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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 - 20/03/2012 07:25:08 PM 1479 Views
Duh? - 20/03/2012 07:38:41 PM 906 Views
It does kind of feel like we should know more about how it's taught in Italian schools. - 20/03/2012 07:50:36 PM 839 Views
The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 04:48:39 PM 1320 Views
Re: The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 07:42:54 PM 863 Views
Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam? - 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM 822 Views
That's a really good point that I hadn't considered. I agree. *NM* - 22/03/2012 09:05:00 AM 373 Views
Excellent point. - 22/03/2012 11:44:36 PM 1486 Views
I don't see why that would be the case - 23/03/2012 01:44:49 AM 873 Views
Just because someone is in Hell doesn't mean you should discriminate against them - 20/03/2012 08:23:22 PM 948 Views
Not having read any Dante is kind of hurting my ability to reply to that. - 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM 1195 Views
Odd, considering you linked the "offending passages" - 20/03/2012 11:54:34 PM 838 Views
Yes, well, I was semi-serious with the "pretending to understand Italian". - 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM 839 Views
I rather agree with you - 21/03/2012 10:09:01 PM 1019 Views
The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas. - 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM 936 Views
And you don't see what's offensive about that? - 21/03/2012 11:11:16 PM 833 Views
It was only a matter of time. I wonder, when will it end? - 20/03/2012 08:42:42 PM 1200 Views
I saw that. Seems a little misguided - 21/03/2012 07:04:06 AM 847 Views
That's the understatement of the year. - 21/03/2012 01:23:14 PM 838 Views
I think that sometimes people take "politicly correct" tooooo far... *NM* - 21/03/2012 08:20:31 AM 458 Views
Dante was also anit-italian by there logic. - 21/03/2012 04:53:50 PM 974 Views
It is the nature of comedy to be offensive. - 21/03/2012 08:42:09 PM 1080 Views
Let me sum up my opinion on this as succinctly and clearly as I can: - 21/03/2012 11:50:37 PM 813 Views

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