Thursday, November 13, 2008

Italy reacts

After Berluska's inappropriate comment about Barack Obama, many Italians felt the need to react, to express their opinion, their anger, their frustration with this country's ass-clown of a leader. Some efforts were good like this one.
And some efforts were just in bad taste, stupid, offensive, and senseless like this:


I'm lost for words....

5 comments:

red said...

their words seem heartfelt but the browning of their faces just smacks of ignorance when dealing with racial issues- just as bad as Berlusconi in the end.

Romerican said...

Red- Exactly!

Kataroma said...

I'm sure they meant well. Maybe 'blackface' doesn't have the same awful connotations here as it does in other countries...

Anonymous said...

To echo kataroma....I'm sure those guys meant well. They probably didn't realize that people would be offended by doing that.

Romerican said...

Kataroma & J. Doe- I'm positive they meant well but the whole point is: before pulling a stunt like that they should've looked into it more thoroughly. It was stupid on their part and counter-productive since they were trying to show support for Obama.