Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
I found what the mayor said as rather funny, and it certainly didn't imply or suggest, any physical harm or abuse. Yet people are outraged by his statement. Why aren't people outraged by these pictures, and why do so many people find them funny??? I'm Italian, and if someone said they might eat pizza in support of the Italian community, I would laugh at that too!!! I still find nothing to laugh at in those pictures.

OMG - where is this country of ours headed???
Did you read the back story behind the situation? Or just that one news piece? There's much more to it than the "tacos" statement, which I didn't find funny, just plain stupid. And there are discriminatory choices in place - you are Italian, if you lived in a city where it was half Italian, but only, say, Asians were allowed to be police officers, might you not be a bit touchy if an Asian official commented about meatballs?