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You are making an assumption that Dante named it after Jewish quarters. Tom Send a noteboard - 21/03/2012 11:24:47 PM
I'm not sure that it's a valid assumption to make, given the names given to other portions of Hell (e.g., Caina after Cain), as well as the very evident fact that the ONLY PEOPLE Dante mentions being there are Judas, Brutus and Cassius. We know from earlier on that Annas and Caiaphas are not that far down, so it's not a place for "all Jews".

I don't think that I'm sounding like Dragonsoul - I just think that if the action is merely an attempt to reduce the influence of the Catholic Church the attack is so far off target as to be absurd. Generally speaking, I don't think the rights of a religious majority should be curtailed out of fear that a text from hundreds of years ago MIGHT offend a minority if read out of context. It's really almost as stupid as the way schools in America are afraid of using the word "Christmas".
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

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Divine Comedy is "offensive and discriminatory", says Italian NGO - 20/03/2012 07:25:08 PM 1475 Views
Duh? - 20/03/2012 07:38:41 PM 902 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 835 Views
The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 04:48:39 PM 1315 Views
Re: The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 07:42:54 PM 857 Views
Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam? - 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM 820 Views
That's a really good point that I hadn't considered. I agree. *NM* - 22/03/2012 09:05:00 AM 371 Views
Excellent point. - 22/03/2012 11:44:36 PM 1484 Views
I don't see why that would be the case - 23/03/2012 01:44:49 AM 872 Views
Just because someone is in Hell doesn't mean you should discriminate against them - 20/03/2012 08:23:22 PM 941 Views
Not having read any Dante is kind of hurting my ability to reply to that. - 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM 1190 Views
Odd, considering you linked the "offending passages" - 20/03/2012 11:54:34 PM 834 Views
Yes, well, I was semi-serious with the "pretending to understand Italian". - 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM 834 Views
I rather agree with you - 21/03/2012 10:09:01 PM 1011 Views
The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas. - 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM 934 Views
And you don't see what's offensive about that? - 21/03/2012 11:11:16 PM 828 Views
You are making an assumption that Dante named it after Jewish quarters. - 21/03/2012 11:24:47 PM 1253 Views
It was only a matter of time. I wonder, when will it end? - 20/03/2012 08:42:42 PM 1198 Views
I saw that. Seems a little misguided - 21/03/2012 07:04:06 AM 844 Views
That's the understatement of the year. - 21/03/2012 01:23:14 PM 837 Views
I think that sometimes people take "politicly correct" tooooo far... *NM* - 21/03/2012 08:20:31 AM 456 Views
Dante was also anit-italian by there logic. - 21/03/2012 04:53:50 PM 973 Views
It is the nature of comedy to be offensive. - 21/03/2012 08:42:09 PM 1076 Views
Let me sum up my opinion on this as succinctly and clearly as I can: - 21/03/2012 11:50:37 PM 812 Views

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