Comments on: Is Berlusconi thwarting free press?

By: Giulio Giuliano

Giulio Giuliano — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:19:25 +0000

Dear Jon
I never miss you news at 7PM, and I considered the best UK news, if you came to Italy again ask Nicholas Farrell about Berlusconi, if you give me the of the jounalist you spoke to,maybe is one who only write against B.
Farrell mail:
nik299@libero.it
Ofcourse Berlusoni he does thing that a Premier should not do,but is not one of those Mammuth who have been politician for the last 50 years.
see you tonight.
Giulio

By: tom Mercer

tom Mercer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:51:22 +0000

I have aired my views on your blog John, several times and you have always printed them in full. Similarly I have expressed my opinions on the BBC site “have your say” of the ten subjects on which I have commented none have ever been printed on the BBC web site.
I initially found this to be normal, then frustrating and now sinister. We have a very shallow press freedom in this country, the proganda is very powerful by it’s subliminal nature. Thank you for the opertunity to contribute to your blog.

By: adz

adz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:15:16 +0000

The bank was called Banca Rasini, please google it to find out more….

adzmundo CND

By: margaret brandreth- jones

margaret brandreth- jones — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:19:17 +0000

Poor Tony Blair. the newly converted Roman Catholic… the world on his shoulders. He has only the same amount of blood on his hands as have billions of others.

I would remind everyone that decisions which were made ,were not his alone.I didn’t like Dr Rowan’s unkind and untimely remarks .in St Pauls Cathedral which were lashed with overtones of disrespect for the huge burden ,policy makers have had.

For those who have died in defence of the greater good and families who were proud that they served,; I felt queasy as suggestions of unecessary death were made..

There is also the future of this world to consider . There are those who believe that we live and survive for the betterment of mankind. There are others who believe we are here to fulfil a divine purpose and life is in the hereafter rather than our present beautiful world.

This world, which is overflowing with sublime magnificance ,is worth fighting for. Unfortunately sometimes unpleasant decisions need to be made.

No one realises this more than the Italians.The power of the Vatican emenates throughout the western world and still, all roads lead to Rome .

What this world needs desperately is good will and more and more and more , until people become greedy for good will.

By: KoomKwat

KoomKwat — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:03:10 +0000

How is Italian Morale? Corruption must not be silenced, of course it shouldn’t – Although powerful political debates must be reported by people who hold deeply grounded morals and a high level of integrity. Human Nature requires it, Politicians are naturally offensive!!!

By: margaret brandreth- jones

margaret brandreth- jones — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:10:02 +0000

I suppose Phil it is not what we say , but how we understand and perceive it and where our own / human position is in relationship to it.

I have these awful kind of evolutionary type perceptions ,of worm -like tubes who eat,reproduce and defaecate etc. All the same bits of earth stuff with added bits for variety.

The thought police if allowed to rule will define the next stage in the evolutionary process of the human being. What we are allowed to do will shape future generations.

Well to answer the thumb thing . As our prehensile digit , you may be right.

By: phil dicks

phil dicks — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:56:53 +0000

ALL POINTS BULLETIN:

Do you sometimes think we’re reduced to mock-Caesar thumbs?
That all our humanity is reduced to the way a thumb pokes?
That it doesn’t matter how subtle/nuanced our thoughts are, there are Powers that say “this is allowed, and this not”?
Dontcha love these Powers?They reduce democracy to its bare essentials.
But these bare essentials are never nice.
Isn’t that annoying?

By: margaret brandreth- jones

margaret brandreth- jones — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:08:11 +0000

Berlusconi not Godfather ….peace prize Obama! .. think again,

By: adz

adz — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:51:38 +0000

Silvo Berlisconi controls the Italian press the same way in which he controls the Italian people and that is through fear. Italians are scared and I have witnessed it first hand.
Speak out or say “the wrong thing” and you or someone you love will come in harms way. Judge Giovanni Falcone is a prime example and was a prime target. Incredible comic and actor Beppe Grillo is another example and he has been banned from televison. The last I heard, was that they were taking is shows off the net!. The visible underworld rules that country and a lot of Italians know that, they just can’t do anything about it. There are over twenty political parties in Italy. Different mafia families are in constant conflict with each other but the one thing that unites them and helps them to no end, is how their country “works”. Berlusconi has to be part of one of those families otherwise he wouldn’t constantly have six privately paid bodyguards. He began his empire by working for a northern Italian bank which subsequently went “bust”. Top mafiosi banked there.
Berlusconi knows who the top bosses are as he is one of them.

adzmundo CND

By: margaret brandreth- jones

margaret brandreth- jones — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:42:41 +0000

Oh if only my box were bigger/or let me get back to work!!!!!!!

Peter Barkworth starred in a play comparing classes and culture. Inverse snobbery became loud and aggressive, until Peter said actually we prefer Fresh salmon to tinned salmon.
I did then, but now find that tinned salmon with vinegar on brown bread is tastier.

It is bonkers isn’t it? we are alive, many are not starving,we hope to stay warm and we can even be self indulgent about petty snobbery from ;, I was going to say both poles, but I will change it to a three dimensional pyramid .Entombed in the ancient vault is an aggregation of perceptions and feelings of worthlessness and self worth.
Will I stand tall and attract others?
Am I small with big thoughts?

The nothingness of it ,when we just quite detachedly ,look as thousands die under earthquakes and sunami’s.

Che Sara…………………..