How do you say “the mother of stupid people is always pregnant” and therefore we must resign ourselves to the idea that there will always be some around to do damage. Just as happens with all the rubbish that is abandoned everywhere, just like when they attack public goods, available to the community, as in the case stigmatized in the following note. Obviously “resign yourself“, so to speak, in the sense that a physiological share will persevere beyond any effort that can be made, but it is clear that it is always appropriate and necessary to be indignant and try to monitor and report when attitudes and/or episodes should manifest before our eyes. And always hoping that we can always identify the culprits and make them pay for the damages. Returning to today’s case, the municipal administration of Matera, “expresses indignation and regret for the serious act of vandalism that took place on the municipal basketball court in Piazza degli Olmi, where unknown persons tore up the basketball baskets, effectively preventing the use of the structure by the many children who spend their free time there on summer days . A very serious gesture, because it prevents young people from socializing and nurturing the healthy culture of sport in the city of the Sassi. Spaces to be protected in every way, certainly not to be inhibited with acts of incivility like this.”
«It is always important to talk to kids, rather than give in to such gestures by offering bad examples. – comments Mayor Domenico Bennardi – We will certainly put the baskets back together, but it is good to remember that those are places for socialization and healthy sporting activity. So we will try to prevent these actions from happening again, as has unfortunately already happened in the recent past.” Yesterday (Friday) councilor Materdomini was alerted by representatives of the Italian Union of Sport for All (Uisp), which has its own headquarters there and this evening will host a flashmob of condemnation and awareness, so that no one can carry out acts of incivility, damaging moreover, the public heritage.” The comment of the sports councilor Antonio Materdomini was also harsh, declaring: «I am truly furious at this infamous and cowardly gesture on the part of those who, most likely dissatisfied with their lives, displaying such a low level of intelligence, can only express themselves in this way. Dismantling the irons and nets of the basketball hoops in the Piazza degli Olmi playground must have been a source of satisfaction for me. Having done something like this shows, however, that he is a complete idiot. After the prompt intervention of the local police, we have already started the procedures on Friday (the day the incident occurred) to try to track down the culprit via surveillance cameras, and I sincerely hope he can be identified and punished as soon as possible. That basketball court, which we named after a young athlete from Matera who recently passed away, will once again become a place of aggregation, joy, sport and fun for our kids. Indeed, with the expression of interest for the assignment of the neighborhood pitches, which we will publish as soon as the offices have completed all the procedures, we will enhance it even more as Uisp did inside Piazza degli Olmi, creating a place of aggregation , sport and urban redevelopment».
Today, around 6-6.30pm, a flash mob of the UISP – which has its headquarters in this square of the city – is expected to take place to condemn the vandalism.
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