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Originally posted by Frater210
ATS, I am pissed!
What the Italians have done to Amanda Knox is intolerable.
I am not asking you to see it the way that I do, but let me tell you; I lived there for 2 years. The Italians hate Americans. I personally, do not think that the Amanda Knox case had anything to do with anything other than Italy trying to symbolically horse-drag America through the international gutter. And now that we can clearly see at what cost this has come for Amanda Knox, I am just pissed off.
Italy. They hate us for many of the reasons that the French do but they love our tourist dollars. Oh, and they also like having their asses bailed out of impossible fascist invasions, but whatever. I lived there on a small Army post which shall go nameless for 2 years. At least 3 or 4 times a year the Italians would lock down the entrance with 5 or 6 hundred people and we would all be on alert for terrorist threats. Then we would all go out on the weekend so the same locals could serve us calzone and pizza. I was jumped by 6 Italians in a bathroom at a club in Padova. Yeah, the Italians couldn't fight then either, so it was no problem, but I don't think the average American is aware of the level of animosity that the Italians have towards America and Americans.
So here is what we do:
We at ATS are always looking for methods by which we can experiment with and test our social power. It is often asked; "but what can we do"?
Well how about this? We do Nothing. That's right. We give the Italians Nothing.
Especially, don't drink Italian wine. Don't buy Italian products. Don't travel to Italy. Why would you want to? Vermont and New England are beautiful at this time of the year.
Basically, look for any way that you can screw Italy out of American dollars. Give them nothing.
The French are going to love us for a little while. Give Italy Nothing!
Focus on the wine for sure. Italy's exports 1/5 of the world's wine. Hit them where it hurts. Take the time in restaurants to make sure that you do not buy Italian wines. Shun the crap at supermarkets. Buy California and Oregonian wines instead.
We will do this until the end of October.
Screw the Italians for what they did to Amanda Knox and what they attempted to do to America.
Give Italy Nada!
Facciamo calci il culo!
edit on 10-10-2011 by Frater210 because: !
Originally posted by Essan
What someone did to Meredith Kercher is far more intolerable.
Are you so absoutely certain Amanda knows nothing about what happened?
Someone was murdered. Someone knows what happened.
The victim isn't around to tell us
Who do you care for?
Originally posted by mistermonculous
Originally posted by Essan
What someone did to Meredith Kercher is far more intolerable.
Are you so absoutely certain Amanda knows nothing about what happened?
Fairly certain, yeah.
Someone was murdered. Someone knows what happened.
Yeah, that someone was Rudy Guede, who was subsequently tied to the crime through *gasp* physical evidence, and then detained.
The victim isn't around to tell us
Fortunately, the physical evidence speaks for itself.
Who do you care for?
Er, the girl who the evidence overwhelmingly suggests was falsely convicted?
As well as the victim, I don't see why they should be mutually exclusive.edit on 10-10-2011 by mistermonculous because: (no reason given)
No, Rudy was convicted because he never had a superpower pushing down on Italy for his release.
Also, it's so much easier to stomach a black killer, than it is to stomach the fact that Meredith was killed by a white middle class western woman.
Originally posted by mistermonculous
No, Rudy was convicted because he never had a superpower pushing down on Italy for his release.
Or: because the evidence strongly indicated his guilt.
Also, it's so much easier to stomach a black killer, than it is to stomach the fact that Meredith was killed by a white middle class western woman.
I'd say that, to the contrary, our culture has quite the fixation on white middle class western lady murderers. BTW, I find killers difficult to stomach regardless of their demographic profile. Also, anyone who relies on the body of evidence available for review to form an opinion is a racist? Off-putting argument.edit on 10-10-2011 by mistermonculous because: thing-a-ma-bob
Originally posted by Blaine91555
reply to post by LouvadaSejaDeus
So many experts on the US who have likely never lived or been to the US.
I have no idea if this girl was guilty or not, but I would be an ass if I hated Italy for that. Just like others who hate Americans are asses.
People are basically disgusting animals and that is why the old divide and control stuff works. People are way to willing to hate each other. Bigots are a dime a dozen.