Italian Justice
Posted by: Mike-B on 07 December 2009
I am surprised that no one has started a post on the convictions for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The www is full of it but most chat seems to be over US senator Maria Cantwell who said: "I am saddened by the verdict and I have serious questions about the Italian justice system and whether anti-Americanism tainted this trial"
I e-mailed an old work contact in USA (he's a Republican or DIE) and it seems most of his clan seem to think she is right.
I asked him if the O.J.Simpson trail or Guantanamo Bay is a good example to the Italians of how justice should be applied.
His response was interesting
I guess ya'all have many views on this & would be nice to hear them, especially from USA.
I e-mailed an old work contact in USA (he's a Republican or DIE) and it seems most of his clan seem to think she is right.
I asked him if the O.J.Simpson trail or Guantanamo Bay is a good example to the Italians of how justice should be applied.
His response was interesting
I guess ya'all have many views on this & would be nice to hear them, especially from USA.
quote:Originally posted by jayd:
Andrea,
Vonnegut took the all-too-easy position of very selectively railing against the American things that irked him, . . . . . . However, there is also a very different, very interesting, and no less instructive present, with new people and new ideas, and with things happening that have never happened before in all of history. If we're lucky, there will be a future as well. Myself, I try to keep my eyes, ears, and mind open.
Hi jayd I took the liberty of shrinking your text, you know, forum rules . .
If you think and believe that the USA are an entirely new country now, good for you.
This is not my perception . . I think (and fear) that Vonnegut's analysis still holds, in his general meaning.
The President of the USA it is not the entire USA.
Health insurance, Guantanamo, Iran, Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq . . . I feel President Obama is an excellent person but he is not a wizard. Too strong are the pressures and push of various lobbies.
Let's wait and see.
I do not live in the past, I learn from the past.
And, I really hope to be wrong.
But, an ancient proverb here says "the wolf changes hair but doesn't changes habit" ("A tiger does not change its stripes, nor a leopard its spots")
Kind regards (and good luck
)Andrea