Despite apparent growing demand for late-night kebabs, the city has been coordinating with the local diocese for years on a strict management plan to safeguard its Italian cultural values and traditions.Unesco? Verona is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
It is not alone. So-called “Unesco laws” are under consideration in a number of Italy’s top tourist destinations as local residents have become increasingly flustered by immigrant-run take-out eateries, service points and trinket shoppes they complain degrade their neighbourhoods.
There's a debate about whether this should be thought of as historic preservation (and support of the tourist industry) or anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim. Both templates fit.
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So no McDonalds, then.
Right?
Think of it as striking a blow against Cultural Appropriation.
Ha. I love it when previously untouchable victim classes (historical preservaaaaation!!) collide with newer, trendier victim classes.
Pro-native.
No spaghetti with brown gravy, then.
And if we want to get really Northern Italian snooty about it, no marinara sauce, either, since that was invented by those mouth-breathing proto-humanoids that inhabit Naples.
Banning late-night kebabs is anti-drunk people, not anti-Muslim.
Too late Europe. The problem isn't the number of kebab shops, the problem is the number of kebab eaters.
Campy: brilliant.
As long as they don't close Verona's Istanbul Doner Kebab which is fabulous. Wife and I ate lunch there in November.
Well, this also bans French fries and so forth, so I wouldn't say it is anti-immigrant. Tourism is extremely important for Italy, even more so now with their current problems.
But what's "ethnic"? In the US we would promptly have a bunch of court cases about that issue.
No more noodles then (ethnic food from China) or tomatoes, peppers or chocolate (all ethnic foods from South America)
"Thanks to this provision there will be no more openings of establishments that sell food prepared in a way that could impact the decorum of our city."
Funny, when I read that I thought of San Francisco, the homeless and corn on the cob.
"Farook!"
"Yes, Amir?"
"Our cousin Denzel in Verona is being prevented from opening his Kebab Shop!"
"Is it the Jews?"
"Well, it's the Italians, I think, but it is very Jewishy of them."
"Why are they doing such a thing?"
"To protect their Heritage, they say."
"Don't they realize that Kebab Shops are the only thing Westerners like about us Muslim immigrants? They hate us for everything else, but they sure love the Kebabs."
"And the Schwarma."
"Indeed, indeed: the Schwarma, too."
"Is there anything we can do to help him?"
"I was thinking we could bomb a local Pizza Hut as a sign of protest."
"That is GOOD, Farook! But we like to eat take-out from Pizza Hut. And the delivery guy from Domino's is already onto us."
"Then how about we bomb the McDonalds? We don't eat there."
"But they are Scottish, not Italian."
"I'm sure we hate the Scottish infidels, too, Amir."
"No doubt we do, Farook, but I am worried our Statement might get muddled."
"So Pizza Hut it is. Do you have any bombs ready?"
"Ummm..."
"You still haven't built any bombs, Amir? There is only so much research you can do on anti-Muslim Microaggressions in Western Internet Porn."
"But there is lot there if you know what to look for, Farook. There are hundreds of videos of men fucking women dressed in burkas, for instance."
"Do we take that as an insult or a compliment, Amir?"
"I am not sure. I need to do some more research, then consult with our Cleric."
"So we don't have any bombs. What can we do?"
"We can call Pizza Hut and ask for a female delivery person, then we can grope her when she arrives."
"But they'll know it is us, her coming to our Apartment and all."
"You know, Farook: waging war against the West can be harder than it looks..."
"I know. Perhaps we should get some Shwarma and think about this some more..."
I am Laslo.
Using the system to beat the system. Good idea, actually.
MarkW said...
and potatoes
There's always the possibility that Historic Preservation is anti-immigrant.
Unfair Verona?
YoungHegelian said...
And if we want to get really Northern Italian snooty about it, no marinara sauce, either,
Though Northern Italians don't give much respect to anybody who lives South of Rome, they save the special insults for the Sicilians, whom they call "Baptized Arabs"
Just wait until they turn the Leaning Tower of Pisa into a minaret.
It's also anticonsumer. Give the people what they want!
A permanent underclass in all these uppity (white) enclaves is developing and (white) people are revolting. That is happening too in America, thanks to globalization and increased mobility. What to do with these poor people and tougher if they are aliens?
