That didn't go down well with some Italian politicians and media.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... hands.html
Burleskoni's paper wrote: (Yes I know its Berlusconi, its a pun get over it).
That started some heated internet arguments about gay rights etc. Which of course led to some politicians on both sides to comment.it was ''not an isolated incident'' but a clear attempt at ''Swedish Imperialism'' that tried to make everyone equal by having the same ''cheap furniture.''
So just a storm in a glass of water.
Fast forward a couple of months and an Italian mayor is on vacation in Stockholm, Sweden and gets the bright idea to hit his 12 year old kid in a public street. He gets arrested and has to sit in jail for two nights.
The defence and the prosecution have a different take on how much but both agree that he hit his child.
Here is one side:
http://www.worldcrunch.com/vacationing- ... ntrum/3678
(Scolding & slap)
Here is the other:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.as ... el=4672797
(Lifting in the hair, pushing against wall, striking)
However any "abusive" or "demeaning" treatment of children is illegal in sweden so he will get convicted, but most probably only get fined or probation/suspended sentance. (If there had been vids of him striking that can end you up with six months to two years in prison).
Regardless, again Burleskoni's party (to whom the italian mayor belong) and paper gets into another furor and accuse sweden of all kinds of funny weird things. Which so far has led to a decrease of tourists from Italy to Sweden and some cross words from Italy regarding Sweden in the EU.
Another storm in a glass of water.
One of the italian tabloids also made a list of top 100 things sweden had done to italy, they included Zlatan but still they missed the taking of rome by the goths.
So have you felt the power of the great Swedish Empire subjugating the world with political correctness? Do you tremble before the might of do it yourself furnitures, safe cars and "ombudsman" representives taking over? Do you fear that removing your condom during sex will lead to rape charges? Maybe you just shiver with cold dread that hate speech might be prosecuted, or even worse, religious hate speech as well?
Do you wet your beds at night thinking of how swedish socialism will mean the downfall of the terran empire of capitalism?
Do you like Bill O'Reilly, Glen Beck, Fred Phelps, GOP and now Italy fear the the stockholm syndrome?
We have got conan hostage and are not afraid to misuse him. (The barbarian, not the talk show host, dimwit...)