A TV advert for crisps is causing a stir in Italy due to its depiction of Catholic nuns eating crisps instead of the Eucharist .Newstalk's Simon Tierney told"It's a brilliant example of something that the advertising industry has been keenly aware of for a century now," he said."Often when there's a furore after an ad like this spokespeople for the company will come forward and say things like, 'We didn't realise that this would cause offence'.
"The fact that Amica have taken the risk, probably a worthwhile commercial risk because blasphemy sells, how are they going to get around this?" he said."But very cleverly there's very little said in the ad; so to take words as a basis for a prosecution is going to be very difficult".A man was fined €280 for cursing God's name after someone spilt beer on him outside a bar in Florence.
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