americans don’t think that italy is a weird cia prosecuting socialist state.

and who cares?

isn’t this supposed to be about Berlusconi!!!?

In many other cities of the world, like Berlin or Sydney, people gathered to protest against Berlusconi.

there are protests here in italy all the time. it is the same thing over and over again. everyone whines and complains a little, but in the end no one takes any action and no one makes any changes.

there will never be any change here as long as the italian “lifestyle” is maintained for the people by those in power.

now let’s go have a pizza.

I agree with jason123 that we have had protests like this all the time. If it’s one thing Italians (and other Europeans) are good at is protesting and marching. Heck, students still occupy their schools on a yearly basis in protest for one thing or another — it no longer means anything, given that it happens every year.

I do object to this line, though: “The people have to stand up in the piazza risking their lives for democracy, so dear to their hearts and temper.” This isn’t some state controlled by the military and secret service. It’s a modern democracy and people don’t generally worry about risking their lives when they protest. Yes, there was that one kid killed ears ago during the G8 protests, but that was hardly an everyday occurrence… (I participated in a few hundred-thousand-person-strong protest the next week in Rome against the Italian police (“assassini”), that was itself aided by perfectly civil police).

LOL!