If you have a go at saying “Politicians are thieving”, the response is “Not all of them”. If you point out that car drivers don’t respect pedestrian crossings (and someone kills a pedestrian), the response is “Not all of them”. If you explain that Napolitano signed Berlusconi’s shameful laws, from the Lodo Alfano to the Fiscal Shield, the response is “Not all of them”, in this case you make a big effort to remember what he did not sign, there must be one .... If you state that the jounalists financed with public money are on the payroll of the parties and the lobbies, the response is always “Not all of them”. If you say that you never see a local police officer when you need one, “Not all of them”. Anyone who replies “Not all of them”, never names names. They don’t tell you what the exceptions are. They give you a smile that explains and doesn’t explain and they look at you as though to say “You’re truly a shitty populist! One that tars everyone with the same brush!”. You stand there, bewildered, and you cannot find a word to say in return. But then you have another go and say “Those living near to incinerators are dying of cancer”, and you already know that the other wil respond “Not all of them” and you wish him the most lethal pathology that you can think of. You start again with “In Northern Italy the mafia has inflitrated the public bodies”, and you are certain they will say “Not all of them” citing Ms Moratti who was astonished about the existence of the 'ndrangheta (do they really exist?). The “not-all-of-them-ist” would even deny the existence of a metastasis that has spread to all the organs of the body by clinging on to the only healthy cell remaining. If you keep going on about “The socialists were stealing”, he’ll respond “Not all of them”. You are astounded, but you don’t give up and you spit out: “In Parliament there are mafia-guys - the Lega-people are turncoats - Italian local authorities have debts of billions of euro”. He, unrelenting, comes back with “Not all of them” Certainly not all of them, but certainly the majority of them. It’s impossible that all are. In fact, it’s a law of nature, if everyone were a thief, there’d no longer be any honest person to steal from. If everyone were a mafia-guy, who would they get the “pizzo” from? He who responds “Not all of them” is an old mole, a peeping tom, the lookaout during a robbery. The more they fuck him up, the happier he is.

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