1497, Objects that might tempt one to sin

    In English, the burning of objects,
                             [condemned by authorities as occasions of sin,
is also described with the phrase a bonfire of the vanities,
             [a real problem for the foreigners, none of us would win      
in this very difficult struggle
                            [with the English language, woe to the stranger                                
believe it or not, it's like finding a needle in a haystack.... danger....

I, the foreigner, when I heard it for the first time,
                               [it was the title of a movie that starred Tom Hanks.
I never understood the real meaning of it,
      [although I asked teachers of English, professors, even think tanks.

Recently studying world history,
                                         [I found the same phrase and eventually learned
that the phrase refers to the bonfire of February 7th, 1497,
          [when supporters of the Girolamo Savonarola collected and burned,
objects that might tempt one to sin, including vanity items,
                                  [such as mirrors, cosmetics, playing cards and books
that were deemed to be immoral (Big Brother of the Middle Ages
                                [was present with a very eye which everywhere looks).

Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar and preacher
             [who denounced corruption of power, and exploitation of the poor.
Nobody ever remained alive after he raised such issues,
               [it is and was impossible, I would call it as delusions of grandeur.

Soon the Inquisition and civil authorities did condemn
                 [hanged, and burned Savonarola together with two other friars
in the main square of Florence, trying in vain to extinguish
                            [the beliefs of Savonarola's, it was called a real wildfire....
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to be continued

* ''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis -CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS
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*Girolamo Savonarola (21 September 1452 – 23 May 1498) was an Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence. 

*The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 American satirical black comedy film directed by Brian De Palma. 

The screenplay, written by Michael Cristofer, was adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe. 

Stars Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, and Kim Cattrall.

The original music score was composed by Dave Grusin.

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