If any of my readers doubt the almost retarded attitudes and beliefs of some Italian officials – if anyone doubts the ability of those officials to fly in the face of reason and throw caution to the wind, read on.
I have already talked about the almost Nazi-like handling of the Roma people, a subject covered extensively by my Everyone group family, and, (it would seem), handled about as effectively by the EU as Zimbabwe is handled by the U.N.
Once again, Italian government officials have proved their inability to act like 21st century citizens.
This time it involves a 26 year old man called Danilo Giuffrida of Catania, Sicily.
He told doctors during his medical for military service he was gay. They generously passed the information on to the Italian transport ministry, ,(why? DO NOT ask me because it's beyond the wildest imaginings of any reasonable man or woman), who dutifully told him to repeat his driving test or have his license revoked due to his "sexual identity disturbance"!
He repeated the test, passed, and was issued with a 1 year license instead of the usual 10 year one because of his being gay.
Fortunately, Italian judges have moved on from witch hunts and the horse and carriage, and awarded him damages of €100,000. The judge ruled that the Defence and Transport Ministries showed "evident sexual discrimination" against Mr Giuffrida.
Good on you judge!
It might be easier to comprehend if there was a link between being gay and bad driving, although there is no medical evidence to support this theory at all – any more than there is evidence to suggest gay people are out to turn the whole world gay.
An isolated incident such as this would not be so bad if it were not for the fact that Italian government departments continually show signs of living in the Dark Ages. I guess it is, to a certain extent, understandable given that Rome houses Vatican City – the mediaeval minds there obviously cast their nets wide.
I have already talked about the almost Nazi-like handling of the Roma people, a subject covered extensively by my Everyone group family, and, (it would seem), handled about as effectively by the EU as Zimbabwe is handled by the U.N.
Once again, Italian government officials have proved their inability to act like 21st century citizens.
This time it involves a 26 year old man called Danilo Giuffrida of Catania, Sicily.
He told doctors during his medical for military service he was gay. They generously passed the information on to the Italian transport ministry, ,(why? DO NOT ask me because it's beyond the wildest imaginings of any reasonable man or woman), who dutifully told him to repeat his driving test or have his license revoked due to his "sexual identity disturbance"!
He repeated the test, passed, and was issued with a 1 year license instead of the usual 10 year one because of his being gay.
Fortunately, Italian judges have moved on from witch hunts and the horse and carriage, and awarded him damages of €100,000. The judge ruled that the Defence and Transport Ministries showed "evident sexual discrimination" against Mr Giuffrida.
Good on you judge!
It might be easier to comprehend if there was a link between being gay and bad driving, although there is no medical evidence to support this theory at all – any more than there is evidence to suggest gay people are out to turn the whole world gay.
An isolated incident such as this would not be so bad if it were not for the fact that Italian government departments continually show signs of living in the Dark Ages. I guess it is, to a certain extent, understandable given that Rome houses Vatican City – the mediaeval minds there obviously cast their nets wide.
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