When I hear the word "moderate", to paraphrase a famous expression out many many years ago from the mouth of an old acquaintance, my hand was now running to the keyboard to write ... just what I write now.
things first.
is said "moderate" the mass of millions of Italians, certainly the majority, who practice the ideas of common sense in the sphere of human relations and social problems s'affrontano essential that every day. Moderate
should be the one who thinks a cool head and not under the influence of boiling blood, but not only, moderate is one who tries to find a settlement (more or less honorable) eschewing the extreme solutions, considering that any radical change , as it may appear the situation wrong, carries unacceptable adverse effects, and this is in policy-making both in their private personal affairs. Moderate
would mean calm, peaceful, open to dialogue, easy-going, ready for a fair composition.
But all this, the aspect of "external", "social" and "political" Of this attitude should be the same, consistent, and not to fall in schizophrenia, also an inner aspect that can give a reflection of itself in any outward conduct.
what can be summarized in an expression: sobriety, sobriety in all aspects of your life, which necessarily leads to contempt for the vulgarity, the excesses of 'flaunting of luxury and wealth, the chatter, dell'accaparramento, of 'greed, vainglory. This
which corresponds, in the affirmative, compliance forms, politeness, prudence in every choice and every attitude, settle for what is right and according to their personal qualities and work, a constant comparison to others' situations hill more honestly assess their own words the true sense of justice. In ancient Greek
overcoming the limits of decency and sobriety, called "hubris", it was inadmissible because it upset the harmony and balance and this caused the angry reaction of the gods.
The Iliad and the Odyssey, the poems of the founding of European civilization, testify to the divine punishment against those, including heroes and courageous who had spotted the excesses and injustices.
In Republican Rome was banned, and punished any show of wealth, even the noble family could not have furniture in silver than those necessary for the performance of sacred rites, and the sobriety prevailed even post-mortem so that the tombs were reduced to 'essential and was not allowed the placement of pottery or other valuables beside the grave of the deceased.
The public career was characterized from the impersonality because education that the Romans received them from their fathers determined to address his or her personal ambition, not by the glory but the best interests of the homeland, and the lack of variety of names - To the benefit of the use of the name of the house - is testament to the even more austere and measured the first real Italian culture. * * *
The landmark lorsignori "moderate" Italian is now called Silvio Berlusconi. It's hard to see in this man even one crumb of that "modus" which not only means "measure" but it is also the etymological root of that little word that we are dealing with.
It is not only the premier and his pathological excess in their spheres of public and private - that there even need to comment it would be too easy - to highlight quell'anomalia, there is only him but all his claque of MPs and Ministers and their common attitude deny that "moderation" that they claim to represent.
Nor do you need to add the verb to the political choices "intemperate" - because no "modus" and size - of this class of "moderate" is simply the first stop, the anthropological aspect: compare salaries that are guaranteed with those of their foreign colleagues, and especially with those of Italian workers, look how jostle to participate in a talk show where you can utter some nonsense, see how you devour one another for a candidacy for a spot, for a Department, controlled the frequency of their attendance in Parliament or in elected assemblies, the average level of competence and preparation, their public behavior (and often private), their language, their independence of mind, their seriousness, respect degl'impegni made with those who voted for them.
's why you can not be pagans.
If the gods really existed they would already struck down long ago.
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