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Tell that to Super Mario.Well i guess Italians never miss an opportunity to live up to their reputation as cowards.
I found Italians to be very humble and friendly specially those in NGOs and International organisation like UNICEF. Yes they have tendencies like others to form their groups.Italians are the most unfriendly and mafia type of people.
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Italians are the most unfriendly and mafia type of people.
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Once a relative of mine sent some goods to Italy and the mafia held up a trade vessel at port due to lack of payment.
So, is it like this: The humble Italians join NGO's & UNICEF while the not-so-humble Italians join the mafia & become unfriendly to people....?I found Italians to be very humble and friendly specially those in NGOs and International organisation like UNICEF. Yes they have tendencies like others to form their groups.
My favorite Italian is Guglielmo Marconi.So, is it like this: The humble Italians join NGO's & UNICEF while the not-so-humble Italians join the mafia & become unfriendly to people....?
For most DFI members, it would be between Silvio Berlusconi & Sonia GandhiMy favorite Italian is Guglielmo Marconi.
Sir, how did the Italians develop such a reputation ?Italian Bravery?
Is that not an oxymoron?
At a prewar diplomatic conference, the Nazi Foreign Minister Ribbentrop said to Eden and Churchill that if there was another war, the Italians would be on Germany's side...Sir, how did the Italians develop such a reputation ?
that was a good one, Sir.At a prewar diplomatic conference, the Nazi Foreign Minister Ribbentrop said to Eden and Churchill that if there was another war, the Italians would be on Germany's side...
To which Churchill supposedly replied: "that seems only fair, we had them last time!."
First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Caporetto, 1917that was a good one, Sir.
However, I am still curious to understand how did the Italians came to be branded such ?
The scale of the Italian setback - some 300,000 casualties had been incurred (90% of which were as prisoners), with virtually all artillery lost - had already produced sizeable shockwaves among the Allied governments. At home Cadorna was dismissed ...and replaced by Armando Diaz; a new Prime Minister, Vittorio Orlando, similarly took office, replacing Boselli. He promptly received assurances of increased military support from Allied governments.
They were not quite upto the mark in WW II.Sir, how did the Italians develop such a reputation ?
An Italian court has convicted five people of manslaughter and negligence over the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that left 32 people dead.
The court in the Tuscan town of Grosseto accepted plea bargains for the Costa Cruises employees on Saturday, handing the harshest sentence to the company's crisis co-ordinator, Roberto Ferranini, who will serve two years and 10 months in jail.
The ship's hotel director was sentenced to two years and six months while two bridge officers and a helmsman got sentences ranging from 20 to 23 months. None are likely to go to jail as sentences under two years are suspended, and the longer sentences may be appealed or replaced with community service, judicial sources said.
The plea bargains were handled separately from the trial of the Costa Concordia captain, Francesco Schettino, who is charged with manslaughter for causing the shipwreck in January 2012 off the Tuscan island of Giglio and for abandoning the vessel with thousands on board. If found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison.