[RichieLion]

I thought it was funny and I'm of 100% Italian descent. I also am 100% American, and it was my grandparents who were born Italian but died American, and my father and uncles who protected their country in WWII. I didn't get the sense that your thread was demeaning Italians, but instead, kind of praising them in an kinda Soprano's spoof.

It's the same thing I don't understand when Native American's object to the use of sports teams who want to show their fierceness by comparing themselves to Native American Warriors. I would be a little bit proud of that. (maybe Redskins is a little much, but that's the only one that too close to being offensive, in my non-native American opinion)