Silvio Berlusconi criticised for 'pretty girl' rape comment

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Source: telegraph

The Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi promised to deploy 30,000 soldiers on the streets to combat crime after a spate of violent rapes in Italy but drew criticism for saying on Sunday that rapes will still occur unless there are 'as many soldiers as pretty girls'.


By Nick Squires in Rome
26 Jan 2009

Around 3,000 armed troops have been patrolling Italian cities and guarding sensitive sites since August. Mr Berlusconi, who was re-elected for the third time last year, said the aim was to increase "ten-fold" the military presence in order to confront "an evil army" of criminals.

When the opposition said the soldiers had done nothing to reduce crime, Mr Berlusconi responded by saying that Italy did not have a large enough force to avoid the risk of attacks on women.

"We could not field a big enough force to avoid this risk . We would need so many soldiers because our women are so beautiful," he said.





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[YOY]

1. This guy is a walking Italian negativec steriotype.

Make my Italian ass sick to my stomache.

[devilgrrl]

5. Same here. A typical Northern Italian Fascist Asshole.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

6. not all northern italians are fascist assholes

(Disclaimer: I am a northern Italian with grandparents who were active resistance fighters in WWII and who secretly housed Jewish families and transported them through an underground railroad of sorts).

[devilgrrl]

7. I know, my Grandmother was Northern Italian.

From Piacenza to be exact.

[boobooday]

2. Blech

This guy is verbally toxic.

[sharp_stick]

3. That man is such a pig

I don't think he can open his lasagna stuffed yapper and not stick a nice leather loafer into it. He really is one of the worst Italian sterotypes come to life in full color.

[BreweryYardRat]

4. Ah, Berlusconi, who, from what I understand...

....is blatantly a Mafia puppet. This is really rich coming from him. With his Mafia ties, I'd be very surprised if he hasn't committed at least one rape.