ignorant in history

Submitted by susan (Italy), Feb 14, 2007 at 15:04

"Something to be proud of. You were not imperialists except in god-forsaken places like Libya and Somalia? But something you could do well to forget. The inquisition. And as the home of fascism from which one of your favourites terms of endearment for Muslims comes - Islamo-fascists."

are libya and somalia part of italy? are those countries somehow under italian control? last time I checked they were muslim dictator infested. Is italian the language of those countries? where is the mighty italian empire you brag about?

What the inquisition has to do with empires? imperialism? colonialism? there's a big mess in your brain, regardless of the fact that you abuse the name of a great thinker which is plato.

The inquisition was a totally italian stuff? strange because you often hear about the spanish inquisition, but of course spain in your brain was part of the mighty italian empire...

Home of fascism?

fas•cism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fash-iz-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

this is the first meaning from dictionary.com.

Nowhere it's written that italy is the home of fascism

The third meaning says

3. (initial capital letter) a fascist movement, esp. the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.

1922-43, I would suppose the "home of fascism" is still fascist today, while it only lasted 20 years a century ago...

Do you have a school in your 3rd world country in asia? I say a normal school madrassas don't count.

"But Wikipedia tells me of something called the Italian African Empire, which included Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. You were invited there? With the Internet education is so easy . "

And wikipedia is your major source of information? If you say that italy was an empire, people would laugh in your face.

The only empire near my lands was the roman empire, 2000 years ago. Oooh wait, now you're going to blame me of colonialism for what caesar did 2000 years ago.

"Us kumbayas would rather extinct ourselves than help in the extinction of our race."

I pray too for the extincion of kumbayas, who are useless

"The situation of the native Americans is not useless. It is something with which I can needle your conscience. But I get the feeling instead of needling it open, your conscience is closing in on itself."

your 3rd world school must be pretty poor, you have difficult time in understanding my very basic english. I never said "the situation of the native Americans is useless", I said, you talking about it is useless, as well as anything else brought up by you.

"You have told us you are Italian, still your English is very good. But a suggestion to polish it further. Words like stupid, denial, obsession pop up almost every other sentence in your posts "

that happens only when I come across posts that are stupid, in denial, obsessed like yours.

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