when a horizon opens up to all sorts of choices, as human beings of often stupid free will, we end up making completely the wrong choices. We can't legislate against human nature but we *can* aim to support and help its foibles. (If I carry on any further, I'll sound like Berlusconi's Father Confessor!)
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