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2009-10-07 10:25:20

#1

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6842

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europ … index.html

Legislation Silvio 'Shithead' Berlusconi introduced that made him free from prosecution has been deemed unconstitutional by the Italian Supreme Court. A sad chapter in the history of Italy is over and they can now hold their heads up high from their previous status as 'worrisome laughing stock banana republic' of the EU. This man is quite possibly one of the slimiest and most detestable humans in all of Europe.

2009-10-07 10:50:26

#2

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6908|London, England

Yeah, alot of fucked up shit happens in the political ongoings in Italy, giving a guy immunity just because he's PM would put Italy right in the same league with all those African countries on the other side of the Med.

How the hell this guy keeps getting voted in, either he rigs the elections or I dunno

2009-10-07 10:57:33

#3

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6148

he must be bribing all the married men that if they don't vote for him he'll sleep with their wives.

2009-10-07 11:04:55

#4

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6611|New Haven, CT

What a pathetic piece of trash. Major props to the Constitutional Court for not compromising the principles of their consitution. He needs to govern without worrying about the rules? How stupid does he think people are?

2009-10-07 11:11:16

#5

mcgid1: Meh...; +129|7004|Austin, TX/San Antonio, TX

A leader who needs to make a law exempting himself from the law should not be leading at all. How the hell did this guy get into power?

2009-10-07 11:26:15

#6

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|6958|UK

mcgid1 wrote:
A leader who needs to make a law exempting himself from the law should not be leading at all. How the hell did this guy get into power?

exactly what i thought when he was proposing it.

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2009-10-07 11:31:27

#7

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6037|شمال

Mafia tbh

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2009-10-07 11:43:17

#8

Wreckognize: Member; +294|6772

My Italian teacher once told us Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's version of George Bush.

2009-10-07 11:45:46

#9

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

Wreckognize wrote:
My Italian teacher once told us Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's version of George Bush.

Did you tell your italian teacher that she was a twit for discussing politics in a language class?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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2009-10-07 11:46:38

#10

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6908|London, England

Wreckognize wrote:
My Italian teacher once told us Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's version of George Bush.

He honestly seems worse than George Bush, someone like Silvio would be impeached within a few weeks

2009-10-07 11:47:42

#11

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6037|شمال

Wreckognize wrote:
My Italian teacher once told us Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's version of George Bush.

He is wrong. Berlusconi is a wise guy. Bush was... a thug?

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2009-10-07 11:49:08

#12

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6968|Disaster Free Zone

JohnG@lt wrote:
Wreckognize wrote:
My Italian teacher once told us Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's version of George Bush.
Did you tell your italian teacher that she was a twit for discussing politics in a language class?

Last time I did a 'language' class culture was discussed quite a bit.

2009-10-07 11:50:12

#13

ruisleipa: Member; +149|6509|teh FIN-land

JohnG@lt wrote:
Wreckognize wrote:
My Italian teacher once told us Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's version of George Bush.
Did you tell your italian teacher that she was a twit for discussing politics in a language class?

seems like a good idea to be discussing Italy in an Italian class tbh...

2009-10-07 11:51:36

#14

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ruisleipa wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Wreckognize wrote:
My Italian teacher once told us Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's version of George Bush.
Did you tell your italian teacher that she was a twit for discussing politics in a language class?
seems like a good idea to be discussing Italy in an Italian class tbh...

Specially italian people. They always talk politics. They also hate Berlusconi.

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2009-10-07 11:57:21

#15

cl4u53w1t2: Salon-Bolschewist; +269|6760|Kakanien

i've always wondered why the italians vote for berlusconi

and i've always wondered how one could watch italian tv shows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2oh3h3DvY0

2009-10-07 11:57:39

#16

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

DrunkFace wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Wreckognize wrote:
My Italian teacher once told us Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's version of George Bush.
Did you tell your italian teacher that she was a twit for discussing politics in a language class?
Last time I did a 'language' class culture was discussed quite a bit.

Teachers aren't supposed to inject their own politics into classroom discussions. Inserting Bush's name into a discussion about how terrible Berlusconi is is a form of brainwashing. I would say the same if it was a teacher telling her kids how terrible Obama is. It doesn't have any place in school.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-07 12:02:36

#17

ruisleipa: Member; +149|6509|teh FIN-land

In general thats true but y'know it's not brainwashing if she only said it once is it? And I'd imagine the kids were probably pretty old if they were discussing Berlusconi and Bush so maybe they can, y'know, just make up their own minds? I'll bet in the states there's a lot of stuff in history books and so on which is very selective and also 'brainwashing'. There sure is in some countries...

oh, and it's no secret that Bush and Berlusconi were pretty close personally and policy-wise so it's not exactly a complete lie to say Berlusconi is Italy's version etc etc, is it? More factual than anything. Plus, it's only negative if you think Bush was/is a complete tosser.

plus, it would be a stupid lesson if you were never allowed to offer opinions of the prime minister of the country whose language you were learning, imo. I teach English and if my students asked me what I thought of BLair or Brown I wouldn't be afraid to tell them, so long as I prefaced it with 'This is just my opinion...'. No prob.

2009-10-08 03:51:02

#18

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6698|'Murka

cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
and i've always wondered how one could watch italian tv shows

boobies.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2009-10-08 03:55:53

#19

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6698|'Murka

ruisleipa wrote:
In general thats true but y'know it's not brainwashing if she only said it once is it? And I'd imagine the kids were probably pretty old if they were discussing Berlusconi and Bush so maybe they can, y'know, just make up their own minds? I'll bet in the states there's a lot of stuff in history books and so on which is very selective and also 'brainwashing'. There sure is in some countries...

If it were a history class or a political science class or a current events class--or any other class where the topic of recent world politics were relevant to the curriculum--then it wouldn't be an issue. The fact was, it was a language class. Where the curriculum is the instruction of the Italian language.

ruisleipa wrote:
oh, and it's no secret that Bush and Berlusconi were pretty close personally and policy-wise so it's not exactly a complete lie to say Berlusconi is Italy's version etc etc, is it? More factual than anything. Plus, it's only negative if you think Bush was/is a complete tosser.

Or if you think Berlusconi is a complete tosser. The fact is that it's a language class, not a political science class.

ruisleipa wrote:
plus, it would be a stupid lesson if you were never allowed to offer opinions of the prime minister of the country whose language you were learning, imo. I teach English and if my students asked me what I thought of BLair or Brown I wouldn't be afraid to tell them, so long as I prefaced it with 'This is just my opinion...'. No prob.

You should preface it with "I'll tell you my personal opinion after class, since this isn't a political science class."

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2009-10-08 08:09:46

#20

ruisleipa: Member; +149|6509|teh FIN-land

well its my opinion that you one good way of using language is to discuss the country whose language you are using. Still don't see what the problem is whether you give an opinion in class or out of it. It's an opinion.

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