Apologize from Rome

DeboraAttanasio · 19-03-2008 03:00PM #1

I'm an Italian woman in love with Irish people and culture and I would humbly and heartly apologize for the two girls who died at St.Patrick night in the hit and run accident in Rome.
I'm really devasted because the driver was drunk, but mostly because he is already in bail and if I think of the warm welcome I've always had in Dublin, I feel ashamed to be Italian.
Please, don't think that all of us are like this. Maybe the most, but not everyone.
Sorry.

Papad · 19-03-2008 03:52PM

DeboraAttanasio wrote: »

I'm an Italian woman in love with Irish people and culture and I would humbly and heartly apologize for the two girls who died at St.Patrick night in the hit and run accident in Rome.
I'm really devasted because the driver was drunk, but mostly because he is already in bail and if I think of the warm welcome I've always had in Dublin, I feel ashamed to be Italian.
Please, don't think that all of us are like this. Maybe the most, but not everyone.
Sorry.

Thank you for taking the time to register and posting your feelings on the terrible accident in Rome. Drunk drivers can be found in every country so there is no need to be ashamed to be Italian.

July · 19-03-2008 03:53PM

I don't think anyone would think any less of Italians because of this tragedy. It was one driver who just happened to be Italian and drunk. A terrible loss, a nightmare for the families of the deceased and the family of the driver (and for the driver too, who I assume didn't set out to kill anyone, just made the stupid, stupid mistake of driving when drunk).

Thanks for taking the time to post. Don't feel ashamed to be Italian.

Tragedies and accidents happen in every country, to and by people of every nationality.

RIP to the deceased. Thoughts and prayers to the people affected.

DeboraAttanasio · 19-03-2008 03:57PM

Papad wrote: »

Thank you for taking the time to register and posting your feelings on the terrible accident in Rome. Drunk drivers can be found in every country so there is no need to be ashamed to be Italian.

I thank you back, but I'm ashamed not only for the accident, but mostly because the driver is already at home and he will probably get a very poor punishment and in a long, long time. We have huge problems with the law that doesn't work properly.
Anyway, I pick the opportunity to offer my help in organizing a trip, if any of you want to visit Rome. It would be a real pleasure because I feel very good among Irish people.

BuffyBot · 19-03-2008 05:49PM

Off to After Hours, methinks.

It's the only vaguely suitable place I can think for this!

Collie D · 19-03-2008 05:53PM

Unless you were the driver there's no need to be ashamed. Same goes for the two Polish boys who were murdered here a few weks ago. Why did people feel the need to say they were ashamed to be Irish because of a few animals? I know I'm not

PauloMN · 19-03-2008 06:01PM

Collie D wrote: »

Unless you were the driver there's no need to be ashamed. Same goes for the two Polish boys who were murdered here a few weks ago. Why did people feel the need to say they were ashamed to be Irish because of a few animals? I know I'm not

I agree. I never apologised for or felt ashamed at being Irish when visiting England even though the IRA were blowing people up in the name of Irish Republicanism. Why should I, they don't represent me or my nation.

WindSock · 19-03-2008 06:03PM

Apology accepted

Pighead · 19-03-2008 06:10PM

Godo afternoon Debora. Pighead has a feeling you'll be retracting that apology in a few weeks.

You won't be feeling such love for the Irish after this years Eurovision. Apologies in advance from Ireland.

Collie D · 19-03-2008 06:12PM

Pighead wrote: »

Apologies in advance from Ireland.

And I definitely don't want you as a spokesman

Karoma · 19-03-2008 06:14PM

Pighead for president!

MrJoeSoap · 19-03-2008 06:15PM

Pighead wrote: »

Godo afternoon Debora. Pighead has a feeling you'll be retracting that apology in a few weeks.

You won't be feeling such love for the Irish after this years Eurovision. Apologies in advance from Ireland.

I would also like to apologise for the good thrashings our soccer team will give yours over the next while with St. Trap in charge.

Seriously though, unnecessary post but thank you anyway.

Oriel · 19-03-2008 06:16PM

Don't worry, we do it here all the time.

Dragan · 19-03-2008 06:18PM

DeboraAttanasio wrote: »

I'm an Italian woman in love with Irish people and culture and I would humbly and heartly apologize for the two girls who died at St.Patrick night in the hit and run accident in Rome.
I'm really devasted because the driver was drunk, but mostly because he is already in bail and if I think of the warm welcome I've always had in Dublin, I feel ashamed to be Italian.
Please, don't think that all of us are like this. Maybe the most, but not everyone.
Sorry.

Thats a really nice thing that you did but you have no reason to apologise what so ever. The only person who needs to feel sorry about what happened is the driver, not you or the rest of the Italian people.

