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Italian Ban On Public Privates-Scratching
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| 28 Feb 2008
| Anon
Posted on 02/27/2008 6:47:32 PM PST by BlackVeil
Italy's Court of Appeal has issued a new hands-off landmark ruling - outlawing men from scratching their crotches in public.
The ruling says that blatant scratching or holding is "an act contrary to decorum and public decency".
Superstitious Italian men often hold or touch their private parts for good luck when they see a hearse or to ward off bad luck - the equivalent of touching wood in Britain.
Italy's Court of Appeal in Rome made the judgement after listening to the appeal of a 42-year-old man from Como who had been fined 200 euros for gross indeceny at a hearing in May last year.
His defence lawyer had argued that his client - a mechanic - had been mereley adjusting himself in his overalls and nothing else.
However, the appeal was overturned by the judges who said in their ruling hat: "The touching of genitalia in public is a sign of ill manners and must be considered against public decency.
"The rules of social etiquette require all of us to abstain from what might be considered offensive to public decorum."
The ruling added that touching or scratching below the belt risked causing "awkwardness, disgust and disapproval in the average man".
The man's 200 euro fine was upheld and he was also ordered to pay 1000 euros in costs.
TOPICS: Hobbies; Society
KEYWORDS: italy
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To: BlackVeil
"Superstitious Italian men often hold or touch their private parts for good luck when they see a hearse..." So an Italian funeral has both pall bearers and ball bearers...?
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posted on
02/28/2008 7:54:42 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack; BlackVeil; Clemenza; Xenalyte; JRios1968
“You wanta pizza me? Fogeddaboudit!”
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posted on
02/28/2008 8:16:03 AM PST
by
Froufrou
To: Hegemony Cricket; JamesP81; weegee; Red Badger; RexBeach; pissant; RockinRight; Hoodlum91; ...
Cheerful thinking of you ping!
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posted on
02/28/2008 8:18:00 AM PST
by
Froufrou
To: Froufrou
His defence lawyer had argued that his client - a mechanic - had been mereley adjusting himself in his overalls and nothing else.
Man, there is nothing worse than being pointed the wrong way.
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posted on
02/28/2008 8:47:21 AM PST
by
JamesP81
("I am against "zero tolerance" policies. It is a crutch for idiots." --FReeper Tenacious 1)
To: Froufrou
I read that Italian hearses are all fitted with the latest Pirelli tires...dago through mud, dago through snow, but when dago flat, dago “wop, wop, wop.”
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posted on
02/28/2008 8:51:36 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: BlackVeil; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; najida; r-q-tek86; blackie; ...
Things that make you shake your head....PING!!!
To: BlackVeil
Geez...if it itches, it itches.
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posted on
02/28/2008 9:29:47 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson. The next best place for Fred.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
The rule doesn’t apply to me because I’m not Italian.
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posted on
02/28/2008 9:36:08 AM PST
by
Enterprise
((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Great Double Anton Dray there
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posted on
02/28/2008 9:41:41 AM PST
by
Rightly Biased
(Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
To: Rightly Biased
"Great Double Anton Dray there" SHHHHHH....
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
02/28/2008 10:45:36 AM PST
by
Froufrou
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Political correctness is taking over the world!!
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posted on
02/28/2008 11:29:03 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: dighton
This ban will come as a severe shock and hindrance to all Italian baseball players.
To: BlackVeil
Superstitious Italian men often hold or touch their private parts for good luck when they see a hearse or to ward off bad luck - the equivalent of touching wood in Britain. Nope... Not gonna say it... Nope...
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posted on
02/28/2008 11:51:04 AM PST
by
MortMan
(Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
To: Dad x 3
“Woke Up With Wood”
By ZZ Top.
When I woke up this morning
I was feeling mighty good.
My baby understood had to do what she should
lying near a pile of wood.
Laying it on some,
playing with it some
when I, I woke up with wood.
I was lying there thinking ‘bout basketball
trying not to lose my mind
my baby came to help and I let out a yell,
she grabbed me from behind.
Laying on it some,
playing with it some
when I, I woke up with wood.
Beauty queens fall in trances,
debutantes lose their furs.
But it felt so good from where they stood,
they were working on a pile of wood.
Laying on it some,
playing with it some
when I, I woke up with wood.
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posted on
02/28/2008 11:54:02 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Save the crab louse! Ban the brazilian!)
To: BlackVeil
Hey Yo!! I got your ban on public privates scratching right here!!!
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posted on
02/28/2008 12:03:59 PM PST
by
4yearlurker
(We are the vehicles and God is the driver.)
To: BlackVeil
the equivalent of touching wood in Britain.Sometimes the jokes just write themselves!
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posted on
02/28/2008 12:28:49 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Cloverfield 2008! Why vote for a lesser monster?)
To: callisto
If it’s illegal to scratch yourself what if you get a hand from a friend?
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posted on
02/28/2008 4:55:24 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Grizzled Bear
A friend in need is a friend indeed!
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posted on
02/29/2008 5:53:38 PM PST
by
callisto
(CONGRESS.SYS corrupted...Re-boot Washington DC (Y/N)?)
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