SICILY — The authorities have DECLARED WAR on freedom and common sense at Mount Etna. In a SCANDALOUS power grab, local bureaucrats have SHUT DOWN the iconic lava flow tours, crushing local livelihoods and robbing thousands of their right to witness nature’s raw power. Outraged guides, striking for the first time in DECADES, accuse the state of using “safety” as a pretext for CONTROL, paralyzing an entire industry with EXCESSIVE restrictions they call a “professional death sentence.”
While officials cower behind desks, experts insist the slow-moving lava poses NO DANGER to towns. Yet NOW, tourists are held at a shocking 660-foot distance, night viewing is BANNED, and groups are tracked by DRONES like criminals. This isn’t protection—it’s the NANNY STATE run amok, treating adults like children and turning a majestic natural spectacle into a sterilized, government-monitored theme park.
Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has drawn the brave and curious for centuries. Today, it stands as a monument to RISK-AVERSE TYRANNY. The chilling message from Catania is clear: your sense of wonder is a threat to be managed, your adventure a liability to be erased. One tourist lamented the cancellation, a sentiment echoed across the stricken region.
The true eruption here isn’t lava—it’s the suffocating overreach of a government so fearful of life itself, it would rather extinguish human experience than dare to manage a manageable risk. In the shadow of the volcano, the slow death of liberty is now the greatest threat of all.
Author: Kayitsi.com
