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Sky News Reporting: "Berlusconi punched in the head at rally in Milan."

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    #32
    jacool
    Registered Users Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭jacool


    Tricity Bendix wrote: »
    Silvio Berlusconi is 73 years of age. Politics aside, anyone who would assault someone of that age is an absolute coward.
    Are you being ageist ?
    A 98 year old recently strangled a 100 year old. Does that make her an even bigger coward?

    Berlusconi has spent his whole life mis-treating people, so shouldn't be surprised if someone has had enough.


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    #33
    Tricity Bendix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭Tricity Bendix


    jacool wrote: »
    Are you being ageist ?

    Are you being an idiot?

    You shouldnt hit old people. No amount uber-PC drivel will ever change that fact.


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    #34
    Riddle101
    Registered Users Posts: 8,414 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Tricity Bendix wrote: »
    Are you being an idiot?

    You shouldnt hit old people. No amount uber-PC drivel will ever change that fact.

    Would you say the same if Robert Mugabe had been hit?


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    #35
    johngalway
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    Riddle101 wrote: »
    Would you say the same if Robert Mugabe had been hit?

    Ah now. There's no comparison.

    The only kind of "hit" Mugabe should get is something Silvio could possibly organise.


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    #36
    jonny72
    Closed Accounts Posts: 674 ✭✭✭jonny72


    Tricity Bendix wrote: »
    Are you being an idiot?

    You shouldnt hit old people. No amount uber-PC drivel will ever change that fact.

    I am sure his thugs or mafia friends have no problem with hitting old people. Besides Berlesconi will love this, be his chance to be the gentle leader and 'forgive' the poor mentally imbalanced chap who whacked him.. apart from the thousands of sane people who would love to.


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    #37
    Overheal
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    No video? People...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4qNHJpccZc


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    #38
    jank
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    Couldnt have happened to a nicer guy.


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    #39
    Riddle101
    Registered Users Posts: 8,414 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Overheal wrote: »
    No video? People...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4qNHJpccZc

    lol the video makes it look like he got his by the hand of god.


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    #40
    dsmythy
    Registered Users Posts: 10,519 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    He might actually gain additional support following this incident.


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    #41
    Klingon Hamlet
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    dsmythy wrote: »
    He might actually gain additional support following this incident.

    A conspiracy theorist might even suggest this was a setup to rouse some much needed support (via pity/empathy/guilt) from the Italian public.


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    #42
    starbelgrade
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    The only real question should be - did it hit him hard enough to knock some sense into him?

    2008-07-14-il-presidente-berlusconi-puritanical-view.jpg


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    #43
    Riddle101
    Registered Users Posts: 8,414 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Klingon Hamlet wrote: »
    A conspiracy theorist might even suggest this was a setup to rouse some much needed support (via pity/empathy/guilt) from the Italian public.

    When you look at the video it looks like he only got a tap, and then he put his hand to his face and all of a sudden he had lot's of blood on him, he could easily have concealed something to make it look like he was in real pain. I think that's all the ammo a conspiracy theorist would need anyway.


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    #44
    Hellm0
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    If only it had ended him, the guy is like a real life Mr. Burns.


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    #45
    Raiser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭Raiser


    I wasn't there, I didn't see the incident, I didn't hear from anyone that did or see it nor did I watch any news footage.

    - But I can say with absolute certainty that he definitely was not hit hard enough or as many times as necessary.


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    #46
    Tricity Bendix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭Tricity Bendix


    Riddle101 wrote: »
    Would you say the same if Robert Mugabe had been hit?

    Robert Mugabe's policies have led to starvation in a country that once fed southern Africa, and has publically likened himself to Hitler. Its hardly the same context. But I'd prefer to see him die alone in a jail cell than be hit in the face.


    Anyway, you're all disturbed. Treating a violent lunatic like a hero for assaulting an old man.


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    #47
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Tricity Bendix wrote: »

    Anyway, you're all disturbed. Treating a violent lunatic like a hero for assaulting an old man.

    He should have done a John Prescott on the guy (who looks disturbingly like the guy who ranted like a looney on Frontline!)..

    GALLERYS1030061162235943_pic1_prescott_punch.jpg

    (He also looks a bit like Diarmud Gavin, come to think of it)


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    #48
    dsmythy
    Registered Users Posts: 10,519 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    Berlusconi's approval rating has improved following the attack.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1220/berlusconi.html


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