14-07-2023, 05:08 PM
Good grief - in the 21st cemetery, that this can happen is appalling.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300...oping-rule
"Italians have reacted with outrage after a 66-year-old school cleaner escaped punishment for groping a female pupil because it “only lasted about ten seconds”.
When she confronted him, he responded: “Come on darling, you know I’m only joking,” according to other students who witnessed the incident, which happened at a high school in Rome in April last year.
The court’s ruling carried a stark message for the schoolgirl, the columnist wrote in La Stampa: “She should have had a better sense of humour.”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300...oping-rule
"Italians have reacted with outrage after a 66-year-old school cleaner escaped punishment for groping a female pupil because it “only lasted about ten seconds”.
When she confronted him, he responded: “Come on darling, you know I’m only joking,” according to other students who witnessed the incident, which happened at a high school in Rome in April last year.
The school caretaker was charged with sexual assault and sent to trial. Prosecutors had called for a sentence of three and a half years in prison.
His defence, that the whole thing was a playful joke, “appears convincing”, judges ruled, deciding to acquit Avola of the sexual assault charge. The court’s ruling carried a stark message for the schoolgirl, the columnist wrote in La Stampa: “She should have had a better sense of humour.”
For many critics, the case reflects the casual sexism and objectification of young women that is still widespread in Italy."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)