My first trip abroad, to Holland and we used to use a laundromat across the street (this story is about 30 years ago) that was run by a mother and daughter team. As everything else in Holland at the time, it was clean and spic and span. The mother was about late 50s. She didn't speak English. But she had this beautiful demeanor of peace and content. I was puzzled by that and I saw that all over Holland, contented happy people, even the bottom rung. Here she is doing menial work and probably not much money and she looks so contented and happy. So that was what it was in most of the western rich countries until three decades ago. And now it is changing in startling ways. What to do? Is this what the politicians, especially Dems mean when they are talking about income inequality? A permanent underclass (smelly)?
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
But HoodlumDoodlum's reference was both sooner and more clever
Heratige, not hate! Now get away from that lunch counter, boy.
Actually I relate better to the white man's culture in all these rich countries. I would object too when the smelly permanent underclass take over in your apartments, on your streets, in your neighborhoods. So what is the solution? Make enough money to buy your own house to cook your spicy, smelly Indian food so that you don't stink up the entire hallway in an Apartment building would be a start.
They cook pig in Mexico better than anywhere else. That's America's southern backstop against Islamism. Preserve the cultural heritage that is chili verde!
Historic preservation is a euphemism for government control of building stuff and now, almost everything else.
Verona is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
"As far as the fortified town is concerned, the defence system has been well preserved through the continuity of its military use over time. Surviving evidence of the fortified town, such as Roman gates and Renaissance bastions, reflect this long military history."
So they've had plenty of practice at racist bigoted nativism. That's naughty.
Decorum Laws. Conduct unbecoming an Italian. I love it.
What's next? No murdering infidels.
I want to know what's Italian for "gimcrackery".
As a Chicagoan, I could get behind a ban on putting ketchup on hotdogs. Only barbarians do that.
Chicago has no room for complaint after what they did to pizza....
Blogger The Drill SGT said...
YoungHegelian said...
And if we want to get really Northern Italian snooty about it, no marinara sauce, either,
Though Northern Italians don't give much respect to anybody who lives South of Rome, they save the special insults for the Sicilians, whom they call "Baptized Arabs"
2/28/16, 8:54 AM
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What is the difference between a Sicilian and an African?
50 miles of Mediterranean.
"There's a debate about whether this should be thought of as historic preservation (and support of the tourist industry) or anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim. Both templates fit."
There is no need to choose one or the other. The preservation of Western Culture in Europe, in the unlikely event that it takes place, will require a vigorous assault on Islam. Think El Cid.
This from the nation that invented the Pizza Parlor.
There's a Verona in ITALY!?
Even a Sicilian will make a joke along the lines of "A Sicilian is an African turned inside out."
But no kebabs in Verona? We're into some serious stuff here.
I was in Italy in November. Italians take food seriously, and pride in regional variations is a real thing. And they don't think much of fast food, so the only place I saw a McDonalds was in Rome, and I bet that place was thoroughly Italianized.
I did see a few Chinese restaurants.
There is a lot of concern about terrorism and foreign refugees. Of course - I was in Italy the night of the Paris attacks! Overnight there were Police and soldiers anywhere of value.
McDonalds had great cappuccinos in Milan. China cup with saucer, too.
Tourism is an important part of Italy's economy, so they don't want to do anything to dilute the Italian-ness of the touristy bits. This is an uphill fight in an era of globalization, which works to fill every bit of the world with a homogeneous "multicultural" ooze.
coupe said...
Likely the reference to Africans means "North Africans", aka the same Arab gene pool that invaded Sicily throughout the 7th-10th centuries, rather than black sub-saharans.
When you cross the Grand Canal from the Venice train station, on the Ponte degli Scalzi, the building right in front of you contains a discreetly tucked away Burger King. The SECOND thing you might notice if you continue south on the Calle Lunga, is the Pizzeria Vittoria.
The occasional furtive ad for the BK can be found scattered around the city if you are observant.
The Sicilian women still have their clitoris.
I never understood why the Africans chop off the clitoris. I mean, they're already all ugly as sin, with tits down to their knees...
A big ole hairy Sicilian woman, now that's a remarkable difference. I saw one in a bikini who had pubic hair all the way up to her navel.
Comments are moderated!? Really!? After six hours this irrelevant, racist, sexist comment is still up?
You have called me an asshole several times. Yet this guy is not an asshole. What the hell is wrong with you?
Venice may be Disneyland on the Adriatic, but it's still mobbed with tourists. Being a living, evolving city sometimes is not good for the tourist trade.
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