“In a landmark judgement with far-reaching social implications, Italy’s highest appeals court has ruled it is a criminal offence for Italian men to touch their genitals in public.”
How’s that for a lead paragraph? The Guardian reports that:
“The judges of the court of cassation stressed that the ban did not just apply to brazen crotch-scratching, but also to what might be termed superstitious pre-emption. Anyone who has seen a hearse go past in Italy, or been part of a discussion in which some terrible illness or disaster is mentioned, will know it is traditional for men to ward off bad luck with a quick grab at what are delicately called their ‘attributi.’”
Finally. It’s about time the Italian penal system grew some balls and took justice firmly in hand.
2 responses so far ↓
1 maya // Mar 5, 2008 at 5:54 pm
!!!
2 Moatasim // Mar 8, 2008 at 1:31 pm
what do we do then ?!! we gotta grab something ! lol
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