Heather:
thank you for considering my English so good, but you know... I'm alwys
trying to improve it just becuse I appreciate american culture: I'd like to
completely understand it and language is obviously the first thing to
learn... especially if I want to talk about feminism, which is so
interesting to me!
your answer made me feel good: I'm glad to know that someone's able to judge
things with balance, without being patriot at any cost... for my experience
I've noticed that excessive patriotism is very common in U.S.
I live in Rome
yours,
Marta.
Heather McKenzie ha scritto:
> Marta,
> First of all, please don't apologize for your English, which is
> excellent. How many Americans do you know that can even communicate
> in a language other than English, much less articulate well formed
> ideas?
>
> Second, the crash. It was such a tragedy. And yes, someone should
> take responsibility, which the US justice system and the military
> certainly don't seem to be doing. I think you are right, the US is
> letting itself off the hook because of obscure and inhumane NATO
> rules. If an Italian pilot had done the same thing in a ski resort
> here, I think the US would fight tooth and nail to extradite him/her
> for trial here in the States.
>
> Good to see you on the list.
>
> Heather
>
> PS - What part of Italy do you live in? I had the fortune to live in
> Ivrea for a year when I was younger. Sadly, although I was fluent in
> Italian at the time, I have lost it all due to lack of use.
>
> ---Marta Leoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > hi all!
> > I hope this mailing list's not so boring as I could see during these
> > days... who cares about that stupid, immature, useless quarrel? ...
> I'm
> > really perplexed...
> >
> > anyway, I'd like to find someone in u.s. who wants to talk about the
> > cermis tragedy... does anybody know about the pilot who killed 20
> people
> > in a cableway, cutting the cable with his airplane tale, in italy last
> > year? he's been declared innocent, even if he was flying under the
> > allowed level...
> >
> > personally I think that those families deserve respect and justice: I
> > perfectly know that finding a guilty person won't take those people
> back
> > to life, but this was not an accident, someone took a wrong decision
> and
> > must pay for his fault. the concept of justice is the same in u.s. and
> > in italy...
> >
> > I heard the news tonight and I learned that a lot of people in u.s.
> are
> > shocked about the court decision to declare the pilot innocent... I'm
> > italian, I'm concerned and I'm sure there must be a reason for this
> > behaviour: I don't want to believe that u.s.a.'s trying to protect a
> > criminal hiding itself behind nato agreements, while pointing the
> finger
> > at italy for the ocalan episode...
> >
> > thank you for helping me understand... (and sorry for my English!)
> >
> > best,
> > marta.
> >
>
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