Divine Comedy by Dante is considered to be
the greatest ever written poetic work in the history of the Western Civilization.
It is a poem of a human courage and dream of the "more perfect" Future that
is directly related to an idea of everlasting peace, prosperity, and joy of
the Golden Age of the Mankind.
Read more... When Sean Penn compares the current situation in Iraq with Dante's Inferno,
he automatically turnes "useful" Dante's poetry against himself.
As a true masterpiece, Dante's Inferno opens a prospective for
a better life for the Mankind.
In contrast, total terrorist warfare has only prospective of
a total annihilation of the Mankind.
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Sean Penn in Iran
Do these people on the photograph care about vanishing Dante's
Divine Comedy?
They do not.
What about you, Mr. Sean Penn?
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"Useful" Illustration by Gustav Dore, Inferno, Stanza I
"In a midway of the mortal life of mine