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17 comments on The ASPO-Italy conference in Torino

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Puntaldia on May 9, 2008 - 7:14am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I love Italia, the land of "la dolce far niente"!

It is quite unfair to characterize Italy simply as the country of il dolce far niente. Most Italians are very hard working, and are doing so for salaries which are so low that many foreigners would not even be thinking about moving a hand ...
But I fully agree: Italy is a very charming and beautiful place, and Italians are great people.
(NB: Just for clarity: I'm not Italian ...)

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FMagyar on May 9, 2008 - 5:49pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Oh for criminy's sake lighten up will ya :-). If you read what I wrote again you will see that I really like Italians and especially their ability to not take life so damn seriously that they don't know how to stop and smell the roses now and again. Trust me some of the hardest working people I know are Italians and they also happen to be some of my best friends.

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Ugo Bardi on May 11, 2008 - 7:02am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I think you are right, Magyar. Italy used to be the land of the "dolce far niente". Now it has become a land of fanatical workaholics. I don't think this is progress.

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