Italy, Romas and the Economist
Posted on November 27, 2007
Filed Under italia, media |
The Economist wrote a very nice article about the decree made by Romano Prodi, the Italian head of government. It seems that Mr Prodi, followed by his designed heir Walter Veltroni, had to satisfy the appalling drift towards populism of Italian politics. Then, after the murder of a woman in Rome was allegedly linked to the local Roma community, the government had to vote a decree in order to expel as many Romanian people as possible. In Italy, Romas, Romanians and Polish are used to indicate gypsy people. Exactly as Moroccan is used to indicate people from Morocco to Pakistan. After Christopher Columbus, Italians are not that good in geography.
In the article, it was written that the decree’s preamble stated that “the proportion of crime committed by foreigners has increased, and those who commit most crime are the Romanians”.
Well, that’s not true! It is not true that the proportion of crime etc etc, but it’s not true that decree’s preamble stated it. Unfortunately, it’s true that this was the thought of the government when it voted the decree.
But how possibly could the Economist make up something like that? The good side is, they published this letter to the editor.
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