It is not Vladimir Putin who is threatening the world. It’s not the war in Ukraine that’s giving South Tyroleans sleepless nights.
No. The greatest danger threatening South Tyrolean society these days is the violent “youth gangs’, which indiscriminately beat up people all over the country and threatened South Tyrol’s ‘ideal world’ in the long term.
If you look at the journalistic flagships of the Athesia media group, we are already living in a state of emergency in this country.
A look at the newspapers on Saturday, February 26, 2022 makes that clear. In the Dolomites is published on the Bolzano district website under the title “Adults intervene. Brawl: Young people fight each other“ reported about an alleged brawl on the Bozner Talferwiesen. The article says about this:
„Recently, organized gangs of thugs have increased their level of violence. Only last Saturday there was an attack on a Merano handball player. The day before, a group of young people from Terlano in the center of Bolzano had been first insulted and then attacked by a gang; knives were also involved.“
Four pages later it says in the Dolomites: “Carnival party ends in a nightmare. Violence: Gang of young people beats participants of a celebration in Margreid to the hospital.” Also here the introduction:
“Recently, there has been a lot of talk of organized gangs of young people – often with a migrant background – showing up in front of discotheques and clubs and attacking local youth with brute force and for no apparent reason.”
Who wants to be left behind? On the Merano page of the South Tyrolean newspaper: “Youth rampage at the nonsensical. City center: Meraner attacked in the Aurora Passage with bottles, aerosol cans and airsoft bullets – “Urban guerrilla“
The article then reports, among other things, about a serious crime: “Only in the morning did a completely drunk 15-year-old girl urinate in the corner“.
But that’s not all. Below this war report is a large interview with the mother of a 14 year old who was allegedly beaten by a 13 year old. The title; “More afraid of minors than adults”
If you look at the journalistic flagships of the Athesia media group, we are already living in a state of emergency in this country.
The same only in Italian im “South Tyrol”. There, on the front page of the same incident, it says: “Girl beaten by her thirteen year old rival “. The article reads: “Brutal assault on a girl from Merano by a thirteen-year-old she had met months before and who had denigrated her in a chat.“
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Because that is apparently not enough, the Ebner newspaper also publishes a video of the entire fight on its homepage.
That according to the “Treviso Charter” this media voyeurism in the case of minors is forbidden and sanctioned by law, apparently bothers the publishing house of the Christian brothers little. It will be interesting to see whether the local chamber of journalists will dare to take official action against the large media group.
It will be interesting to see whether the local chamber of journalists will dare to take official action against the large media group.
For weeks, this campaign has been carried out consciously and strategically in the media of the Athesia Group. All items are with the logo developed years ago “Stop the Violence” garnished and the subtitle “Have you also suffered an assault? File a complaint. write us“. If you click on it, you will be sent directly to the mail from the Dolomiten editorial team.
Violence and blood is good for newspaper sales. It’s all about this.
Months ago it was still the “baby gangs” that, starting from Leifers, were made into a nationwide problem. In the meantime, the alleged delinquents have gotten a little older. The mere fact that ten young people meet somewhere or move together makes them a “gang” today.
Violence and blood is good for newspaper sales. It’s all about this.
Of course, the Weinbergweg calculates with the political explosive power of this campaign. The game always works. For days, the parties have been outdoing each other with press releases on youth violence. ” While violence in other countries is always quickly condemned, the violence on South Tyrol’s streets is played down and glossed over. What needs to happen before there is an appropriate response to the violence against the local population?‘ rumbles the Freedom Party Vice Chairwoman Ulli Mair and called for the withdrawal of social benefits for the parents of violent youths.
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The statistics and experts say exactly the opposite: the leading judge on Bolzano Juvenile Court Benno Baumgartner confirms that delinquent young people are getting younger and younger, but that violence among young people is by no means increasing significantly, but rather is declining. Likewise he has Bozner Quästor Giancarlo Pallini labeled the youth gangs as “not real criminals”.
Let’s go back in time 40 years. There wasn’t a meadow festival where at least one person didn’t pull another’s parting with a beer mug. There wasn’t a Saturday in discotheques like Juwel, Apres or I-Punkt without at least one brawl. The violent arguments between us „Tschöggl“ and the “Shangaioli” were just as much a part of growing up as the provocative appearance as a teenager with actions that would bring us straight to prison today.
The difference. At that time there were no mobile phone filmmakers and no Dolomites or Alto Adige to fill their pages with.
Today’s youth generation has already lost 3 years of their youth to the pandemic. They therefore do not deserve to be pilloried by the media now.
One should not downplay violence. But you shouldn’t exaggerate every fight and argument among your peers into a gang war either.
Today’s youth generation has already lost 3 years of their youth to the pandemic. They therefore deserve all the less to be pilloried by the media now.
Because these young people are far better than those who are now raising the moral index finger of indignation and effective in the media “stop the violence” demand.
At the same time they count the pieces of silver in their pockets.
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