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Fini Proposes A Minister for Italians Living Abroad

Mike Amato sent me a note that advised me that the following quote appeared on the editorial page of the Sat., May 26 edition of the Boston Globe.  They have a section where they collect quotes of the week:  "This is a problem for Italian-Americans, not for us."

This quote was attributed to Andrea Quinzi of Italy's Channel 5, which is broadcasting "The Sopranos." in Italy, in response to a statement that, "Some Italian-Americans have complained that the HBO series stereotypes them."

My response to Mike is: I was immediately struck by that phrase when I saw that statement in the original article, but I "skipped" over it.

Now that you have pointed out that the Boston Globe thought it meaningful enough to single that statement out, it caused me to "think on it" more.

I pondered, and couldn't decide which of the following explained Andrea's rather cavalier comment.

1. Andrea would say that because it justifies his station broadcasting that garbage.
2. An extremely "unbrotherly" utterance, like: Are we Italians supposed to have some "simpatico" for Italian Americans?? Certainly not typical I hope.
3. He is denying the existence of the Mafia in Italy?
4. We are ALL Italians here in Italy, so The 'Sopranos' wouldn't cause us to be looking down upon other Italians because of the Mafia's Italian origins or association with Italians or Italian Americans.
5. It's their problem in America, that they live in a polyglot nation of "mutts"?

Did I miss one or more possible explanations, or am I thinking too hard on it?

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