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A small Italian town of just under 600 has declaired independence from Italy. They even had issued their own money.
Now I don't think that Italy is in any danger of breaking up. In fact, other than giving the wold yet another reason to laugh at the Italian government I don't think much will come of this. The Italian government will quitely wait for the media attention to go away and then tell the town to knock it off or see how they like trying to get along without any money from the government. Or, if they feel like playing hardball, electricty.
Still, stunt or not this has to be one of the inovative protests I've seen in a while. It's a good, hard slap to the boys in Rome who'll be forced to do SOMETHING lest a horde of Italian Rick Perrys start cropping up.
Let's all raise a glass to creative thinking!
A small Italian town of just under 600 has declaired independence from Italy. They even had issued their own money.
After all, the mayor says, Italy was once made up of dozens of principalities and dukedoms. As he says, the landlocked republic of San Marino still manages to survive, so why not Filettino?
Now I don't think that Italy is in any danger of breaking up. In fact, other than giving the wold yet another reason to laugh at the Italian government I don't think much will come of this. The Italian government will quitely wait for the media attention to go away and then tell the town to knock it off or see how they like trying to get along without any money from the government. Or, if they feel like playing hardball, electricty.
Still, stunt or not this has to be one of the inovative protests I've seen in a while. It's a good, hard slap to the boys in Rome who'll be forced to do SOMETHING lest a horde of Italian Rick Perrys start cropping up.
Let's all raise a glass to creative thinking!
