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The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas. Tom Send a noteboard - 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM
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.
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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Divine Comedy is "offensive and discriminatory", says Italian NGO - 20/03/2012 07:25:08 PM 1551 Views
Duh? - 20/03/2012 07:38:41 PM 974 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 896 Views
The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 04:48:39 PM 1407 Views
Re: The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 07:42:54 PM 917 Views
Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam? - 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM 896 Views
That's a really good point that I hadn't considered. I agree. *NM* - 22/03/2012 09:05:00 AM 399 Views
Excellent point. - 22/03/2012 11:44:36 PM 1549 Views
I don't see why that would be the case - 23/03/2012 01:44:49 AM 934 Views
Just because someone is in Hell doesn't mean you should discriminate against them - 20/03/2012 08:23:22 PM 1030 Views
Not having read any Dante is kind of hurting my ability to reply to that. - 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM 1270 Views
Odd, considering you linked the "offending passages" - 20/03/2012 11:54:34 PM 894 Views
Yes, well, I was semi-serious with the "pretending to understand Italian". - 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM 909 Views
I rather agree with you - 21/03/2012 10:09:01 PM 1092 Views
The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas. - 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM 989 Views
And you don't see what's offensive about that? - 21/03/2012 11:11:16 PM 904 Views
It was only a matter of time. I wonder, when will it end? - 20/03/2012 08:42:42 PM 1285 Views
I saw that. Seems a little misguided - 21/03/2012 07:04:06 AM 893 Views
That's the understatement of the year. - 21/03/2012 01:23:14 PM 900 Views
I think that sometimes people take "politicly correct" tooooo far... *NM* - 21/03/2012 08:20:31 AM 485 Views
Dante was also anit-italian by there logic. - 21/03/2012 04:53:50 PM 1031 Views
It is the nature of comedy to be offensive. - 21/03/2012 08:42:09 PM 1136 Views
Let me sum up my opinion on this as succinctly and clearly as I can: - 21/03/2012 11:50:37 PM 885 Views

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