National shame

[fpb]

Nothing since the treacherous behaviour of our government at the time of the Falklands War has made me so ashamed of being Italian as the appalling hero's welcome delivered to Hugo Chavez in the most beautiful city in the world. He should have been arrested and thrown in the local jail.

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Re: hear, hear

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Mind you, at least it is true that Italy's leading newspaper, Il Corriere della Sera, has treated the scenes with fierce contempt. One may hope that most of my fellow-citizens feel as I do.

Re: hear, hear

[johncwright.livejournal.com]

On a slightly related topic, David B. Hart (whose prose and thought I recommend to any intelligent reader) pens a meditation on the steadiness of the faith of certain Stalinists here http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2009/08/upward-and-onward.

I came across Mr. Hart quite by accident, and have been an admirer of his ever since.