Would Have Convinced Me
The governor of Sicily is to stand trial for assisting the Mafia.
Although quite naturally he denies the charges:
"In the trial we will show that Cuffaro is not involved with assisting the Mafia", defence lawyer Claudio Gallina Montana was quoted as saying by the Apcom news agency
Clearly, innocent until proven guilty, and so on and so forth. And I assume proving connections to the Mafia can prove a bit… err… difficult.
Well, a TV crew for an Italian news program recorded him on his way to the trial. When out of the blue a nicely dressed person appears, notices him walking, comes over hurriedly, makes a very polite and deep bow of obeisance, and kiss his hand. All this while the governor tries to shoo him away, since he is aware he is being filmed.
Anyone who have seen any Mafia movie would have recognized something quite similar to a proper show of respect to a Mafia Don.
So did the Italian reporters, who supposedly don’t have to rely on American movies. They tried to speculate about the other reasons that there surely must be to explain the behaviour of the passerby. Because, noooo, surely the governor cannot be a Don, or involved in the Mafia. No way.
They would have sounded almost convincing if the overtones of sarcasm were not so obvious…
All in all, Italian TV news are surely fun for the whole family.
November 11th, 2004 at 2:56 EET | Categories: Current Affairs, Legal, Television |
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