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Yes, this imbecile is an embarrasment to Italians the world over and it looks like we will have to endure weeks of ridicule.

But for all of those who question Italian masculinity I have the following anecdote from Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem": During WWII at one point the Italians and the Germans were occupying separate areas of Yugoslavia. The SS noticed that the cattle cars intended to ship Jews north were returning from the Italian sector empty and so they summoned the Italian general: "where is your quota of Jews?"

Said the Italian, "Rounding up people for slaughter is beneath the dignity of the Italian Army"

Here we see the pitiable Italian Army of WWII showing a dignity far beyond the grasp of the mighty Wehrmacht.

I am not Italian, but I am a sailor with a lot of ocean miles, and I can assure that NOBODY on planet earth is angrier at this jerk than the 99% of Italian sailors, crew, officers and captains who go to sea every day. They may spend 40 or more years of their lives on the seas and oceans, in winter storms and all the rest, and we will never hear of them. They are the ones who would most enjoy strangling this one guy, for making them all the object of ridicule simply for being an Italian mariner.