October 20, 2026

Discrimination

It is often said that no one should be discriminated against for what they are, whom they love, how they live, or the group to which they belong.

So, should everyone be accepted and treated like everyone else, including those who believe that a woman who leaves her partner deserves to die, that pedophilia is legitimate, that homosexuals should be sent to prison, that it is right to kill the enemies of God, or that it is acceptable to belong to the Mafia?

In reality, however, every society has its own rules and principles, which change over time but always exist, because it is rules that create society, rather than the other way around.

Indeed, in the past, so-called honor killings, the burning of heretics at the stake, and imprisonment for homosexuals were accepted, while pedophilia was not considered such a serious offense. Even the Mafia could be portrayed positively, as in Eduardo's play The Mayor of Rione Sanità.

It is true that everyone must be recognized as possessing human dignity, including pedophiles and those who commit infanticide (although what exactly does that mean?). But this does not mean that they should not be condemned and despised.