Response to the Death of Gadaffi

         It is difficult to explain the mixed feelings that this part of Italia and the country in general has for the Gadaffi Regime and their feelings about his ever so present demise. The country of Italy does not believe in death. This is a blunt statement, but through the next few sentences I will clarify. As shown threw the Amanda Knox Trial, the country of Italia does not have a death penalty. When I asked Valerio what he thought of her trial he wisely replied that he does not want to give verdict on matters he doesn't know the whole story to. Also he said that she should be glad this happened in Italia and not a county with death penalty for this very reason. This lack of belief in capital punishment comes from a belief that killing is in general bad. This is a belief that Americans say through their 'protection' of abused nations, but rarely follow at home in our ever-growing debate of the death penalty. (You know it's true Texas) I first heard of this after school on the way to ping pong practice. Valerio said that there were unconfirmed reports of Gadaffi's death, but he didn't believe them at the time. After returning to the house later we were still sketchy about these reports, but slowly saw through different news channels and that he was dead. Through this disbelief in capital punishment, the general feeling here is that he should of stood trial and gone to prison for the rest of his days. This will differ for every person you meet as do all issues in the world. Before WWII it may intrest you to know that the country of Lybia was an Italian colony. Many Sicilians moved there for economic prosperity. They did very well for themselves built a thriving Italian community. After WWII though they became independent of the motherland and became a separate country. Eventually Gadaffi came along, and with his rise to power he force all citizens of Italian descent to leave the country, those who resisted were jailed. This created a foundation for the ill-feelings towards the dictators regime. Sicily has also lived in constant awareness that they are the first to be invaded if Gadaffi did as he said and marched into Europe. In general, I would say that Italia is content with his death.