++ [ originally posted by Padovano ] ++
Well done Libero and Nick, as I applaud your efforts in fighting the completely unsolicitated bigotry that finds its way in here.
Oh come off it ,Robert...
You know as well as i do that this has been going on for ages... Especially against american and english people....
The insults people place at people because they are english or american on this forum is fvcking disgraceful and allways has been...
As for congratulating Nick and Libero for doing exactly the same in return... Sorry but thats completely lame and immature...
You dont stop this bigotry by becoming one yourself.
People also forget that when they direct nationalistic remarks at one person they are also insulting everyone else of thet nationality... whether they intended to or not
@ Jae Cole - You know I gave Burke shit for his racist rant, even though it was all too predictable. But what the Fvck are you on about? This crap is out of character for you, so I am a bit shocked. Please don't bring that shit back here again.
Whilst slightly surprised by jae's post... i dont see where he attacked 'italians' in general... He clearly stated he was talking about italians he had met that lived within britain... Its not the same thing....
Its like many northern italians say they hate southern italians... Personally i see their point... Southern italians are no where near my taste in people... whereas northern italians are some of my favourite people on this earth.
I also have to say he is in the most part correct about the way italians living in england act....
I lived for a long time in one of the largest italian communities in the uk... and most of jae's observations are spot on on first contact...
Its amazing the difference between italians here and in italy...
Especially the complete change when they realise you speak italian... and the act slides away... they have a reputation to live upto and tend to milk it as much as possible....
Italians in america i also find completely different to those in italy... though actually probably slightly friendlier...
Though i was amazed recently, when in an italian restraunt in new york with a sicilian friend of mine who doesnt speak english...
All the staff were italian... yet he ordered in italian they jus gave him blank stares... He thought it was maybe his sicilian they didnt understand... so i ordered.. again in italian and again to blank stares...
Resulting in me spending the whole evening translating everything into english for him... Something we had hoped t avoid by going to an italian place...
That drifted wildly off topic... but you see what im getting at