Neapolitan FTW! Not Rome, not Milano. Not NYC or Chicago (please, don't make me laugh!) Neapolitan is all - end of the discussion.

In this case the accent is diacritical, so, it is used to differentiate the function of the word within the sentence, not so much about the pronunciation or the emphasis in a syllable. Other examples are: tú/tu (you/yours); él/el (he/the); más/mas (more/but); sólo/solo (only/alone)

¿!¿POR QUÉ NO LAS DOS?!?

They are not children, they are teenagers. An 8 year old kid, bored out of his mind, playing a video games - that I understand. A 14 years old taking a selfie? Please, they are old enough to behave like a decent human being for an hour. I don't expect them to go around the room consoling people or having deep,…

They are not the only ones who are grieving. There are other relatives and loved ones who are mourning the loss of someone they loved. Would it kill these kids to have a modicum of decency and behave like an empathic human being for about an hour? You know, show some respect for the pain other people are going…

¡Hola! :)

Perdón que me meta en donde no me llaman, pero esto puede deberse a que son más o menos de la misma clase social, supongo que son de clase media ¿no?

I know anecdata is not data, but this Mexican here has experienced no racism at all in Norway (I am married to a Norwegian) I have been several times to all the Nordic countries and my experience has been the same - very open, warm and welcoming. People are curious, but they are mindful with their questions. I have…

This is actually very interesting, but I gotta log off soon :(

I read an article some years ago about this (I can't find it anymore though, I think it was in the Frankfurter Allgemeine) Basically the question was: "The Gestapo, the Stasi... what is it about us Germans that we turn so easily against our neighbour?" the article didn't go to deeply into the question (the answer:…

What I mean by 2013 standards is that our ideas on racism, discrimination, fairness, and equality are very different from what people understood in 1930. I mean, separate but equal was totally ok back then (segregation, hello!). Having second class citizens, as a national, official policy was also ok (apartheid,…

Of course it is preposterous! I am not saying it isn't. But I also think that you are looking at things from a very modern perspective - that is inaccurate and unfair. It isn't that Germans couldn't read the signs - they did. Jews were second class citizens, they were treated like shit. Most people were ok with this.…

You know, I lived 5 years in Germany and, you can say a lot of things about the Germans, but they sure have explored this topic from many different angles. The more I read about it, the more I think this could totally happen in the US as well (or any country for that matter). Remember that law in Arizona that…

Yes, of course. Like I said, anti-semitism was rampant - people definitely wanted their communities to be free of Jews. There is plenty of evidence about that. They were told that they had been deported. That was enough for them - they didn't question any further. Just like people here, in the US, in 2013, don't…

Oh, but it is not like the media at the time would report what happened after Kristallnacht the way we now know it. The Nazis had complete control of the media: newspapers, magazines, radio, etc. It would have been like watching only Fox News reporting on Occupy Wall Street: a bunch of stoners wanting free shit while…

Err... this is a very simplistic view of Germany in the 1930's/1940's. Europe was deeply anti-semitic, yes. Many people were active nazis -yes. Most of them would not admit to this after the war - also true. But the great majority of Germans had no idea what was going on. Really. Hitler was elected because people were…

Just a cookie? She should get the whole jar! My God, this was painful..

This guy has issues, serious issues. Look at this gem:

Exactly! That's exactly what I was trying to say. And talking about Rio and Mexico City: I was in Rio last year and I go to Mexico city at least once a year - both cities are booming, big time. They both have this vibe that something is going on, that something big is going to happen -New York doesn't have that…