Posted on 04/09/2016 11:23:16 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Bookshops across Italy are refusing to stock a new book written by the son of one of the country's most notorious Mafia bosses.
Signs have appeared in store windows from Sicily to Milan advising customers that the book - called Riina Family Life - won't be found on the shelves and can't be ordered either. It's written by Giuseppe Salvatore Riina, whose father, Toto, is serving multiple life sentences for murder. On Wednesday, state broadcaster Rai provoked outrage by airing an interview with the younger Riina, himself a convicted mobster.
The first sign was posted in the Sicilian city of Catania, where bookseller Angela Sciacca called on others to follow suit, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports. More then appeared in bookshop windows in Florence, Brescia and Milan, where one proprietor compared the book to Mein Kampf. Some stores says they'll stock the title to give their customers the choice, but won't promote it in their window displays.
"I have seen and we have seen - the people of Palermo more than those of Catania - what the Mafia is," the paper quotes Ms Sciacca as saying. "I don't need Riina's son to write a book to tell me who his family are and what the Mafia is," she says, adding that it would be disrespectful to the victims of Mafia violence to stock the title. The shop's Facebook post has been shared 23,000 times and garnered hundreds of supportive comments, although some users express concern that the move amounts to censorship.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
“Nice bookstore you got here, paisan. Be a shame if something happened to it. Capish?”
Any book about the Mafia is more family friendly than any koran or islamic stinking text.
What does the Mafia think about the book?
Same idiocy on display between mafia and islam.
I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.
Perhaps, but islam relies on gullible morons believing unbelievable nonsense while mafia believes in family.
No contest.
And you don't have to kiss the Don's a** 5 times a day either...
Believe me, not if you live in Sicily. Actually, the muslims created nice architecture in Palermo but the mafia there is vicious beyond belief. They threatened to wreck our car if we didn’t pay tribute when we parked outside of one of the Greek temples. Horrible people who have impoverished that beautiful island.
The Dedication is rumored to have been written in blood!//
>the muslims created nice architecture in Palermo
The architecture of islam is submission. It must be eliminated...
Reality needs a doctor ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA770wpLX-Q&nohtml5=False
You obviously know nothing about Sicily or its unique and terrible history.
I am no apologist for Islam which must be destroyed. The gorgeous architecture that they left behind in many places must be preserved.
Maybe that's why they're not selling it.
I won’t pretend to be intimate with islam, but I see nothing islam has done as anything but evil and brainwashing misery ...
islam must be eliminated ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY
So another thread about a potentially interesting subject has been hi-jacked into yet another "Islam is evil" thread. Welcome to the wonderful world of Free Republic.
I, for one, would like to hear more about the Mafia in Italy. Since I don't know anything about it, I just googled it and found this snippet on bestofsicily.com.
"Protection rackets (the pizzo) and the narcotics trade still exist, of course, with the Mafia funnelling its ill-won profits into businesses such as supermarket and hotel chains across Sicily and even in northern Italy. But a phenomenon which has worsened in recent years is the widespread theft of European Commission funding destined, in principle, for Sicilian economic development. Bribes, kickbacks and outright theft by politicians closely allied with (or actually members of) the Mafia has been a fact of life in Sicily for a long time. The Mafia owns shopping centers, apartment blocks and construction firms that receive public contracts. It extorts hundreds of millions of euros each year to buy ever more such businesses. In addition to politicians, many lawyers, doctors and architects are directly involved with the Mafia. It is a cancer that hides for a while but just won't die."
"Considering its profound influence on Sicilian life, no history of twentieth-century Sicily can be complete or accurate without mentioning the most famous Sicilian fraternity. Tragically, the Mafia (and extreme political corruption generally) is the single socio-economic factor that distinguishes Sicily's economic base from those of other European Mediterranean regions such as Spain and Portugal - though it appears that Greece also has some serious problems with public spending and corruption. It is one of the world's most enduring criminal organizations, and one of the most serious social problems confronting Sicily today. In recent times, it has murdered judges, priests and children - though with its increasing grip on the legal economy (public contracts, stores, restaurants) - this rarely happens nowadays. Its hierarchy and vernacular are a reflection of Sicilian society itself, complete with religious allusions: Its ruling council is the "Cupola," Michele Greco, was nicknamed "The Pope," a leader of "clans." But, like the nobility, the Mafia is all but invisible. You probably won't see it if you visit Sicily. You probably won't see many of its effects, either, unless you look very closely. Those who presume that today's Sicilians do not think about the Mafia are sorely mistaken. Anti-Mafia organisations such as Addio Pizzo (of which Best of Sicily is a member) have done much to encourage merchants and other business owners to stand up against the Mafia, but there is still much work to be done."
I understand. While islam is full of nonsense belief in horny male needs, at least mafia has non-rapist filth in its homage.
Eff islam and any BS allah filth related to it...
Wow, that's incredible......When were you living in Greece that this happened?
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