Gabriele Paolini, an Italian activist, was jailed this week for 5 months for offending the state religion.
Gabriele became famous for his antics behind the camera on Italian television:
Gabriele said he was only promoting the use of the condoms after a dear friend of his died of AIDS.
But, his desire for attention may more accurately describe his behavior.
AKI Kronos reported:
An Italian activist and TV personality has been sentenced to five months in jail for calling the late Pope John Paul II 'gay' and offending state religion.In Italy they jail their unhinged activists.
In 2005 Gabriele Paolini positioned himself behind a live TV broadcast in Rome and yelled 'offensive' words against the Pope, calling him gay, as the state television channel RAI was updating its viewers about the pontiff's delicate health.
Italian law forbids the interruption of a public service and any offenders can be punished with up to one year in jail. Anyone found guilty of offending Christianity, Italy's state religion, can be punished with up to two years in prison.
Paolini, 33, began interrupting TV broadcasts, advocating safe sex and the use of the condom, after his best friend died of AIDS because he had unprotected sex with a prostitute.
In the US they run for Congress.
...Or, as Juandos pointed out, president.
"In the US they run for Congress...
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This law is insane and a joke.
ReplyDeleteThis is why one needs a separation of church and state, and no legal basis preventing the criticism of religion. A perfect example of why a religious law and democracy don't mix.
One of the biggest American mistakes in Iraq was allowing Sharia law and Political Islam, both of which are antithetical to Democratic processes to be incorporated/influence the Iraqi Constitution.
The same problem exists in Afghanistan...
And we know Islamists in Italy will use the various religious laws to silence criticism and introspection of their groups.
ReplyDeletemister ghost, Italy isn't America and what passes for democracy over there is a Democrat's dream over here...
ReplyDeleteThe Italians might best be described as democratic socialists but 'socialists' is really the operative word here...
That guy just popped up all over, it was sort of amusing.
ReplyDeleteNow I can see getting charged for being a public nuisance, but not for what he says, oh, that happens also in Canada, but not by the legal courts, by the human rights 'kangaroo' courts. Here it's not about religion, it's about hurting someone's feelings.
How very Islamofascistic of the government of Italy AND the EXTREMELY corrupt Vatican who other than DECADES of child molestation, the FILTH going on in their Vatican bank, and much more, they dare to impose this kind of Mullah'istic' censorship on Italians. Then the world is up in arms about why the University students at Sapienza university in Rome tell the Pope that he's not welcome to come and speak there? He doesn't deserve it...the Vatican's STUCK IT to Italians for centuries and time has come for them to put up and shut up. They're so retarded that they cannot FORGIVE the great scientist Galileo, and then what, the world should mind their mouths and keep their opinions to themselves because a bunch of arrogant red-robed religionists are going to be offended? PLEASE! Also, what...if this guy calls the Pope gay, does that immediately make the guy, gay? Come on, who gives a TOSS about the hurt feelings of ANY religionist control freak anymore? Not that the lunatic institutionalized atheists are any better. ANYONE who is a sheep, follower of some collectivist garbage ideology, religion, cult.
ReplyDeleteUmm the law was put in place because of the Muslims. It is the same law that had Oriana Fallaci brought up on charges for daring to write negatively about Islam. It has nothing to do with the bad old Catholic church or the "state religion" but by all means, folks should take every opportunity they can to bash the Catholic church and, btw, tarnish all Catholic priests for the actions of a very small minority. I guess you like to tarnish all of our soldiers for the few at Abu Ghraib, too.
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