June 2, it's national day in Italy, it's the birth of the
italian republic .. i open the webpage of the main italian
newspapers and .. of course, big military parade in Rome
(as nice as expensive) and big discussions and controversies
among politics parties about .. well .. about!? ..it doesn't
matter, it's just for discussing, just useless polemics ..
June 6, it's national day in Sweden .. i open the webpage
of the main swedish newspapers and .. well, it's nothing!!!
i go to page two, nothing!! only at page three you find something
.. ok, it's true, unlike other countries, which have anniversaries
of independence or revolutions to commemorate, Sweden has
never been occupied and has never got rid of its monarchy ..
but Swedes appeared to me so proud of their country, many
houses have swedish flag outside (not only after the football
World Cup, all year long!), but in reality today people don't
really matter, they just know they have day off, good day for
go to the lake and barbecue .. only for some immigrants today
is going to be an important day, cause they will get swedish
citizenship in this date (this will make a huge difference for them!)
.. the big institutional celebration!? in Stockholm the royal
family will open the doors of their palace, a way of say: "Wanna
come in?? just pass.." .. ok, i know what you are thinking .. lack
of national identity, lack of history .. yeah, maybe it's true, but
sorry, for me it's much nicer than hours of military parade and days
of aimless politic polemics ..
