Consequences of the wreck were described as ‘apocalyptic’.
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Italy train crash apocalypse
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carnival, freight train, Italian Opinionist, Italy, Italy train crash, liquefied petroleum gas, pierluigi collina, ThyssenKrupp Turin factory blaze, train, tuscany, viareggio, wreck on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Examples of indifference: bystander effect and people starving
Posted in Environment, Information, Uncategorized, tagged bystander effect, Camorra, FAO, G8, Hafez Ghanem, indifference, Italian Opinionist, Kitty Genovese, Naples, people starving, UN agency, youtube on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Bystander effect theory (a social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present) finds new confirmations thanks to one of the last episode of indifference reported on many italian newspapers on June the 16th (Il Corriere della sera). The fact took place in [...]
On crimes and punishments
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 27th G8 summit, Abruzzo, Castle of Valentino, cesare beccaria, crevalcore railway disaster, G8, G8 summit Genoa, G8 University Summit, gabriele lodigiani, genoa, Il Giornale, Italian Opinionist, Italy, manifestation, MariaStella Gelmini, mistrust in judicial system, onda anomala, piemonte, porta palazzo, red zone, torino, turin, unhappy to be italian on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Will the G8 university summit in Turin demonstrate our mistrust in the judicial system is correct?