Stories and News

Stories and News No. 599 From yet another fart by Silvio Berlusconi to an umpteenth tragedy at sea, with the usual unfortunate protagonists. At the moment we are talking about 94 dead and 250 missing. I read. I read articles, posts and comments on the web, from Right to Left, and I feel far away. Immensely away. The word bitterly, perhaps it would be more fair. May heaven bless the stories, saving island to land in... "Dad," Efrem, nine years old, asked. "Why are you smiling?" Tesfaye just minimally attenuates the curve that his lips draw. Yes, basically it is a smile. "Do you really want to know?" "Yes" "I smile because now no one can reject us... "No one can accuse us of being here to steal Italians’ job. "Tireless and punctual Italian workers. " Nobody will be able to indicate to us as accountable for the increase in crime in the country. "This country which is known worldwide for its honesty. ...

Stories and News No. 189 I read this morning about the incredible decision with which some managers - strictly only Indian, have been convicted as responsible of the immense disaster occurred in Bhopal (India), in 1984. On the night of December 3 of that year, an incident in the Indian subsidiary of U.S. chemical company Union Carbide caused the spill of 40 tons of methyl isocyanate . According to the site Bhopal.net , promoter of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal , the victims were at least about 8,000 and 30,000 in the subsequent years. At least 100,000 people are still sick today. Well, the chosen culprits got just two years in prison. I recommend Berlusconi to immediately contact their lawyers. The Story: 2 years in prison for this?! For this?! And for this?! Even for this?! And this?! In my modest opinion, the worst thing will be if nobody will protest. Because, as Martin Luther King said, true peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is ...