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Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words

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231 points rntn | 2 comments | 02 Apr 23 17:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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vmilner ◴[02 Apr 23 17:50 UTC] No.35413182[source]▶
April fool?
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bonzini ◴[02 Apr 23 20:12 UTC] No.35414646[source]▶
Nah, propaganda. Write a stupid bill, do nothing to make it progress in Parliament, you nevertheless gain airtime and visibility for yourself and your party. By the time of the next election everyone will have forgotten.
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1. pb7 ◴[02 Apr 23 20:36 UTC] No.35414909[source]▶
The rest of the world won’t forget though. It’s one of many ways Italians are embarrassing themselves recently.
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2. bonzini ◴[02 Apr 23 21:39 UTC] No.35415533[source]▶
Oh, I know. :/