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09-11-2008, 11:43 AM
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Comedian Faces Jail for Insulting Pope
I guess there is no freedom of speech in Italy.
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09-11-2008, 12:44 PM
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What a load of BS, never moving to italy.
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09-11-2008, 12:46 PM
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More political correctness crap!
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09-11-2008, 12:52 PM
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This has nothing to do with PC crap. This has to do with the fact that in Italy, the Pope is highly revered. This isn't a new law.
It is probably being enforced due to the fact that this comedian attack the PM and his cronyism Quote:
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09-11-2008, 12:56 PM
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. "I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up." The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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09-11-2008, 01:57 PM
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Benito Mussolini Strikes from the Grave
Benito Mussolini Strikes from the Grave
by RS Davis The Freedom Files  "...within twenty years the Pope will be where he ought to be, in Hell, tormented by great big poofter devils — and very active ones, not passive ones." Hello Freedomphiles! Are those words shocking to you? They were to one prosecutor in Italy, and now the comedian that spoke them, Sabina Guzzanti, is facing five years in prison for "offending the honour of the sacred and inviolable person" of Pope Benedict XVI. She is being tried under the 1929 Lateran Treaty - signed by Benito Mussolini - which gives the same punishment for insulting the Pope as for insulting the Italian President. Christian Democrat Luca Volonte applauded the decision, saying "gratuitous insults must be punished," and presumably went home and jacked off to pictures of Big Brother. Others are less happy about this turn of events, having felt the chill of memories of Fascism creep up their spine. Antonio Di Pietro responded that the comedian had "exercised her constitutional right to freedom of thought. You can agree or not agree with what she said — and personally I didn't — but to put people in prison for that they think is reminiscent of a time when those who thought differently had castor oil poured down their throats." Guzzanti's father naturally agreed, saying that this was "a return to the Middle Ages." He added, "Perhaps my daughter should be be submitted to the judgement of God by being made to walk on hot coals." Giovanni Ferrara, the Rome prosecutor, has asked for permission to indict her for her thought crimes, but with all the outcry, it is improbable that the Ministry of Justice will give the go-ahead. Thanks to Sam in the South for the tip.
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09-11-2008, 02:00 PM
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For thought crimes... now that is really scary.
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09-11-2008, 03:11 PM
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. "I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up." The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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09-12-2008, 01:03 PM
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Spoken like a true victim of Catholicism. The church is not a problem for Italians, btw, like it is for Americans.
Hey Ben, you know what they say about blind hookers: you gotta hand it to em
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09-14-2008, 04:16 AM
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The idea that they have a law that punishes people for offending religious leaders is disturbing. Now, if fundies got power in the United States--real power--it would probably be a lot worse than that.
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