Italy covers up nude statues for Iran leader’s visit

stunmer

Italian officials keen to spare the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, any possible offence on his visit to Rome covered up nude statues at the city’s Capitoline Museum, where Mr Rouhani and Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, made a joint statement.

Photographs of Monday’s visit show both men standing near a grand equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor.

Nude statues in the vicinity were covered by large white panels.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/italy-covers-up-nude-statues-for-iran-leader-s-visit-1.2511348

There seems to be something wrong with the world when people cover up statues so as not to offend visitors

suicide_circus

Hopefully they'll hide the scaffolds they hang gays and political opponents from when a western leader visits Tehran.

stefanovich

stunmer wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/italy-covers-up-nude-statues-for-iran-leader-s-visit-1.2511348

There seems to be something wrong with the world when people cover up statues so as not to offend visitors

Ridiculous. Are they so backwards that they cannot appreciate history and art and culture?

Dirty Dingus McGee

SNUH have made a triumphant return.

maudgonner

Ah Rome have a track record, didn't the Popes have the penises removed from all the statues in the Vatican and thereabouts.

Now if he had gone to Naples and visited the museum there he could have gone to the Secret Room with all the dirty things from Pompeii. That would have raised a few eyebrows!

pickarooney

Teheran, despite its public image, is well-known as a fairly debauched city. This crap is a double helping of hypocrisy.

biko

"When in Rome...", doesn't apply to everyone..

Surely panels were unnecessary when they could have just hung handkerchiefs over the knobs?

ToddyDoody

It was supposed to be..

Italy cover ups, nude statues for Iran leader's visit.

ToddyDoody

It was supposed to be..

Italy cover ups, nude statues for Iran leader's visit.

valoren

Politically correct bull shiite.

Ruu

Is this a nudey thing, Father?

aziz

stefanovich wrote: »

Ridiculous. Are they so backwards that they cannot appreciate history and art and culture?

The Vatican are probably worried that they might destroy it like ISIS have done to some historical sites in Syria and Iraq.

alias no.9

Berlusconi would have arranged a bunga bunga party

The Randy Riverbeast

Poor statutes, iirc a lot had the meat (marble?) hammers cut off of them before. Always getting body shamed.

mzungu

stunmer wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/italy-covers-up-nude-statues-for-iran-leader-s-visit-1.2511348

There seems to be something wrong with the world when people cover up statues so as not to offend visitors

I would have thought the leader of a country that carries out public hangings could live with a few nude statues!

Nika Bolokov

I really really hope he's not allowed watch Italian TV after 9

iDave

Islam is gonna win isn't it. Europe can't even show off it's culture without fear of offending them.

smash

iDave wrote: »

Islam is gonna win isn't it. Europe can't even show off it's culture without fear of offending them.

The only thing to do is place large statues of penises on every street corner.

wilhelm roentgen

Bunga Bunga

maudgonner

If they came to Dublin would the Floozie have to be put back into storage? And Molly Malone's boobs would surely need a cover-up.

stunmer

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZy6dqAUMAAwiwK.jpg:large

English translation

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZzPlkBWkAAs1fb.jpg

dslamjack

That cartoonist better watch out ,them lad's deffo don't like cartoon's ,nope not even Tom and Gerry,Roulani lad will issue a fatwad,loike salman rusty,I think he was a brother of the sister's of islim,their affiliated to the military wing of the Daniel O Donnell fan club and ye don't want them after ya.

cowboyBuilder

suicide_circus wrote: »

Hopefully they'll hide the scaffolds they hang gays and political opponents from when a western leader visits Tehran.

BOOM!!

CheckMate!

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cowboyBuilder

stefanovich wrote: »

Ridiculous. Are they so backwards that they cannot appreciate history and art and culture?

Yes ! .. Yes they are!!

sbsquarepants

pickarooney wrote: »

Teheran, despite its public image, is well-known as a fairly debauched city. This crap is a double helping of hypocrisy.

Really?
And eh.....do Ryanair go there?:D

mansize

maudgonner wrote: »

If they came to Dublin would the Floozie have to be put back into storage? And Molly Malone's boobs would surely need a cover-up.

The floozie is gone isn't she? Molly would get a burka

cowboyBuilder

mansize wrote: »

The floozie is gone isn't she? Molly would get a burka

The Floozie is in some small park near the phoenix park by the Liffey !!!

Wibbs

To be fair to the Iranians they're quite different in culture and mindset to the rest of the Middle East and are getting more "liberal" by the day at the grassroots level. They're also a very young country demographically. IMH they are so far ahead of a place like Saudi Arabia, a place the West sees as a "friend".

arybvtcw0eolkf

suicide_circus wrote: »

Hopefully they'll hide the scaffolds they hang gays and political opponents from when a western leader visits Tehran.

