January 20, 2006

Next on CourtTV, Jesus Christ! Fable or fact? Italian courts must decide.
posted by es el Queso 18 years ago
  • Fun! Cascioli, a lifelong atheist, claims that Righi violated two Italian laws by making the assertion: so-called "abuse of popular belief" in which someone fraudulently deceives people; and "impersonation" in which someone gains by attributing a false name to someone. Tha's cold main.
  • At least it briefly makes American lawsuits look completely sane and normal.
  • Jesus will totally win because he's the best lawyer ever. Even if his lawyering skills fail, he still has that power ring.
  • No dude, you're thinking of the Pope. And it's the hat, not the ring. I heard he can make inanimate objects dance by pointing the hat at them.
  • you're both right - the pope will be representing jesus, because the big guy himself has a predefined schedule for taking corporeal form.
  • Does the defendant really have to prove their innocence in the Italian legal system? Isn't it up to Cascioli to prove that Jesus didn't exist?
  • Um, rocket88, you do realize that it's impossible to prove the non-existence of something. No? Carry on, then.
  • i think i pulled something.
  • Um, rocket88, you do realize that it's impossible to prove the non-existence of something. Precisely why the lawsuit makes no sense.
  • i think i pulled something. Please. Not in front of Jesus.
  • If the Italian legal system is like the French one, there is no presumption of innocence.
  • I think I pulled something Probably a leg.
  • But it was in a parish bulletin! Is a parish bulletin expected under Italian law to deny the basis of the institution whose members it's written for! It's like saying Jerry's birthday card shouldn't contain any mention of Jerry!
  • Well the guy's a grumpy old man, for sure. I mean, come on. Sue the frikken Catholic Church, at your age. In ITALY? You're 72, get over it. I like the fact that these two were school-mates.