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Rome has a long-standing custom of talking statues that give people the opportunity to anonymously express their satirical and critical views of influential people. When authorities attempted to stop people from leaving messages at the original statue, the number of talking statues grew.

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Rome has a long-standing custom of “talking statues” that give people the opportunity to anonymously express their satirical and critical views of influential people. When authorities attempted to stop people from leaving messages at the original statue, the number of talking statues grew.

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