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Originally Posted by kyashan
I post this just to explain to those who can understand italian how radical are cultural differences between the two parts of Italy.
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Then you should have translated it. As it is, in Italian, for most people it will be as good as nothing.
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the portrait of a north more leaned towards european standards opposed to a south who still retain a familistic view of life.
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Are you sure that that is what you wanted to say?
If you present Southern Italy as a more family oriented region, and oppose that to what you call "European standards" I hope that you realize that what derives from it is that Southern Italy is much less decadent than Europe.
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Originally Posted by Occidentian
I've said this before in other places (and am going to respond in English, since my Italian isn't good enough now for me to be comfortable responding to this in detail)
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Your American opinion about the
development of Southern Italy as a tourist banana republic, without a single mentioning of the badly needed for radical social reforms and infrastuctures that help create sustainable industries, is appreciated in its just value.
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