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submitted 5 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

A city councilor in Switzerland has apologized and reportedly sought police protection against threats after she fired a sport pistol at an auction poster of a 14th-century Madonna and child painting and posted images of their bullet-ridden faces on social media.

Green-Liberal party official Sanija Ameti, 32, put the images on Instagram over the weekend before quickly pulling them down. She later said she had been practicing shots from about 10 meters (33 feet) and found the poster as “big enough” for a suitable target.

“I apologize to the people who were hurt by my post. I deleted it immediately when I realized its religious content. I didn’t think about it,” Ameti wrote on X. “I’m incredibly sorry.”

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[-] Reality_Suit@lemmy.one 40 points 5 months ago

If she was a victim of pedophile priests, then I feel she is justified. If not, religious institutions can fuck themselves anyway, so I still feel she is justified. Here, how's this: I asked her to do it, so everyone needs to be mad at me. Hey God, I don't know why you would even care, but on behalf of children with cancer or childhood dementia, fuck you. Fuck you god. I know it's a poster of Mary and baby jesus, and I don't care. God can still go fuck itself.

And don't even get me started on how the first moral crime christianity ever performed was murdering Jesus and then creating a religion in his name.

Have I said god can go fuck itself?

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

"Why? Because God hates me, that's why. He has made my life miserable. So I called him a cocksucking asshole. Then I get grounded."

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Did you bring the buttfor?

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago
[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago
[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I still watch and sing along with this movie on a regular basis. It aged pretty well.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 13 points 5 months ago

I’m agnostic, and even I know this was unbelievably stupid. There’s no way she didn’t know what she was doing.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm a Christian and I don't care. She shot up a poster she owned?? Nobody should gaf.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 12 points 5 months ago

I wasn’t clear. Shooting up her own property is fine. Posting pics for the world to see is the stupid part. Now she needs police protection.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago

Then don't look at it.

Problem solved.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 10 points 5 months ago

For you and I, not looking at it is the sensible solution. Unfortunately, not everyone is sensible, which is where the police protection bit comes in.

[-] LtCmdr@startrek.website 11 points 5 months ago

So you victim blame her?

The stupid part is religious extremists.

Ok, now imagine it was a Republican shooting at a GLAAD poster

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

If they owned the poster, so be it. We are all allowed to have our own opinions.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

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[-] ynazuma@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

She got them crazy eyes

[-] joeynotjoe@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The weirdest thing to me about this is that people in Switzerland have guns at all.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Why is that so weird? Switzerland has some of the most liberal gun laws in Europe.

[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Yep, gun culture is really big in Switzerland

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

What's funny is that U.S. conservatives often point to Switzerland as a big success when it comes to guns, ignoring things like the socialized mental health care that Switzerland also has. Along with a permitting system, something else they would be against.

[-] Sewer_King@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

If I recall correctly, Switzerland has a lot of gun control laws that dictate who can own a firearm, when and where the firearm can be used, and ownership requires strict training and licensing that often comes from the compulsory military service that the country requires. All of that would be great to have here in the US since the little tidbit about guns in our rule book mentions a well-regulated militia.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I don't think it's as strict as you're saying. I've heard stories from people who come from other countries and are able to do things like get machine gun permits in Switzerland. But the point is they get a permit to do it. Meaning that the authorities know they have the machine gun and can keep an eye on them if they think there's a reason to.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

So just like in the US, then?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago
[-] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yes? Atf form #4 required for machine gun permit. You can't buy a new machine gun but you can buy one that was made before the NFA was passed.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

You do know there are guns other than machine guns in Switzerland, yes? You need permits for them too.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

I am begging you, please for once pay attention to the previous comments in a conversation and not just fire replies to everything in your reply notifications

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I do know there were other guns in Switzerland, but you were the one who mentioned machine guns being literally permitted in reference to the laws in Switzerland being less strict than some would assume; to which the other commenter replied: that's the same as America (where you need to get a permit to own a machine gun).

[-] SoJB@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Swiss labor is also some of the most expensive in all of Europe. They’ve done well for themselves with all that Nazi gold.

Not to mention, part of why it’s so big is the compulsory military service and militia/reserve. The Swiss army reserve encompasses the vast majority of the male Swiss population.

Switzerland has one of the highest per capita gun ownership rates in the world, and I am pretty sure it’s the highest in Europe by a big margin.

[-] joeynotjoe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I’m sorry for the super late comment, but wow, I really had no idea.

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