Berlusconi acquitted

[Chris Burford]

At 00:25 10/05/00 +0100, you wrote:
>In message <4.3.1.1.20000509225953.0581e460 at pop.gn.apc.org>, Chris
>Burford <cburford at gn.apc.org> writes
> >Bad news that Berlusconi has been acquitted of a bribing tax inspectors.
> >
> >Whatever you think of the PDS (Italy) and its former PM D'Alema, the
> >present government is possibly only a prelude to Italy swinging right
> >dominated by this media magnate.
> >
> >There is democracy and democracy.
>
>
>Better that Italian voters decide who is fit to represent them than
>judges, in my view.
>
>After all, the elite do not need fascism if they can get away with
>suspending democracy through legalistic means.
>--
>Jim heartfield

A rather abstract view of democracy, that ignores the modern reality that 
power lies with the ability to control the media.

What is the legal intervention to which you are referring?

Chris Burford

London