It should be painfully obvious to anyone who actually reads the Divine Comedy that the last portion of Hell is reserved for those who betray the people closest to them. Brutus and Cassius betrayed Caesar, and Judas betrayed Christ.
I really don't see why this group thinks that there is a need to preface the Divine Comedy in any way that it probably isn't already prefaced. Their major contention seems to be that Jewish students are forced to read it in school. In fact, their main contention seems to be with Christianity and Christian culture generally, to which I would say "then leave Italy". It's sort of like complaining about Islam in Saudi Arabia.
I really don't see why this group thinks that there is a need to preface the Divine Comedy in any way that it probably isn't already prefaced. Their major contention seems to be that Jewish students are forced to read it in school. In fact, their main contention seems to be with Christianity and Christian culture generally, to which I would say "then leave Italy". It's sort of like complaining about Islam in Saudi Arabia.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Divine Comedy is "offensive and discriminatory", says Italian NGO
- 20/03/2012 07:25:08 PM
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Duh?
- 20/03/2012 07:38:41 PM
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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
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Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam?
- 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM
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That's a really good point that I hadn't considered. I agree. *NM*
- 22/03/2012 09:05:00 AM
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Just because someone is in Hell doesn't mean you should discriminate against them
- 20/03/2012 08:23:22 PM
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Not having read any Dante is kind of hurting my ability to reply to that. 
- 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM
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- 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM
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Odd, considering you linked the "offending passages"
- 20/03/2012 11:54:34 PM
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Yes, well, I was semi-serious with the "pretending to understand Italian". 
- 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM
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- 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM
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I rather agree with you
- 21/03/2012 10:09:01 PM
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Taking the Divine Comedy off the curriculum would be like taking Shakespeare out in the UK.
- 21/03/2012 10:48:15 PM
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But some works of Flaubert aren't considered OK for compulsory reads...
- 22/03/2012 05:27:04 AM
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The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas.
- 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM
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And you don't see what's offensive about that?
- 21/03/2012 11:11:16 PM
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You are making an assumption that Dante named it after Jewish quarters.
- 21/03/2012 11:24:47 PM
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Wait, let's be clear just how bat-shit Rick Santorum crazy these assholes are.
- 21/03/2012 01:06:49 AM
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They also dont seem to realize just how many Muslim nations are calling for the eradication of Israe *NM*
- 21/03/2012 04:33:53 PM
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There's some things in that paragraph one can roll one's eyes at, aye - but that's as far as it goes
- 21/03/2012 08:06:32 PM
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Are you serious?! Did you read the whole paragraph?
- 21/03/2012 10:24:56 PM
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I certainly did. Though as it turns out I had not read their other articles...
- 21/03/2012 10:59:51 PM
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I saw that. Seems a little misguided
- 21/03/2012 07:04:06 AM
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That's what they're advocating. And I wouldn't know - they seem to think it is. *NM*
- 21/03/2012 08:08:53 PM
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I think that sometimes people take "politicly correct" tooooo far... *NM*
- 21/03/2012 08:20:31 AM
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Let me sum up my opinion on this as succinctly and clearly as I can:
- 21/03/2012 11:50:37 PM
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