Court rules that telling a man he has 'no balls' is a criminal offense

[La Femme Fatale]

Funny if true:

In Italy, masculinity is considered such a delicate and precious resource that the courts have long stepped in to protect it.


In 2008, Italy's highest court ruled that the touching of one's own man bits in public was acriminal offense — even the innocent adjustment of one's testicles in a pair of tight trousers.
There's been a string of bad luck for these guys ever since.

Now the country's court system has added another no-no to the male nether region.
On Tuesday, the country's court ruled that anyone who tells a man he has "no balls" had better be prepared to pay up for hurting his pride.

"Apart from the vulgarity of the term used, the expression definitely also has an injurious quality," the male judge, Maurizio Fumo, says in his ruling, as reported by AFP.

"It refers not only to the target's lack of virility but also to his weakness of character, lack of determination, competence and coherence — virtues that, rightly or wrongly, are still identified as pertaining to the male gender."

The decision stems from a conflict between two male cousins in Potenza — a city in the southern region known for its beautiful 12th century cathedral and, apparently....its hypersensitive men.

In the heat of an argument, Alberto, a justice of the peace, reportedly told his lawyer cousin Vittorio that he was deficient in the testicle region.

Vittorio armed himself with another lawyer and sued his family member for damaging his reputation, since the insult was uttered at the workplace with "third parties present."

During his argument, Vittorio's lawyer claimed the insult implied his client was "worth less than other men because he did not have the attributes."

Alberto, who may want to consider a new career after this, will be forced to pay his cousin a fine and, even worse, forever be known as the person who engendered this law.

Good stuff.

 

[VP-70]

I've been to Italy a few times, mostly Venice and the ladies do like their Alpha Males over there...I blame Ceasar myself.

I'm glad that i walked away from that whole scene as a young man, its one of the best moves i ever made... in my experience, guys who call themselves or fancy themselves alpha males, are anything but.. and this court case shows, just like it said, a serious lack of attributes.

 

[svp]

I think they are opposite from manly, most Italian men look too prim and proper, like they just stepped off a fashion show with their tight jeans and short shorts, I don't know why girls swoon over them so bad, they care too much about their appearance and they are mama's boys. lol *as I say this I have Ezio as my avatar* don't get me wrong, I respect all Italians and their culture.... but they need to grow up!!

 

[Meg]

*sigh* I'm not sure what to say about this. It's so....so....XD

 

[Romero]

Vanity reaching new heights.

I want to know how they punish someone for saying to a woman she got small breasts.

 

[svp]

well Romero, that doesn't seem to matter, look at Hillery Clinton. It seems that the manlier and more pushy the women are... they get more respect.