Probably the judge granted, but it seems only right to say a few words for this character, who with his thoughts has contributed so much to reinforce the idea that the Mafia should not exist. Today May 9, 2008, marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Impastato, a victim of the Mafia, or killed by hired assassins of the Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti, fortunately deceased. The story of Peppino is well known (beware of the Hundred Steps), but I do not think so known for his love for life that has left the same journalist in the small town of Cinisi and Terracini. Exactly two years ago I had the pleasure of going just to Sicily to attend the six days of anti-mafia forum in honor of Peppino. I confess that despite nearly a month before he was arrested Bernardo Provenzano, it was felt in the air the smell of hope, but to surrender. This feeling is not evoked by the old bankruptcy at the bar, or whatever for street youth, but by the organizers of the forum, or the young group and by the Friends of Radio Aut Peppino, and in fact the rise of the Sicilian Parliament Cuffaro A few days later certainly did not help to diminish the insecurity.
Today, three years later, at least something in Sicily seems to have changed: Cuffaro has had to resign (the matter has not changed much with the success of Raffaele Lombardo - http://www.amopalermo.com for info), Addio Pizzo Freedom is growing and is still in vogue. How do we reflect Cassiani
Tommy and I to the boys of high school, the problem is not what the Mafia is dominated by its failures in Sicily (and national), but because the feeling of gradually fade into the mentality of the mafia in Sicily. Boys Cinisi, I did see distressing signs of rejection of the same people for the event: shuttered windows during the parade, low participation by schools in the debates (the principal is not obvious even to introduce it), looks suspicious.
Asked why the Mafia is able to reproduce it can give multiple answers ECOM, political and social, but ask how the Mafia is nourished by her pelvis. What are the pieces of coal that allow it to keep alive the flame. The mentality to its weight. Leads all'accondiscenza, acceptance, powerlessness. How to change?
We should start from young, but as an institution can do about it? If we think of the family becomes the thin line that can be divided by the mafia gang (think that feels still forced to pay protection money of the store, for example), the Church could play a role (Don Puglisi - In light of the sun) if it were used to recruit and parishioners have to say that there is no mafia is heavily Catholic, the school should act strongly about putting the curriculum Sicilian special appreciation of the landscape today, but how? I did encounter with Salvo Vitale (Peppino's friend with red hair in the film) there was discussion about the suitability of a course like that of "education in the legal and civic duty," but he disputed the grounds that more than Legality should focus sull'Antimafia and in fact if the law comes laws, resulting from strong trading powers, the Mafia would certainly have an important role in the negotiating table.
I know that it was not very incisive. These outbursts, thoughts about past experiences. The obvious sometimes tears, but in this case free. If every young man take a pen and paper and wrote his concept of awareness, perhaps the Mafia would lose many followers, because as you can not get to deduct that in all those favors which gives, under the protections \\ restrictions that it provides no we can see nothing but ...
... A MOUNTAIN OF SHIT (GI).
There are eyes that they should not see, ears that they should not hear, words that should not be themselves, but the base there are only men.
Lorenzo Querci
