Il_Paolo

No, when I come back to Rome, take me to La Parolaccia ;)))).

You paint pictures of politicians but you don't tell me the names of the real politicians (the idealists?) from the fake politicians (the realists?). You will see that the real politicians have done nothing concrete, in many cases because - as we say around here "taken off the shopping list" in record time. I would make an exception for the poor Pio La Torre. Personally, I do not feel complicit with Andreotti, nor do I owe him thanks for anything: do not confuse shadows (what appears on the computer) with substance (the flesh and bones of those who write), since they can diverge more than you think. If you believe that my comments are neutral, well, you haven’t read them carefully... Regarding highways, it turns out that the Salerno - Reggio Calabria was built, "cm per cm" by companies linked to local crime syndicates. And the fact that my ideal places, the rest stops, might have been built with dirty money, you have no idea how much it pains me! ST, Il_Paolo

@Conte, our relationship had recently improved (considering that having been in Rome recently, I even felt like coming over for a demeeting with you), but your comment saddens me: by now you know me, and you should have learned to read between the lines of what I write, and to sense what I think. In case you didn’t notice, I call Andreotti "nonno Giulio" not out of affectionate deference (for that, check the link of the Tassinaro mentioned above), but to provoke. Now I must make this explicit, as leaving it implicit leads to misunderstandings, even if they are entertaining: what are the boundaries between politics and mafia collusion, especially in areas with high criminal infiltration? If politician X, in perfect good faith, decides to encourage public works in a certain area, but these works are carried out by companies secretly linked to the clans, is X a mafioso? Etc Etc. It seems – according to the verdicts – that Andreotti was knowingly weaving relationships with mafiosi and friends of mafiosi (I remind you that even Vittorio Emanuele Orlando was known as "l'amico degli amici"), and so it would be interesting to understand why he did this (the film suggests this with the artist's intuition, rather than with the logic of a jurist): to get rich? For thirst for power? Out of superficiality? Out of madness? Who knows how many very capable and unaware people benefited in their lives from the politics of Andreotti’s "duplice forno" (which also applies to relations with the mafia), without realizing that a good part of their well-being, and perhaps a good part of our country's GDP, is produced by that politics and by an economy that is to no small extent connected to criminal activities. And so: if when I take the car I drive on a road built by a mafia-linked company, if when I go to the beach I stay in a residence owned by a company controlled by a holding linked to the mafia, if when I vote for my Mayor I vote for someone somehow tied to the current concealed descendants of the DC (whether on the left or right), I see no reason why I shouldn’t be able to call Andreotti "nonno Giulio". @licia: utmost respect for your family and its related dramas, but I just want to point out that if what you say is true (that there was a creeping opposition to Fascism in Italy), the regime wouldn’t have lasted a good twenty years and, above all, it wouldn’t have collapsed – coincidentally – at the moment when families began to run out of bread, considering that running water had been absent for a while. I remind you that the typical Italian motto is "Franza o Spagna purchè se magna," so taking refuge in family heroism to believe that things went differently is reassuring, but perhaps it does not honor the truth. SV, Il_Paolo

Inferior to the first two albums but also to "Demons and Wizards"...

One of the most interesting by Heep, although the first two albums are relatively better. It seems to resonate with my "mission" to remind you that the lovely - though ultimately tiresome - "Lady in Black" was covered by Caterina Caselli, titling it "L'uomo del paradiso." SV, Il_Paolo

excuse me

Good job!

Indeed, on the prescriptive level (as it should be), I am with you. On the descriptive level (as it is)... you already know what I think. Anyway, you're a good guy. With respect, Il_Paolo

Spacca, I imagined we would end up there. I have the utmost respect for the victims of the mafia, having paid a high price for the simple act of doing one's duty. There is no doubt about that. But my discourse is broader: I have a tragic doubt that the mafia victims were mere pawns in a larger narrative, instruments sent to die precisely by those controlling the Institutions, with the implicit collaboration of their voters (then as now). Perhaps someone, to save on the ICI, went and voted for a colluder, you never know. Even for me, we are sinking, or rather, we have already sunk. But to make these kinds of statements in this setting, and made by Il_Paolo, is truly absurd. Ionescamente Yours, Il_Paolo

Marco, stay calm. I usually tell people I know in person to "go to hell" for real problems and bumps I encounter in everyday life: I don’t understand why I should do it with a stranger like you - maybe a nice person if taken out of the controversies you weave - triggering unnecessary scenes. Rather, it seems to me that you are the one straying from the conversation: you never answer my questions. I don’t believe my posts are overly nice (for you, evidently they aren't, you get angry), but neither are they mere provocations. I reiterate that I am not a fake: feel free to accept my existence, just as I accept yours. Calmly Yours, Il_Paolo PS: sorry, you are the one who said I am from Milan, not me. And I was in Lambrate.