Pablo Massa wrote:

>Besides, I find that scene particularly beautiful: it's just the
>expression of the inmense love that Scarpia feels for Tosca.  Of course,
>we can admit some stylistic objections (ie.  writing a poem for her would
>be better than torturing her boyfriend to death), but who can judge a man
>in love?.

Well, Pablo, I cannot define what love is but the way Scarpia acts is
surely not loving.  Call it greed, lust, sadism, what you want, but love?
BTW, I have no stylistic objections against torture but moral ones.

Robert Peters
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