Shoes are for the Weak
12.14.2009
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Many of us remember the infamous shoe-throwing incident one year ago (that is when an Iraqi journalist proceeded to lob a shoe at President Bush during a speech in Baghdad) an Italian named Massimo Tartaglia attacked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. This time, instead of a shoe a marble sculpture was used as the projectile in question. Tartaglia allegedly threw the statue of the Milan Duomo at the Prime Minister Sunday in Milan.
Also suspected of carrying "pepper spray and a crucifix," Tartaglia has already amassed 63,000 fans on his Facebook page, which Italian officials have officially requested be removed, according to the NYTimes. All commenting set aside this attack does appear brutal and unnecessarily violent. Seriously just watch the video of Berlusconi.
Timed one year after the Iraqi incident this attack begs the question: are we a more violent people today or are we simply engaging in acts which extend mankind's inevitable resistance to perceived government restraints?
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