Sock-puppet ?
Dear Zep,
I do not know who " Berlusconi " ( the poster ) is, but I am no sock-puppet, I am a 6 feet 3 inches tall Italian a little bit overweight ( unfortunately ), you can check my photo at my site
www.aboutmedjugorje.com, where there is also my telephone number as well.
As you can see, I am fairly big to be a " sock-puppet ", am not I ?
However, back on the topic.
If you read Berlusconi's ( the poster's ) reply, you can read in the text of the sentence " lo stesso è estinto per intervenuta prescrizione ", that is " the same [ accusation ] is extincted for intervened prescription ", sorry for my basic translation but that means, is extincted because too much time has passed ( Italian Justice is extremely quick, you know, and also I suspect Berlusconi - time President - has used some tactic to delay processes here .., but no proofs ! )
I also now read that I would be working " in the public sector " and I would be " frustrated " ..
Too bad ..
I work as a private professional and, yes, I am frustrated because things in Italy do not improve and have not, in my opinion, improved in the last 3,5 years ( years of Berlusconi's government ).
I then do not know whether Ilda Bocassini is a communist or not, however, I would remind everybody here that Mrs. Boccassini, along with Di Pietro, Colombo and other public officiers of the same team, during the early nineties unveiled a major crackpot of corruption in the Italian Governement, where over 90% of the Italian Parliament became accused of corruption or similar charges.
Yes, you have read it right !
They found out ( everybody knew, however, but nobody had proofs ) that 90 % ( ninety percent, ni-ne-ty percent ) of the members of the Chamber of Deputees and of the Senators of the Italian Republic was involved in corruption or similar things, including several ex-prime ministers, ministers, almost all the then head-of-parties ( Craxi, Gava, Cirino Pomicino, Occhetto ) from both the right and the left wing.
Those broad accusation ( called " Tangentopoli ", the big city of the bribes ) caused the previous governament to collapse and provoked the birth of new parties, Berlusconi' s " Forza Italia " as the main one ( hardly a change, in my opinion ).
So, when some of them speaks, I give them a little bit of credibility, because without them, we would still be with a Parliament corrupted for the 90 %, even if currently, it could well be that the new Parliament is not that different from the old one.
Well, regard Berlusconi ( the poster ), I definitely think that he is ( along with many other Italians ) trapped in a " with-or-without me ", no-third-way trap.
Either you lick Berlusconi' ass ( am I speaking too dirty, sorry .. ) or you are a dam communist. lazy worker in the public sector, blah, blah.
Sorry, my friend, I am not neither of the two.
And do not treat me as a " lazy " just because I refuse to support Berlusconi, I maybe work mour hours per day than you do