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Italy is a laughable country, so ridiculous that people able to show how much Italy is laughable have to be silenced. Dario Fo is a Nobel laureate whose works should be studied in school until first grade school, but cannot even speak at the University of Milan. On public televisions he vanished decades ago, apart from rare appearances. Daniele Luttazzi, Beppe Grillo and Sabina Guzzanti are comedians, but the term for them is an understatement.Italy is a laughable country, so ridiculous that people able to show how much Italy is... more
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An Italian comedienne faces prosecution for insulting the Pope, an offence that carries a prison sentence of up to five years.
Sabina Guzzanti, noted for her sharp satirical wit and lampoons of the powerful, is accused of "offending the honour of the sacred and inviolable person" of Pope Benedict XVI at a rally in Rome in July at which opposition leaders accused Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister and media tycoon, of passing ad personam laws to protect his own interests and avoid prosecution for alleged corruption.
Speakers at the rally on Piazza Navona also protested against excessive interference by the Vatican and the Catholic Church in Italian affairs, from abortion to gay rights. Ms Guzzanti, noted for her satirical impersonations of Mr Berlusconi, told the crowd that within 20 years Italian teachers would be vetted and chosen by the Vatican.
She added: "But then 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." Giovanni Ferrara, the Rome prosecutor, said that he had asked Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Justice, for permission to proceed with a prosecution. An Italian comedienne faces prosecution for insulting the Pope, an offence that... more
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