One of my best mates is from Tehran, he hates the present regime but says that this thing of hanging people because they're gay or politically opposed is western propaganda.

cowboyBuilder

FYI here is the floozie (memorial park, wolftone quay, Dublin, Ireland)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.3475035,-6.2899231,18.7z

conorhal

Wibbs wrote: »

To be fair to the Iranians they're quite different in culture and mindset to the rest of the Middle East and are getting more "liberal" by the day at the grassroots level. They're also a very young country demographically. IMH they are so far ahead of a place like Saudi Arabia, a place the West sees as a "friend".

'Compared to Saudia Arabia....' Everyone bar Isil looks good compared to Saudi Arabia
This this however is Iran's latest wheeze:

Iranian women will have their cars impounded if they drive without a hijab:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11999354/Iranian-women-will-have-their-cars-impounded-if-they-drive-without-a-hijab.html

This comes on the back of Rohani refusing to dine at the Elysée presidential palace if wine is served at the table during the meal. The French to their credit took him to fook off though.

Hammer89

They did something similar when the president of China travelled over. They covered up Michelangelo's David incase the president got jealous of it.

riffmongous

Iranians are some of the nicest, smartest people you'll ever meet, and the best dancers. There is a huge disconnect in their society between the young people and the conservatives though

Red King

So did the Iranian president object or was it a committee of do-gooder types in Italy who imposed the censorship in case he got offended?

The latter, which wouldn't be an isolated incident, is truly more bothersome as far as I'm concerned.

arybvtcw0eolkf

riffmongous wrote: »

Iranians are some of the nicest, smartest people you'll ever meet, and the best dancers. There is a huge disconnect in their society between the young people and the conservatives though

And they refer to themselves as Persians, not Arabs. And to the region as Persia and not the Middle East.

joeguevara

They didn't want to offend his 9 year old wife!

suicide_circus

Myah Victorious Tonsillitis wrote: »

One of my best mates is from Tehran, he hates the present regime but says that this thing of hanging people because they're gay or politically opposed is western propaganda.

Probably some truth to that. The gays are jailed and the political opponents go missing.

riffmongous

Myah Victorious Tonsillitis wrote: »

And they refer to themselves as Persians, not Arabs. And to the region as Persia and not the Middle East.

Was that supposed to be directed at me or a misquote? I don't think I've ever referred to my friends as arabs.

On the hangings, one of my friends said a lot of them are rebels from the conflicts on the eastern borders. Not that that makes it any better, I am opposed to the death penalty, but it did make me wonder what the truth is, especially considering the western attitudes to Iran and propaganda (they tried to blame the iranians for gassing the kurds in the 80s to protect their ally at the time Saddam, who they were essentially supplying the chemicals to)

paleoperson

pickarooney wrote: »

Teheran, despite its public image, is well-known as a fairly debauched city. This crap is a double helping of hypocrisy.

Keep drinking that redneck Kool-Aid.

Covering up nudity is hardly something unheard of in western civilization.

arybvtcw0eolkf

riffmongous wrote: »

Was that supposed to be directed at me or a misquote? I don't think I've ever referred to my friends as arabs

Not at all, sorry if I came across like that. I posted it merely as an after thought I think.

Azalea

Reminds me of Michelangelo's Dave.

paleoperson wrote: »

Covering up nudity is hardly something unheard of in western civilization.

Not of statues though.

iDave wrote: »

Islam is gonna win isn't it. Europe can't even show off it's culture without fear of offending them.

Dunno if one museum could be referred to as Europe - not that I agree with the decision, which I think is stupid and ludicrous.

paleoperson

Azalea wrote: »

Not of statues though.

So we get to make up the detailed, specific rules now do we? Statues are okay, but photographs are not? Lots of people find nude statues obscene.

dslamjack

They used to cover piano legs back in the day,if that's any help.
Anyway there won't be much to see in the near future ,if them bleeding taggers have their way,look at Paris,nearly every building ,statue,wall,actually any thing within arm reach is littered with graffiti (not art),layers of aerosol scribbling that skangers and scaldies think is cool art.

Mesrine65

PC gone mad...

When in Rome etc. etc.

Mesrine65

PC gone mad...

When in Rome etc. etc.

FTA69

This is mad, is it something that he even asked for I wonder or did they just decide it off their own back as they assumed he was a combative headcase who would take offense?

I worked with some seriously devout Muslims for years and they never once had a bother with coming to work events with alcohol being served or even events held in bars. The only concession we ever made was making sure there were vegetarian options as they wouldn't eat non-Halal meat which is fair enough. I'm off to Iran in a fortnight and most Iranians and Muslims in general I've met have never had a problem being around things that are technically forbidden.

Mesrine65

FTA69 wrote: »

I'm off to Iran in a fortnight

Check out the The National Jewelry Treasury, the Golestan Palace, the Jamshidieh Stone Garden, Darband & the Tehran Bazaar in Tehran.

If you're heading to Isfahan, check out the Aali Qapu Palace, Hasht Behesht Palace & Atashgah (Zoroastrian Fire Temple)

Have a great time, it's a beautiful country & the people are sound

Tigger

same was done when QE2 visited in the 80's