Comments on: Berlusconite politician caught slashing disabled man's tires http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 04:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1550402 niktemadur Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1550402 In that case, it would be "unus per centum". In that case, it would be “unus per centum”.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1550016 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1550016 And here I thought it was all fixed when Rome expelled the Tarquins. And here I thought it was all fixed when Rome expelled the Tarquins.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549679 Kimmo Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549679 As if there's no national variation on that score... I'm not gonna be cramped by a cheap shot. As if there’s no national variation on that score…

I’m not gonna be cramped by a cheap shot.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549629 niktemadur Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549629  Il uno per cento.  Il uno per cento.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549615 Petzl Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549615 C'mon, criticize TP candidates (rightly) for being simple-minded idiots, not for being amoral and depraved. C’mon, criticize TP candidates (rightly) for being simple-minded idiots, not for being amoral and depraved.

]]> By: wibbled_pig http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549597 wibbled_pig Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549597 Having lived in italy for 12 years, the only thing that shocks me is how little reaction there is to these sort of things.. a few weeks of polemics, then it's back to business as usual. Having lived in italy for 12 years, the only thing that shocks me is how little reaction there is to these sort of things.. a few weeks of polemics, then it’s back to business as usual.

]]> By: Boris Bartlog http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549434 Boris Bartlog Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549434 'Italians who do pay taxes were shocked to learn of the arrest...' I might possibly believe that they were shocked by the *arrest*, but I can't believe the *crime* would shock any Italian... my brother lives there and it's not like Italians don't know what's going on. ‘Italians who do pay taxes were shocked to learn of the arrest…’
I might possibly believe that they were shocked by the *arrest*, but I can’t believe the *crime* would shock any Italian… my brother lives there and it’s not like Italians don’t know what’s going on.

]]> By: emiliano bossi http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549262 emiliano bossi Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549262 he was forced to resign, if it was up to him he'd still be in the office. his words. EDIT no wait i got the joke he was forced to resign, if it was up to him he’d still be in the office. his words. EDIT no wait i got the joke

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549211 EH Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549211 He should be sentenced to amputation. He should be sentenced to amputation.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549199 EH Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549199 It works until you run out of people who you think behave worse, at which point you start wondering who of your own are merely imperfect. Such is the suicidal trajectory of all fascisms. It works until you run out of people who you think behave worse, at which point you start wondering who of your own are merely imperfect. Such is the suicidal trajectory of all fascisms.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549023 SamSam Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549023 Not the same car, just owed by another jerk with the first name "Antonio." Not the same car, just owed by another jerk with the first name “Antonio.”

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1549016 SamSam Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1549016 As opposed to privileged anyone-else? As opposed to privileged anyone-else?

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548991 IronEdithKidd Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548991 Tax evasion is the main hobby of the 1%.  It's a world wide problem.  Tax evasion is the main hobby of the 1%.  It’s a world wide problem. 

]]> By: Luca Lucakiss Calabrese http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548984 Luca Lucakiss Calabrese Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548984 This is the car... http://www.iovivoaroma.it/notizie-de-attualita/roma-senatore-pdl-lascia-la-ferrari-sulle-strisce-il-vigile-non-lo-multa.htm Looks like a Ferrari : This is the car… http://www.iovivoaroma.it/notizie-de-attualita/roma-senatore-pdl-lascia-la-ferrari-sulle-strisce-il-vigile-non-lo-multa.htm
Looks like a Ferrari :

]]> By: richard77 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548962 richard77 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548962  The icing on the cake is that according to some reports, he asked that particular parking spot to be reserved to disabled people, probably to be sure to found it free most of the time. And the other guy (the tax collector), had contracts with local authorities with a 30% share for him of collected taxes, but thanks to his greed the company failed even if the stole those 100M€. They the worse kind of evil, the incompetent one.  The icing on the cake is that according to some reports, he asked that particular parking spot to be reserved to disabled people, probably to be sure to found it free most of the time.
And the other guy (the tax collector), had contracts with local authorities with a 30% share for him of collected taxes, but thanks to his greed the company failed even if the stole those 100M€.
They the worse kind of evil, the incompetent one.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548954 Brainspore Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548954 The beauty of that excuse is that it works for all crimes up to and including genocide (as long as you don't break the world record for genocide, in which case you probably will never have to face trial anyway). The beauty of that excuse is that it works for all crimes up to and including genocide (as long as you don’t break the world record for genocide, in which case you probably will never have to face trial anyway).

