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Banned: Sticking out your tongue is now illegal in Italy
Published by newsfreak
December 20, 2009 at 03:13
All throughout history, people use different means of gestures to insult others - fingers, tongues, etc. but none of those have been considered illegal till recently when the highest court in Italy ruled sticking out your tongue as illegal.
The case brought before the Cassation Court involved a farmer whose tongue gesture was captured by a cellphone camera held by the neighbor with whom he was arguing. The farmer, Carlo O., had been convicted by a justice of the peace of insulting the neighbor, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
The Cassation Court let stand the conviction and ordered Carlo O. to pay his neighbor's court costs of $1,863.81. He will also have to pay damages, which will be set in a different trial, the news agency said Friday.
Source: www.upi.com
I wonder if Italy should just ban all insulting gestures but on second thought, what about the extreme gratification of flipping a finger to a reckless driver?
Comment by
ezdude1970
December 21, 2009 at 15:10
i wonder how much that brilliant law is going to cost Italian taxpayers? the money would be better spend perfecting those pizza recipes.
Comment by
Fred C
December 20, 2009 at 11:32
Right on. How is a tongue different than a fingure? italian courts are more messed up than even American courts.
Mizozo
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