I, for one, are certainly not ashamed. But I admit I might be biased as well... As well as nearly everybody around :D

> the only italians that voted and will vote again for Berlusconi are:

you Sir, are dead wrong, I am afraid

"most Italians you know"

Have you ever heard of the Shy Tory Factor?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shy_Tory_Factor

Also, there is the fact that most people dissatisfied with something or someone DO express their opinion, while most people who ARE satisfied, DON'T

BTW I am one of those who vote Berlusconi.

I believe you are right (just checked the "official" spelling), though in Italy we have always used Tienanmen. After all, it's just a translation of a word in another language with different characters... Mistakes do happen. Let's hope that it stays uncensored. Regards

that's because it's "tiEnanmen", not "tiAnanmen"

http://images.google.cn/images?hl=zh-CN&safe=active&um=1&sa=1&q=tienanmen+square+tank+man&btnG=Google+%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2&aq=f&oq=&start=0

My Toyota Yaris does (GPS-speed) about 3 km/h less than what the speedometer shows, which is actually quite good, as the typical error is about 10 km/h or so.

Never had any problem with "engine surges". I don't have cruise control nor an automatic stick, here in Italy cars typically have gear sticks.