Should Cinecittà, the legendary Italian film studio, be kept alive by government funds?

I think the answer to one simple question can decide that.

“When does the next really good Fellini movie come out?”

Oh…never, you say? Well…looks like you’re a fucking Walmart then…

As a totally-for-real, bonafide, you-betcha, no-kidding Italian citizen (sure…) I feel justified in saying, “Whoopty Doo!” [...]

A lot has been said recently regarding the costs of public education and society’s respect or lack thereof for teachers. And as usual, the foaming sea of all that is said misses most of the points and devolves into the normal tried-and-true political battle of unexamined, preexisting emotions that are the core of Red vs. Blue howler monkey logic.

Both sides [...]

I don’t fully understand this picture, either, and I’m the one who cobbled it together.

As someone with a libertarian philosophy of government, I’m often found raining on other people’s publicly-funded parades: sports arenas, the arts, environmental programs, saving that old lady down the street from herself and all those cats, [...]

In what situation(s) is it morally just to threaten another at the point of a gun or other such deadly force?

• One seeks to injure or kill the target due to some anger one feels for that person.
• One’s life is first morally unjustly threatened by the target, in such a way as to be on the same level as being threatened with deadly force.
• One hopes to take posession of the target’s money or property for one’s own benefit.
• One hopes to take posession of the target’s money or property to use in a way that one deems would help the target.
• One hopes to take posession of the target’s money or property to use in a way that one deems would help a third person or group.
• One hopes to influence the private activities, thoughts and/or beliefs of the target.
• Other. (Do tell…)
• It would not be morally just in any situation.

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