"Me, I think his apology ought to have been abject, but looking at his lack of introspection (based on his statements about his past) it's about the best I expected of him. Lets just say he's not my favorite Pope."
Better even than the abject apology would have been the ability to look at a particular quote, run it through the "how would this sound to anyone else in the world *other* than me" machine, and pay attention to the resounding shouts of alarm.
What was he thinking??? His words would not be repeated? Not my favorite, either. I'm not Catholic, but I did revere Pope John Paul II. And don't these guys have speech proofreaders?
"I don't see that having one "supreme" leader, who can be somehow held to account for the, spontaneous, reactions of the members of the faith is a good thing. Is the Pope to be held accountatble when Catholics choose to murder homosexuals, or abortion providers? No."
I agree with this completely. The IRA is no more full of devout Catholics than Al Qu*eda is full of Moslems who *understand* the Koran. And I can't imagine one person, anyway, who could ride herd on the numerous Protestant denominations, here. Did T. McVeigh ever sign off on a religious denomination?
I think this particular Pope has made the world a lot more dangerous right now.
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Date: 2006-09-20 06:36 am (UTC)Better even than the abject apology would have been the ability to look at a particular quote, run it through the "how would this sound to anyone else in the world *other* than me" machine, and pay attention to the resounding shouts of alarm.
What was he thinking??? His words would not be repeated? Not my favorite, either. I'm not Catholic, but I did revere Pope John Paul II. And don't these guys have speech proofreaders?
"I don't see that having one "supreme" leader, who can be somehow held to account for the, spontaneous, reactions of the members of the faith is a good thing. Is the Pope to be held accountatble when Catholics choose to murder homosexuals, or abortion providers? No."
I agree with this completely. The IRA is no more full of devout Catholics than Al Qu*eda is full of Moslems who *understand* the Koran. And I can't imagine one person, anyway, who could ride herd on the numerous Protestant denominations, here. Did T. McVeigh ever sign off on a religious denomination?
I think this particular Pope has made the world a lot more dangerous right now.