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I live in Sicily. It has been said that if you want to see what Italy was like 50 years ago, visit Sicily. There's a lot of truth to that.

Sicily is a place where traditions are respected and what we call "conservative values" are very much in effect; Family, God, Country.

Respect for elders is strong, the churches are well attended on Sundays and holidays, street crime, except for in a few areas in Palermo, is virtually non-existent. I'm not exaggerating when I say that a five year old child could wander the streets in any village here and be safe at any hour.

Here's a personal story that pretty much sums things up: A few years ago, my wife's crazy daughter was visiting and had a date with a young Sicilian man here. On the date she apparently got pretty liquored up. A few hours later, my bell rang - it was her date and his friends, who had walked her drunk ass home like gentlemen. No one took advantage of her. I can't say it would have ended that way if this had happened in most places in the 'States.

Sicilians love freedom - they deal with the corrupt Italian bureaucracy by quietly getting around it any way they can. And they are immensely creative when it comes to ignoring or subverting unjust rules and unjust laws.

Leftist agendas here? Crazy bullshit like transgender story hour, 267 genders, BLM and the like? No freakin' way - anyone who dared push crap like that would get a serious talking to and then run out of town.

I live in Sicily. It has been said that if you want to see what Italy was like 50 years ago, visit Sicily.

I was in Italy more than 50 years ago (1961, 1966). At the time, all the people in Italy were Italian and the only places where you encountered non-Italians were tourist zoos like Florence and Rome or Alto Adige/Südtirol, with its large German-speaking population. From what I have been reading, that is no longer the case.

A few hours later, my bell rang - it was her date and his friends, who had walked her drunk ass home like gentlemen. No one took advantage of her. I can't say it would have ended that way if this had happened in most places in the 'States.

Thanks for the story. Once upon a time perhaps it was like this in the US also. Now many men here see an inebriated woman as an opportunity. It's horrifying and sad.