]]> By: Ashen Victor http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548925 Ashen Victor Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548925 "I made a mistake, but there are people who behave even worse." Yeah, he didn't shoot him in the face with a shotgun. Release him now! “I made a mistake, but there are people who behave even worse.”

Yeah, he didn’t shoot him in the face with a shotgun. Release him now!

]]> By: Ashen Victor http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548924 Ashen Victor Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548924  Same in Spain, the more you earn the more you have to pay an administrative to "edit" your earnings.  Same in Spain, the more you earn the more you have to pay an administrative to “edit” your earnings.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548913 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548913 Are you sure? Wouldn't having one of your harem of dubiously legal prostitutes slash the guy's tires for you be more faithful to the example of the master? Are you sure? Wouldn’t having one of your harem of dubiously legal prostitutes slash the guy’s tires for you be more faithful to the example of the master?

]]> By: JProffitt71 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548893 JProffitt71 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548893 Yes. He might as well be. Yes. He might as well be.

]]> By: Vickie Kostecki http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548890 Vickie Kostecki Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548890 Interesting that tax evasion is endemic in certain strata of Italian society, and they're in dire financial straits. haven't they been saying the same thing about Greece, that they have a culture of tax evasion as well? So it might not be 100% mismanagement & bank fraud that is causing the financial issues.  Interesting that tax evasion is endemic in certain strata of Italian society, and they’re in dire financial straits. haven’t they been saying the same thing about Greece, that they have a culture of tax evasion as well? So it might not be 100% mismanagement & bank fraud that is causing the financial issues. 

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548889 SomeGuyNamedMark Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548889 It doesn't catch them (it took someone reporting it first) but it sure helps rub their noses in it. It doesn’t catch them (it took someone reporting it first) but it sure helps rub their noses in it.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548888 SomeGuyNamedMark Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548888 Right, so the fact that he was never challenged makes it ok in his mind.  What is he, 5 yrs old? Right, so the fact that he was never challenged makes it ok in his mind.  What is he, 5 yrs old?

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548887 angusm Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548887 At least he was faithful to the ethos of his party. At least he was faithful to the ethos of his party.

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548886 James Agenbroad Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548886 I guess CCTV DOES occasionally catch criminals. I guess CCTV DOES occasionally catch criminals.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548882 Kimmo Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548882 It seems privileged Italians tend to have a fairly insufferable degree of entitlement going on... Might be best just to put em all up against the wall and let Catholic Jesus sort em out. It seems privileged Italians tend to have a fairly insufferable degree of entitlement going on…

Might be best just to put em all up against the wall and let Catholic Jesus sort em out.

]]> By: info http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548878 info Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548878 Snippet missing from this report, but included on Italian newspapers. The final comment of Piazza was: "So what if I had parked illegally? I have been parking like this for three years and nothing ever happened." You may also want to notice that piazza's car was a latest model Jaguar, while the disabled (missing one leg) man has a very basic small car, and he simply and politely called the traffic police, waiting for it to remove the offending vehicle. "I only use reserved parkings when absolutely needed, and my also disabled wife never does out of respect of those who need them most" he added. Oh, and about the "suspect of embezzlement" official... He was already found guilty of similar charges in 2001 and 2009. But he's a personal friend of Berlusconi, so... Snippet missing from this report, but included on Italian newspapers. The final comment of Piazza was: “So what if I had parked illegally? I have been parking like this for three years and nothing ever happened.”

You may also want to notice that piazza’s car was a latest model Jaguar, while the disabled (missing one leg) man has a very basic small car, and he simply and politely called the traffic police, waiting for it to remove the offending vehicle. “I only use reserved parkings when absolutely needed, and my also disabled wife never does out of respect of those who need them most” he added.

Oh, and about the “suspect of embezzlement” official… He was already found guilty of similar charges in 2001 and 2009. But he’s a personal friend of Berlusconi, so…

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548865 Mark_Frauenfelder Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548865 "I made a mistake, but there are people who behave even worse." The rallying cry of all Tea Party candidates “I made a mistake, but there are people who behave even worse.” The rallying cry of all Tea Party candidates

]]> By: Mark Duanburge http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/berlusconite-politician-caught.html#comment-1548863 Mark Duanburge Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185314#comment-1548863 Would he have still done this if he had noticed the cameras? Anyway, I'm glad that they were able to use them to identify him after the crime. Would he have still done this if he had noticed the cameras? Anyway, I’m glad that they were able to use them to identify him after the crime.

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