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The most ignorant statement of the day. MightyYT Send a noteboard - 21/03/2012 04:48:39 PM

I think that's going a bit far - in this case the offensive content was quite deliberate and intended that way, after all.


Here is one of the major problems with Political Correctness and why idiots always lead the charge. They choose to take offense at things.

The Divine Comedy is not offensive in those respects. It pretty clearly explains why Judas is where he his and why Muhammad (How the fuck do we spell his name now? I swear it changes every couple of months,)is where he is. In fact, it is more clear than the use of Nigger in Huck Finn because it actually explains what is going on in each level of hell and why the souls in that level are there.

Deliberate, you bet. Intended to give offense? Stupid.
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Divine Comedy is "offensive and discriminatory", says Italian NGO Legolas - 20/03/2012 07:25:08 PM 1533 Views
Duh? Ghavrel - 20/03/2012 07:38:41 PM 947 Views
It does kind of feel like we should know more about how it's taught in Italian schools. Legolas - 20/03/2012 07:50:36 PM 873 Views
The most ignorant statement of the day. MightyYT - 21/03/2012 04:48:39 PM 1374 Views
Re: The most ignorant statement of the day. Legolas - 21/03/2012 07:42:54 PM 896 Views
Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam? Tom - 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM 871 Views
That's a really good point that I hadn't considered. I agree. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/03/2012 09:05:00 AM 389 Views
Excellent point. Cannoli - 22/03/2012 11:44:36 PM 1533 Views
I don't see why that would be the case LadyLorraine - 23/03/2012 01:44:49 AM 918 Views
Just because someone is in Hell doesn't mean you should discriminate against them Tom - 20/03/2012 08:23:22 PM 999 Views
Not having read any Dante is kind of hurting my ability to reply to that. Legolas - 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM 1245 Views
Odd, considering you linked the "offending passages" Tom - 20/03/2012 11:54:34 PM 872 Views
Yes, well, I was semi-serious with the "pretending to understand Italian". Legolas - 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM 885 Views
I rather agree with you DomA - 21/03/2012 10:09:01 PM 1065 Views
Taking the Divine Comedy off the curriculum would be like taking Shakespeare out in the UK. Tom - 21/03/2012 10:48:15 PM 878 Views
But some works of Flaubert aren't considered OK for compulsory reads... DomA - 22/03/2012 05:27:04 AM 859 Views
The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas. Tom - 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM 971 Views
And you don't see what's offensive about that? Legolas - 21/03/2012 11:11:16 PM 886 Views
You are making an assumption that Dante named it after Jewish quarters. Tom - 21/03/2012 11:24:47 PM 1295 Views
Wait, let's be clear just how bat-shit Rick Santorum crazy these assholes are. Tom - 21/03/2012 01:06:49 AM 974 Views
They also dont seem to realize just how many Muslim nations are calling for the eradication of Israe *NM* MightyYT - 21/03/2012 04:33:53 PM 557 Views
There's some things in that paragraph one can roll one's eyes at, aye - but that's as far as it goes Legolas - 21/03/2012 08:06:32 PM 848 Views
Are you serious?! Did you read the whole paragraph? Tom - 21/03/2012 10:24:56 PM 861 Views
I certainly did. Though as it turns out I had not read their other articles... Legolas - 21/03/2012 10:59:51 PM 915 Views
The way you read it certainly does lessen the impact... Tom - 21/03/2012 11:09:23 PM 843 Views
It was only a matter of time. I wonder, when will it end? Dan - 20/03/2012 08:42:42 PM 1262 Views
I saw that. Seems a little misguided Camilla - 21/03/2012 07:04:06 AM 872 Views
That's the understatement of the year. Tom - 21/03/2012 01:23:14 PM 882 Views
That's what they're advocating. And I wouldn't know - they seem to think it is. *NM* Legolas - 21/03/2012 08:08:53 PM 365 Views
I think that sometimes people take "politicly correct" tooooo far... *NM* aragornital - 21/03/2012 08:20:31 AM 480 Views
Dante was also anit-italian by there logic. MightyYT - 21/03/2012 04:53:50 PM 1013 Views
It is the nature of comedy to be offensive. Nate - 21/03/2012 08:42:09 PM 1117 Views
Let me sum up my opinion on this as succinctly and clearly as I can: LadyLorraine - 21/03/2012 11:50:37 PM 865 Views
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