Comedian Sabina Guzzanti 'insulted Pope'

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Insulting the Pope carries the same penalty as insulting the President.
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This is outrageous! Where is freedom of speech?

I don’t agree with her statements. I found them funny, and they were supposed to be. It was at a COMEDY SHOW!!! People need to be able to laugh at themselves sometimes. This reaction is unhealthy.
However, many people were strongly critical. Paolo Guzzanti, Ms Guzzanti’s father and a centre Right MP, said the move was "a return to the Middle Ages”.
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“Perhaps my daughter should be submitted to the judgement of God by being made to walk on hot coals,” he added.
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Antonio Di Pietro, a senator and former anti-corruption magistrate, who organised the rally, said that Ms Guzzanti had only "exercised her constitutional right to freedom of thought.
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“You can agree or not agree with what she said — and personally I didn’t — but to put people in prison for what they think is reminiscent of a time when those who thought differently had castor oil poured down their throats” — a reference to the Fascist era, when the Laterna Treaty was enacted.
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Middle Ages indeed!!!:mad:
 
blacktiger057 said:
This is outrageous! Where is freedom of speech?

I don’t agree with her statements. I found them funny, and they were supposed to be. It was at a COMEDY SHOW!!! People need to be able to laugh at themselves sometimes. This reaction is unhealthy.

Middle Ages indeed!!!:mad:
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Actually in Italy it’s against the law to say anything against religion.
 
FightingFat said:
Comedian Sabina Guzzanti ‘insulted Pope’ in ‘poofter devils’ gag -Times Online

"An Italian comedienne who said that Pope Benedict XVI would go to Hell and be tormented by homosexual demons is facing a prison term of up to five years. "

Anyone heard anything about this? Can the Pope be happy with this response? Could one draw parallels to the cartoons of Mohummad? How does this relate to freedom of speech?
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Italy has anti-blaspemy laws. I think she may have known that?

Anyway, it’s terrible to joke about anyone going to Hell, Pope or not, but especially the Vicar of Christ.

I think it would be a nice gesture if the Pope forgives her and asks for her release though. But he probably hasn’t heard about it.
 
blacktiger057 said:
This is outrageous! Where is freedom of speech?

I don’t agree with her statements. I found them funny, and they were supposed to be. It was at a COMEDY SHOW!!! People need to be able to laugh at themselves sometimes. This reaction is unhealthy.

Middle Ages indeed!!!:mad:
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This is not the US which has freedom of speech but Italy which has limits on speech. I don’t know what you found funny and it wasn’t meant to be funny. It was meant to deride the Pope and the Church. It was not at a comedy show but a rally against the Church.
 
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