Tuesday, June 04, 2002

I'm From Kashmir: Alessandra Rizzo of the AP penned an article notifying us that "Italy's lower house of parliament approves immigration bill". The gist is that the lawmakers approved some additional restrictions on legal immigrants and penalties for illegal immigrants. They were, of course, denounced by the usual collection of whiners. Communist leader Oliviero Diliberto showed his intellectual diversity by observing "It's unworthy of a civil country to equate illegal immigrants with criminals". Comrade, what part of illegal don't you understand? Actually, Oliviero needs to keep up with current events - undocumented immigrants is the term preferred by the fashionable. To top things off, "as lawmakers were voting on the bill, a group of 60 men landed on the Sicilian shores, after a trip on a 12-meter- (40-foot-) boat. The men claimed to be from the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. They were transferred to a detention center."