Safety
Sometime in October or late December, a news article appeared on the internet: Swings are Dangerous! We have to Protect Our Children! They must be REMOVED!Are you freaking kidding me?????
I have one thing to say to these people: You will never survive in Italy.
Aside from sharing the streets with the cars, there were numerous places where there were no (GASP!) handrails. Like stairs. (Which, as I have stated, are not up to USA standard codes.)
This is the dock to the ferry. No handrails. Nothing to keep a car from knocking you into the drink. Boarding at the same time as cars, which no (Zip Zero Nada) traffic cop.
Obviously, Italians believe that you are responsible for your own safety, and presumably that of your kids.
Which isn't to say they are ignorant of What Could Go Wrong. They did warn the cars about the water, but for some reason there is no similar sign (pictorial or otherwise) for the people.
Even then, this sign was pretty high in the air.
Notice anything missing from the amphitheater in the Pompeii Ruins? This attitude has been around a long, long time.
Better not tell those pantywaists that there are naked statues in Italy.
(Don't worry, the sword placement is coincidental.)
posted by Marion @ 5:51 PM
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