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Berlusconi: Love Triumphs Over Hate

PM thanks supporters; government will go after enemy websites

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 15, 2009 3:49 PM CST
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(Newser) – Silvio Berlusconi thanked his supporters from a Milan hospital today, encouraging them to remain calm in his first statement since the attack that broke his nose and two teeth. "Sincere thanks to the very many who have sent me messages of solidarity and affection," the Italian PM's statement said. "I say again that everyone should stay calm and secure. Love always triumphs over envy and hate."

Doctors have recommended that Berlusconi convalesce for 2 weeks because the PM lost a pint of blood in the attack, but aides said he may be back sooner. Meanwhile, Berlusconi detractors have praised the attacker on social-networking websites—prompting the government to promise a crackdown. The interior minister says the government plans to block social-networking groups and independent websites that "encourage violence" by applauding the attack.

This video image made available by RAI TG3 shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker hurled a statuette striking the leader in the face in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.
This video image made available by RAI TG3 shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker hurled a statuette striking the leader in the face in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/RAI TG3 via APTN)
A figure of Berlusconi, properly bandaged, is displayed in a nativity scene in Naples, Italy.
A figure of Berlusconi, properly bandaged, is displayed in a nativity scene in Naples, Italy.   (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)
This image made available by the Italian Premier's office shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after the attack.
This image made available by the Italian Premier's office shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after the attack.   (AP Photo/ Livio Anticoli/Italian Premier's Office, ho)
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Impose Cures Obese-Riches
Jun 16, 2011 6:44 PM CDT
The trouble with Berlusconi love is that fundamentally he is a spirit homo orgy CANNIBAL ! ! !  No joke.  He is as close to omnipotent as he can get and he got their as the center piece of homo orgy spirit cannibalism. He eats his enemies etc.  We have all felt faint or dizzy or the chill of spirit rape and we have experienced the product of the rape "shoo" when an activity seems effortless.  So next time you see his smile remember that behind it is the brain of a human WiFi CANNIBAL.  HIV/AIDS is one extreme example of Berlu appetite in love.   posted by Cures,  Honestly with an effort for pertinence.
emptycalm
Dec 16, 2009 4:00 AM CST
It has nothing to do with liberals and everything to do with the fact that this guy has more fascist tendencies than not such as go after "enemy websites" or better known as people just speaking their mind.
Count-Spatula
Dec 16, 2009 3:12 AM CST
Super. Crush free speech like Eva Peron, and that's a triumph for freedom.

 
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