[pp.int.general] Belgium proposes to ban burqas, and masks, and dark sunglasses

[Marco Confalonieri]

Il 01/04/2010 22:36, Richard Stallman ha scritto:
>     In Italy masking for the purpose of hiding one's identity has been 
>     outlawed since 1931.
>
> Judging by the substance, it is a fascist law.
> Judging by the date, it is a Fascist law.
> Wasn't Mussolini in power then?
>   

Yes, but it's not an exception: many of the actual italian laws were
written in that period. The Italian Penal Code was written in 1930 and
revised in some parts during the republican period, for example, and the
civil code was issued in 1942.

> This law means that the dead hand of Mussolini
> still attacks the freedom of everyone in Italy.
>   

Unfortunately the live hand of the actual italian government is trying
its best to achieve comparable results in terms of freedom. At least
fascist laws were well written.


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Marco Confalonieri
Associazione Partito Pirata (PP Italy)
http://www.partito-pirata.it