After living a few years in America, I fully appreciate the place American football occupies there. For secondary school children in Sabah, it is Rugby. In Peninsular Malaysia, it is soccer.
It is therefore interesting to find that folks actually play football in Italy. The idea that they have a Superbowl there boggles my mind. Lately Italy is one of the countries where Corona virus seemed to pass from village to village killing many people. Perhaps one of the Chinese Medical Team's observation of Italians wearing their outdoor shoes indoor giving the virus unbridle means of infecting more and more persons is the crucial difference between European and Asian culture. It has been said that the mountainous terrain of Italy tends to make one area isolated from another. Then the longevity of the aging population possibly make the country a prime target for the relentless attack by the fast mutating virus. The western concept of personal freedom being supreme made it difficult for public order to be enforced. All these factors are contributing causes to the rapid spread of disease in that country.
Would Italy be the same joyous place I read about in this book after this pandemic ends?
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