Berlusconi, meanwhile, dismisses such protests as "absolutely useless--a tired old ritual that will have no impact whatsoever." How apt. According to legend, Nero fiddled (playing his lyre, actually) as he watched the fire of A.D. 64 that cleared the quarter where he intended to build his Domus Aurea--deaf to the calls of Romans begging him to save the city's treasures. Who's fiddling now?
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