Saturday, February 18, 2006

Italian Ministry of Reform

The Italian Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli recently flaunted a T-shirt displaying one of the controversial Muhammed cartoons on state TV this week.

Well done you Reforms Minister you! Bravo! Good for you - you stand for reform and you will flaunt any t-shirt you want to! It's all about freedom of expression.

After all, it is the
Italian Supreme Court which recently ruled that "an isolated and impulsive" pat on a woman's derriere at work did not constitute sexual harassment, and returned a verdict that a woman could not have been raped because she was wearing skin-tight jeans - it's all freedoms of expression, right?

Oh and the protest this Friday in Libya where the Italian consulate was attacked, possibly aggravated by your t-shirt, was clearly not your problem. You and your civilized & reformed t-shirt wearing choice cannot be held accountable for such uncivilized reaction!

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