Silvio Berlusconi tells earthquake survivors to head for the beach - Times Online »
Posted By gamahuche 9 months ago in NewsSilvio Berlusconi has told survivors of the Italian earthquake to lift their
spirits by heading for the beach. He added that people forced from their
wrecked homes should look on their tented accommodation as a spot of camping.
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gamahuche9 months ago
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I'm trying to think of a more thoughtless and senseless comment that was made so DELIBERATELY and am having trouble.
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Ah - Marie Antoinette: "let them eat cake" [on hearing that peasants were starving because they had no bread].
Will Berlusconi get his head chopped off?
Probably not.
Some may think that unfortunate. -
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Crystalron19 months ago
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It just to show how different cultures think differently. When one thinks of Italien 2-wheel transportation we think of the Vespa, not their motorcyles.
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I have to agree though that Berlusconi didn't present his camping/beach concept very well. Things like this are better demonstrated, not presented the way he did. Think of our annual Thanksgiving diner broadcasts for example. -
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