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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 1637 Views
Duh? Ghavrel - 20/03/2012 07:38:41 PM 1042 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 958 Views
The most ignorant statement of the day. MightyYT - 21/03/2012 04:48:39 PM 1497 Views
Re: The most ignorant statement of the day. Legolas - 21/03/2012 07:42:54 PM 980 Views
Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam? Tom - 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM 959 Views
That's a really good point that I hadn't considered. I agree. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/03/2012 09:05:00 AM 423 Views
Excellent point. Cannoli - 22/03/2012 11:44:36 PM 1610 Views
I don't see why that would be the case LadyLorraine - 23/03/2012 01:44:49 AM 997 Views
Just because someone is in Hell doesn't mean you should discriminate against them Tom - 20/03/2012 08:23:22 PM 1096 Views
Not having read any Dante is kind of hurting my ability to reply to that. Legolas - 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM 1341 Views
Odd, considering you linked the "offending passages" Tom - 20/03/2012 11:54:34 PM 966 Views
Yes, well, I was semi-serious with the "pretending to understand Italian". Legolas - 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM 983 Views
I rather agree with you DomA - 21/03/2012 10:09:01 PM 1155 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 970 Views
But some works of Flaubert aren't considered OK for compulsory reads... DomA - 22/03/2012 05:27:04 AM 950 Views
The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas. Tom - 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM 1044 Views
And you don't see what's offensive about that? Legolas - 21/03/2012 11:11:16 PM 980 Views
You are making an assumption that Dante named it after Jewish quarters. Tom - 21/03/2012 11:24:47 PM 1391 Views
Wait, let's be clear just how bat-shit Rick Santorum crazy these assholes are. Tom - 21/03/2012 01:06:49 AM 1080 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 601 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 943 Views
Are you serious?! Did you read the whole paragraph? Tom - 21/03/2012 10:24:56 PM 957 Views
I certainly did. Though as it turns out I had not read their other articles... Legolas - 21/03/2012 10:59:51 PM 999 Views
The way you read it certainly does lessen the impact... Tom - 21/03/2012 11:09:23 PM 936 Views
It was only a matter of time. I wonder, when will it end? Dan - 20/03/2012 08:42:42 PM 1377 Views
I saw that. Seems a little misguided Camilla - 21/03/2012 07:04:06 AM 953 Views
That's the understatement of the year. Tom - 21/03/2012 01:23:14 PM 958 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 402 Views
I think that sometimes people take "politicly correct" tooooo far... *NM* aragornital - 21/03/2012 08:20:31 AM 510 Views
Dante was also anit-italian by there logic. MightyYT - 21/03/2012 04:53:50 PM 1093 Views
It is the nature of comedy to be offensive. Nate - 21/03/2012 08:42:09 PM 1199 Views
Let me sum up my opinion on this as succinctly and clearly as I can: LadyLorraine - 21/03/2012 11:50:37 PM 948 Views
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