Comments on: The bishop of Rome http://www.davecole.org/blog/2010/02/02/the-bishop-of-rome/ Just another WordPress site Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Willumsen http://www.davecole.org/blog/2010/02/02/the-bishop-of-rome/#comment-1564 David Willumsen Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:03:11 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2128#comment-1564 "I was under the impression that states didn’t involve themselves in other states’ internal affair" - may I suggest you take a closer look at the foreign policy of the current British government? :-) And how are we going to challenge him? Of course, military intervention is a possibility. Stylish, yes. A match for the military of [insert almost any country here], no. The Swiss Guard are going down! But really, the FCO should issue a statement saying 'we reserve the right to pass any law we damn well please', and then we should, in fact, ignore him. The Pope is, like small children, resistant to logic, and engaging him will not work. "Don't argue with fools/'cos people from a distance/can't see who's who" “I was under the impression that states didn’t involve themselves in other states’ internal affair” – may I suggest you take a closer look at the foreign policy of the current British government? :-)
And how are we going to challenge him? Of course, military intervention is a possibility. Stylish, yes. A match for the military of [insert almost any country here], no. The Swiss Guard are going down!
But really, the FCO should issue a statement saying ‘we reserve the right to pass any law we damn well please’, and then we should, in fact, ignore him. The Pope is, like small children, resistant to logic, and engaging him will not work. “Don’t argue with fools/’cos people from a distance/can’t see who’s who”

]]> By: Dave Cole http://www.davecole.org/blog/2010/02/02/the-bishop-of-rome/#comment-1563 Dave Cole Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:40:01 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2128#comment-1563 I was under the impression that states didn't involve themselves in other states' internal affairs. More seriously, we should not just ignore him. Yes, he should have his say but he is the leader of how ever many of the faithful there are and an advocate, within sexual politics, of ideas that would be laughable if they weren't so serious. We are obliged to challenge someone with a bully pulpit who uses it to spread such junk. xD. I was under the impression that states didn’t involve themselves in other states’ internal affairs.

More seriously, we should not just ignore him. Yes, he should have his say but he is the leader of how ever many of the faithful there are and an advocate, within sexual politics, of ideas that would be laughable if they weren’t so serious. We are obliged to challenge someone with a bully pulpit who uses it to spread such junk.

xD.

]]> By: David http://www.davecole.org/blog/2010/02/02/the-bishop-of-rome/#comment-1562 David Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:35:48 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=2128#comment-1562 Man, it's a sad day when the Pope no longer stands for freedom and equality! But, seriously, is he going to get an exemption from anti-discrimination legislation. And, if not, should we not just ignore him in the spirit of free speech? Man, it’s a sad day when the Pope no longer stands for freedom and equality!
But, seriously, is he going to get an exemption from anti-discrimination legislation. And, if not, should we not just ignore him in the spirit of free speech?

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