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the Gottis make us "real italians" look bad...<rant>

"What It Means to be Italian"
by John Barbieri


The view of the Italian today is very skewed. Such groups as the Gottis, with their spiky hair, whiny demeanors, and "tough guy" attitudes because of their inherited last name, make all Italians chringe. And the sad part is, it is rubbing off on society. Teenage boys now have the urge to turn their hair into that of a DBZ character. Why? Do you look tougher with spiked hair? Are you trying to control the hair gel population? Did a bottle of hair spray kill your mother? Whatever the reason, real Italians do not spike their hair up. When real Italians do use hair gel, like myself, they slick it back, to give that little bit of a Godfather look. Or they don't use any hair product at all, which is the real Italian hair style. An Italian boy is supposed to grow up respecting his mother and father. If I ever yelled at my mother the way the Gottis do, she would smack me into the middle of next week. And what's with the huge chains. I know Sicilians are considered "1/2 black", but this is ridiculous. Save the bling for the rappers and put on a gold chain passed down from your father, whose father gave it to him, and so on. And the wearing all black, save it for when you go to a funeral. Italians do wear other colors. And learn to speak the language a little bit. And I don't mean, "fuggedaboudit"or "va fungool." Learn to have somewhat of a convo with a fellow Italians. And whatever happened to a father taking his young son down to the coffe shop, to watch a soccer game, have some coffee, and meet his friends who all say how big you have gotten.

So if I any Italians can hear this, put down the gel and hairspray, put away your bling, tell your mom you love her, and get a cup a coffee with your father.

Good nite, and god bless

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