Pighead · 19-03-2008 06:21PM

Collie D wrote: »

And I definitely don't want you as a spokesman

Apologies to the whole wide world for this wee fellas insolence and cynicism. We're usually much more jolly and welcoming in this fair isle of Western Europe.

The Sparrow · 19-03-2008 06:51PM

Pighead I couldn't help but notice that yesterday you were posting about an Italian penpal that dissappeared and today a random Italian girl starts posting on Boards...

Could it be fate? Could she be the one that got away?

AckwelFoley · 19-03-2008 07:11PM

Its rather nice of you to say sorry like that.

We'd like to say sorry for what happened to Guedo Nassi, poor kid got a right hammering a few years back in Dublin, i felt sick at the amount low life scum this country has long tradition of producing.

Thanks for Trappitoni though.. we got big hopes for that guy... we hope to get a world cup in before his alzheimers kicks in and he still thinks hes managing Italy

Collie D · 19-03-2008 07:14PM

snyper wrote: »

Tks for Trappitoni though.. we got big hopes for that guy... we hope to get a world cup in before his alzheimers kicks in and he still thinks hes managing Italy

Easy enough mistake though. John O'Shea and Fabio Cannavarro

Jimbo · 19-03-2008 08:18PM

On a more serious note, I was ashamed to be Irish when I read about those Dublin scumbags who broke that English guys' finger off.
Sick fcuks.

* Goes looking for English version of Boards*

Raspberry · 19-03-2008 08:21PM

DeboraAttanasio wrote: »

I'm an Italian woman in love with Irish people and culture and I would humbly and heartly apologize for the two girls who died at St.Patrick night in the hit and run accident in Rome.
I'm really devasted because the driver was drunk, but mostly because he is already in bail and if I think of the warm welcome I've always had in Dublin, I feel ashamed to be Italian.
Please, don't think that all of us are like this. Maybe the most, but not everyone.
Sorry.

I'm sorry, but your apology is not accepted. I knew those two people. Tell me what you did to try and prevent this "accident" from happening? :mad::mad::mad:

leninbenjamin · 19-03-2008 08:24PM

amazing.... to travel away from a country of drunks, to then be killed by a drunk. is that ironing?

AckwelFoley · 19-03-2008 08:43PM

leninbenjamin wrote: »

amazing.... to travel away from a country of drunks, to then be killed by a drunk. is that ironing?

No, but it might be considered - Irony

Wertz · 19-03-2008 08:58PM

Raspberry wrote: »

I'm sorry, but your apology is not accepted. I knew those two people. Tell me what you did to try and prevent this "accident" from happening? :mad::mad::mad:

Someone ban this trollish idiot. They've been at it blatantly now for a week or more.

On topic: as others ahve said already, it happens here all the time...I wouldn't think any less of a country or it's people for the actions of one of it's citizens and I certainly wouldn't apologise for the state of the legal system. Seems like Italy and Ireland have a bit in common there...

Karoma · 19-03-2008 09:15PM

Raspberry infracted for yet more trolling.
Wertz infracted for personal abuse.

Wertz · 19-03-2008 09:18PM

Grand.

nesf · 19-03-2008 10:16PM

Wertz wrote: »

Grand.

"It's was worth the time judge, it was was worth the time!"

timeshoes · 19-03-2008 11:12PM

Your apology doesnt bring them back.... or does it

Trojan911 · 19-03-2008 11:19PM

DeboraAttanasio wrote: »

Please, don't think that all of us are like this. Maybe the most, but not everyone.
Sorry.

Any loss of human life is tragic. I don't look at you as the rest of your country. Thank you for the apology. Here in Ireland people get killed nearly every day from Road Traffic Collisions. Life sucks....

DeboraAttanasio · 20-03-2008 10:03AM

Raspberry wrote: »

I'm sorry, but your apology is not accepted. I knew those two people. Tell me what you did to try and prevent this "accident" from happening? :mad::mad::mad:

I could have hardly done something. I was celebrating as well; maybe, if I met them, we could have talked and laughed together for a few minutes, enough for changing their destiny because they could have been in late because of me. I'm not a politician, I don't drink, I don't know what could I do to avoid this to happen again. I'm really sorry for you.
Anyway, the guy who killed them is much more repenting than I thought. He just asked to be lead back in jail because he feel too guilty at home. Maybe he's not going to get it off as cheaply as I feared.

togster · 20-03-2008 10:22AM

Yo Debora...no worries. It's a nice gesture.

nesf · 20-03-2008 10:31AM

Guys, don't bother feeding the troll please.

Apologize from Rome

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