Post by indigo on Aug 7, 2009 17:14:27 GMT 10
William Shakespeare once wrote:
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
[Hamlet Act 3]
Is it nobler in the mind to be an Italian-American, and suffer the slings and arrows of an outrageous fortune, or is it better to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing — as an Independent Long Islander —, end them?
Of course, lots of people unfamiliar with the status of Italian-Americans and their culture/language in America would probably think it is easier to be a hyphenated American than to be essentially, because of the novelty of the Independent Long Island (ILI) movement, a "micronationalist".
In actuality, however, being a micronationalist and an Italian-American is about the same, and perhaps I may still see the growth of the Independent Long Island movement, while Italian-Americans, at least 25 million in the US according to the best estimates, are incapable of putting together $1.5 million in order to ensure an AP Italian course for their children, nephews, and grandchildren, so they will at least be able to speak a few hundred Italian words and phrases.
It is pathetic, especially when I think about people with lots of money like Stallone and Madonna, who couldn't care less about these things, and they are of Italian ancestry too. What a useless race! Leonardo da Vinci would have been ashamed of these unsophisticated bean brains!
It is interesting that even people I met up in Manchester, New Hampshire at the Third North American Secessionist Convention don't seem to give the ILI movement a chance, yet after reading the articles below, I now feel I may actually do better than those who claim to be of "Italian heritage", yet cannot speak more than a few words of Italian, or worst, know Italy only through the lenses of perverse Hollywood mafia flicks — which they don't have enough of a backbone to stop either, and no other ethnic group in America would put up with such desecration of one's ethnicity as so-called Italian-Americans.
History of the AP Italian Program
www.italianlanguagefoundation.org/history.html
Lacking funding, College Board cancels AP Italian exam
www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/01/12/22508/
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
[Hamlet Act 3]
Is it nobler in the mind to be an Italian-American, and suffer the slings and arrows of an outrageous fortune, or is it better to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing — as an Independent Long Islander —, end them?
Of course, lots of people unfamiliar with the status of Italian-Americans and their culture/language in America would probably think it is easier to be a hyphenated American than to be essentially, because of the novelty of the Independent Long Island (ILI) movement, a "micronationalist".
In actuality, however, being a micronationalist and an Italian-American is about the same, and perhaps I may still see the growth of the Independent Long Island movement, while Italian-Americans, at least 25 million in the US according to the best estimates, are incapable of putting together $1.5 million in order to ensure an AP Italian course for their children, nephews, and grandchildren, so they will at least be able to speak a few hundred Italian words and phrases.
It is pathetic, especially when I think about people with lots of money like Stallone and Madonna, who couldn't care less about these things, and they are of Italian ancestry too. What a useless race! Leonardo da Vinci would have been ashamed of these unsophisticated bean brains!
It is interesting that even people I met up in Manchester, New Hampshire at the Third North American Secessionist Convention don't seem to give the ILI movement a chance, yet after reading the articles below, I now feel I may actually do better than those who claim to be of "Italian heritage", yet cannot speak more than a few words of Italian, or worst, know Italy only through the lenses of perverse Hollywood mafia flicks — which they don't have enough of a backbone to stop either, and no other ethnic group in America would put up with such desecration of one's ethnicity as so-called Italian-Americans.
History of the AP Italian Program
www.italianlanguagefoundation.org/history.html
Lacking funding, College Board cancels AP Italian exam
www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/01/12/22508/