[AlbionGirl]

Claudia,

She comes from a long line of partigiani. Her father was in the resistance during WWII, and I love the fact that she calls herself a Christian atheist. Not because I'm an atheist, but because I know exactly what she's trying to get at with that phrase as it relates to her polictics, both recent and past.

I don't think her health is all that good. Thought I remember reading that she was diagnosed with cancer a few years back. May she continue to live and write well.

Signed,
another Italian
nato al '56, emigrato al '58.

[EternalVigilance]

"I do not believe in vile acquittals, phony appeasements, easy forgiveness. Even less, in the exploitation or the blackmail of the word Peace. When peace stands for surrender, fear, loss of dignity and freedom, it is no longer peace. It is suicide."

- Oriana Fallaci

[an italian]

Well... you're one of the few FReepers who accepted the idea of a Christian atheist. Well done. I'm one of them too.

Oriana is a great woman. Oriana herself fought as a partigiano. She fought in the movement of "Giustizia e Librtàà" ("Justice and Freedom") with the nickname of "Emilia". She was an Italian soldier. My generation has to be thankful.

Everybody in Italy comes from a family in which there are someone who fought Fascism in the WWII. That's why we are better than France. ;-)