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No respect for age. Typical!
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Civil war over Naples rubbish
Some want to keep it, some want to burn it..hey ho!...
From our own correspondent:
The lovely city of Naples became a blazing inferno last night as Anti-Rubbish protestors set carefully tended mountains of trash alight.
"Itsa so unfair!" wailed Alberto Cornetto, a 24 year old unemployed gigolo, "We wanna keepa da rubbish. We look after it, make interesting shapes. Give us something to do! They justa come along an burn it. They mothers!
Pro-rubbish supporters are against plans to bury their precious junk, crap, tins, socks, copies of La Repubblica and other assorted treasures.
"They wanna digga the big holes and shova the stuff in them. We no see them any more. We no see them now, they up in smoke. Argh, they sit on the end of my pole!" said Alfonso, a jolly type of fellow at one time, but now reduced to tears as he witnessed yet another landmark pile he has spent months building being set alight.
One of the most treasured mountains is a discarded pile of Fiats which has been lovingly looked after by Sofia Mamamia who at 87 has fond memories of all the different models that lie buried under more contemporary pieces.
As we talked to her, we witnessed for ourselves how social cohesion is dissolving, with the young having no regard whatsover for the sensitivities of the aged.
Her eyes glistening as she feebly craned her neck to admire the rusting pile of Cinquecentos, 126's, Tipos and other classic Italian runabouts, she said, "It is a bigga piece a ma history!"
"It is a bigga piece a ya shit!" shouts one inflamed youth as he tosses a burning torch into the 60 foot high pile.
Street by street the Neapolitans do battle, some vainly trying to quench the burning trash, others forming human chains to protect what for many has become their sole employment. For weeks both sides simply demonstrated fiercely; sadly, that has now turned into bitter scenes of destruction, aggression and burning baby poo.
The battle by the Pro-Rubbish lobby may be lost even without the anti-brigade's drastic actions. The Italian government has been sneaking out thousand of tons of rubbish and selling them to Germany. As night falls, heavily laden trains head north, cleverly disguised as heavily laden trains heading north.
"We in Germany do not wish to see this wanton destruction of Naples treasures," said Helmut Schmoll, spokesman for the German government, "We vill take ze rubbish and place it sensitively in areas around Hamburg. Make it more interesting, nein?"
The Tate Modern said it would take a couple of tons of it too.
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Original Author:
Nocturnales / Mikael Marguerie
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