By: Mr Orimoloye Saibu Victor

Mr Orimoloye Saibu Victor — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:24:52 +0000

Italy Law is the best I love the law and I want to vicit Rome to interrogate the government know more about the law. If you need my invitation for only three days send my email to Italian Embassy and invitation letter and also send letter to my email.

By: Xma

Xma — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:32:25 +0000

I always wonder how people can fall for such an immense pile of lies.

Can someone really believe that in Rome one cannot keep a goldfish in a bowl? Of course that is not true!

You think it is legal to pinch a woman’s behind? Try and let’s see what happens…
The foundation of this lie comes from a guy who famously pinched a woman’s behind, was found guilty of sexual harassment and sentenced to nine months of imprisonment (the punishment for sexual harassment goes from 3 months to 6 years, although until 2009 (I think) there was no difference between sexual harassment and sexual abuse). He appealed to the Corte d’Appello which turned the sentence, found him not guilty of sexual harassment but just of what in Italian is called “ingiuria” (which I think in English is a mixture of abuse and insult). So he was released from jail and simply fined (it was 2007).
He was fined… If one does the same and hopes for the same verdict, given though that there is now a precedent, it’s at his own risk and danger.

And should I debate the truthfulness of the “In Milan you must smile, or you better run from the cops” law?

Scots, you can wear skirts if you like. In fact, I seem to remember that at the ComiCon in Lucca of a few years back it was a pretty popular piece of clothing. I still wonder what character those man were dressed like. Anyway, noone arrested them, even though they did not look their best.

Some of those absurdities are sadly true (and obviously absurd too). La Lega – as a party – has well proven that its isolationist wishes toward the rest of Italy and the rest of the world can be turned into laws.

To recap, I guarantee 2, 7, 8 to be – at the moment – true.
I am not sure about 4, 10, 11.
I am widely skeptic about 9 (and there is in fact a law that forces you to pick up after your dog – to the point that if you’re walking your dog and you don’t have a bag to pick it up, you can be fined even before you’re caught “leaving it there”) and 14.
Regarding the first rule, there was another famous case who was – of course – found guilty after grabbing his crotch in public (it’s not like it wasn’t legal before, it obviously was illegal and still is, being part of art.527 of the Codice Penale, atti osceni in luogo pubblico, obscene acts in a public place.). It is anyway true that it’s considered a gesture that wards off bad luck to grab, or scratch to be precise, your own crotch, but noone does it in public. Or if you do… God, are you moron? It seems to me that article confuses applying the law (which is generic and not specific by its own nature) which making new and bizzarre rules.
I know that 3,5,6,12,13 and 15 are false. Not a bad ratio.

I suggest people to at least ask which laws are stating the things the article says are legal/illegal. At least you can verify. In what legal book are they written? It’s a very unreliable referent the one that doesn’t quote his sources.

Once again, I am very sure of my words, but if provided with specifications that irrefutabily prove that I am the one who’s not well informed, then I will revise my statements for the part that is under discussion.

Up until then, I don’t see much difference between spreading incorrect informations that support derogatory stereotypes (even with good intentions, why not?) and offensive claims dictated by scorn for a population (I am not saying this is the case, I am saying the outcome is equivalent).

And uhm, I wrote a lot… sorry…

By: nerdy

nerdy — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:22:53 +0000

you say you will be studying abroad. Are you going to the UWC of the Adriatic by any chance?

By: Sadie

Sadie — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:50:36 +0000

haha thanks for this! it was very interesting, as I am going to study abroad in Italy next year. I will be sure to remember all these laws!!

By: caleb ko

caleb ko — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:33:56 +0000

you can be fined 20000 euro if you are in a car crash:-):) :-(

By: antux93

antux93 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:35:05 +0000

In Novara, it’s illegal for groups of any more than two people to hang out in parks after dark. <– also in Padova xDDD do you know that this law already existed in the ancient rome?^^
bye

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:11:14 +0000

I’ve heard that the law is intended to target illegal immigrants, & so the application of the law isn’t exactly 100% equal for everyone. I’m not surprised it’s being blatantly disobeyed.

By: Joan Schmelzle

Joan Schmelzle — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:08:46 +0000

I wonder who all thos Italian speaking people were who I saw eating gelato and munching on pizza slices last time I was in Rome ( and in the historical center)!

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