To all the decent Italians out there, I know these people do NOT represent all Italians.
This group of Italian tourists was being loud and disruptive on public transport. When they realized they were being filmed, instead of behaving better, they responded by:
- Saying, “Sorry for bringing money to your country” as if spending money gives them the right to disrespect the country they’re visiting
- Making a slant-eye gesture to mock Asians
- Giving the person filming them the middle finger
Tourism is not a free pass for racism, arrogance, or disrespect. If you travel to another country, respect its people. It’s really that simple.
Ballads have largely disappeared from Western pop. In China, they still dominate the charts, reflecting a music culture built around singing rather than beats. https://t.co/qVKptdEkFj
@malaysiakini They obviously never have to take public transport in their life. Cut the train to 3-coach and 8-min interval during peak hour, and they call it a win?
How that "vulgar script" became Korea's national alphabet and pushed Chinese characters out - and why Japanese didn't follow suit:
https://t.co/hiF4TH3E0T
This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: https://t.co/aMMHId49OO
Apr 8: a Chinese tourist was removed from a Malaysia Airlines flight after patting a flight attendant’s bottom. He even said “China-Malaysia relations are very good now” as a defense.
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