VITTORIA!! VITTORIA!!

[fpb]

One day after the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the free and united nation of Italy, the European Court of Human Rights voted by fifteen against two that the display of the Crucifix in school rooms does not violate any human right.

I was wrong in fearing that the Court might judge wrong, and equally wrong in doubting the Government's will to go on with this. IN spite of all his other enormous faults and flaws, Berlusconi has, at least once, acted honourably. Let us record this wonder (we are not apt to witness it again soon) and give thanks to God.

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Ah, a Swiss. Figures. Our northern neighbours - the land of euthanasia and blood-spattered banks - suffer towards us, and I suspect towards Germany too, of the same complex of mingled superiority and helplessness that makes Canadians hate Americans. If the judge is a Swiss Italian, there's nothing more to to be said.

[james asher (from livejournal.com)]

I spent 2 years in Canada and saw little evidence of Canadians hating Americans. There probably are some who do, tho the only one I know who despises Americans is the sort of guy who seems incapable of hating without laughter. The "mingled superiority and helplessness" thing is a bit truer, as Canadian national self-image defines itself partly by comparison and contrast to America, but that's (a) entirely reasonable given the circumstances, and (b) not the whole of their self-image.