<story><title>Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/europe/italian-government-penalize-english-words-intl/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_vbnz</author><text>Yeah, it was shocking here in Stockholm when there were BLM protests in 2020.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s like people are more involved in US politics than their national politics.</text></item><item><author>hunglee2</author><text>I think we (Americans &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; Europeans alike) wholly underestimate how Americanised European culture is becoming.&lt;p&gt;This is an observation rather than a criticism as I don&amp;#x27;t know whether this is &amp;#x27;good&amp;#x27; or &amp;#x27;bad&amp;#x27; but it is noticeable phenomena manifest through language, and probably an unintended consequence of the dependency of Europe on US communication technology, leading to the import of US communication styles, political priorities and cultural values.&lt;p&gt;France have always been conscious of this, no doubt as a result of their centuries old conflict with England, but it is interesting now to see Italian nationalists responding similarly. It&amp;#x27;s futile of course, as neither Italians, French nor any combination of European countries can or will make an internet independent of the US</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kevin_thibedeau</author><text>They awarded Obama a Nobel before he ever had a chance to do anything. There is a whole magic negro thing going on with Europeans intent on demonstrating that they aren&amp;#x27;t bigots. Right until the point they have brown immigrants entering their own country.</text></comment>
<story><title>Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/europe/italian-government-penalize-english-words-intl/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_vbnz</author><text>Yeah, it was shocking here in Stockholm when there were BLM protests in 2020.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s like people are more involved in US politics than their national politics.</text></item><item><author>hunglee2</author><text>I think we (Americans &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; Europeans alike) wholly underestimate how Americanised European culture is becoming.&lt;p&gt;This is an observation rather than a criticism as I don&amp;#x27;t know whether this is &amp;#x27;good&amp;#x27; or &amp;#x27;bad&amp;#x27; but it is noticeable phenomena manifest through language, and probably an unintended consequence of the dependency of Europe on US communication technology, leading to the import of US communication styles, political priorities and cultural values.&lt;p&gt;France have always been conscious of this, no doubt as a result of their centuries old conflict with England, but it is interesting now to see Italian nationalists responding similarly. It&amp;#x27;s futile of course, as neither Italians, French nor any combination of European countries can or will make an internet independent of the US</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>unmole</author><text>There was a protest march in Mumbai against gun violence in the US. That was the only time I ever wanted to punch someone for expressing a political opinion in person.</text></comment>