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These are two of the three teens that stood up to Anders Brevik. The third gave his life. They went on to save 23 people that day. Few news outlets reported it. The three teens were Muslims. Anders Breivik, a Norwegian radical Right-wing Christian. killed 77 people and wounded 151. Most of his victims were Christians from the political left. Many of them were teenagers. The only people who stood up to him were 3 Muslim teenagers who began throwing stones at him. One hit Breivik hard in the head and he finally shot and killed one of the three. The other two, Movsar Zyamaev and Rustam Daudov, fled and went on to save 23 people during the massacre. [1] When Movsar called his father from his cell phone, his father urged him to be brave, stay and to try and save as many people as he could. Anders Breivik turned himself in and eventually pleaded insanity but was convicted on terrorism charges and sentenced to 21 years in prison (though there are appeals to keep him in prison for life). Even though he was convicted for terrorism, he is mostly referred to in the media as a “Mass Killer” or “Mass Murderer”. He is almost never referred to as a “terrorist”. In memory of the unnamed Muslim teen who lost his life defending others. [1] http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44142988/ns/world_news-europe/t/report-teens-threw-stones-norway-mass-killer/

NOW. I’m Italian. Italians are always perceived as the messy, loud, uneducated, rude, dirty ones. (let’s not talk about the mafia stereotype, because I don’t want to get more furious than this right now) Of course, because of this, everyone can make fun of us, everyone can call us names, they can say we’re ignorant and shit, and you know what? that’s okay, you can do this. Sure. But you can’t come here, in Rome holy shit, and trash the only good thing left of this country : our culture. You ABSOLUTELY can’t come to Rome and damage THE MOTHERFUCKING BERNINI’S FOUNTAIN IN PIAZZA DI SPAGNA (which, by the way, had been restored like a few months ago). And now, thanks to the lovely dutch hooligans, that’s all gone. Do you know how much we paid that restoration? 200.000 euros. 200.000 motherfucking euros. Gone. Wasted. Now, I understand that some people could be like “yeah but that’s a one time thing” but no, shit, this is not the first time it happens. A few months ago a French man tried to steal a piece of a wall. OF POMPEI. Two Irish men, a few weeks ago, damaged the Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle. I could go on forever with this shit, I don’t even care anymore of where those people come from. I JUST WANT YOU TO RESPECT US. And if you really can’t respect Italians, respect our culture at least. Because that’s all we have. And remember that this country is not your souvenir shop. You can’t come here and have a bath in the Venice’s canals, you can’t steal pieces of wall from Pompei. You can’t trash Roma because your team is playing in the city. You can’t do that. You. Can’t. Do. That.

I stood in this exact spot and took the poor quality phone camera version of this photo and ahhhhh I miss Amsterdam so much