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**interbaoui** · 12-06-2009, 08:13 PM

The other part of this is that the US is very much anti-Italian and likes to deride Italy.

If this verdict occurred in Germany, Britain or Israel, for example, the US press would accept it.

This is circumstantial at best since most Americans have a romantic fascination with Italy. It is a country glorified in US classrooms from an early age for it's history of art and architecture, it's Roman roots, and it's cultural leanings in food and leisure. The same cannot be said about Germany or Britain.

Still, it's hard to look past the anti-American sentiment that perverted the Italian media and public on this trial.

12-06-2009, 08:13 PM	#36
interbaoui Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	The other part of this is that the US is very much anti-Italian and likes to deride Italy. If this verdict occurred in Germany, Britain or Israel, for example, the US press would accept it. This is circumstantial at best since most Americans have a romantic fascination with Italy. It is a country glorified in US classrooms from an early age for it's history of art and architecture, it's Roman roots, and it's cultural leanings in food and leisure. The same cannot be said about Germany or Britain. Still, it's hard to look past the anti-American sentiment that perverted the Italian media and public on this trial.
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