Habemus Papam

[winchable]

I sure hope that wasnt pointed at me.  

I was pointing out what some people on CNN were making an issue of. Keep your safety on chief.

Not being a catholic myself I couldnt care less. But I know this WILL be an issue with my Jewish family members. Jewish people have a hardtime differentiating between WW2 soldier and SS hate monger. I suppose that their issue though. Im not saying anything about his service to his religion.

Crusade elsewhere.

Easy there,
You might want to think about checking your target before firing, maybe taking a breath before hitting post?

Firstly, my safety was on and was pointed at anyone in general who was going to intertwine his unfortunate circumstance as a youth in Germany and his dedication to his faith and his ability to serve as pontiff.

Secondly why bother asking if it was directed at you if, in the same paragraph, you proceed to pull out your big tough internet guns.  

:threat:

because really, it's just an emoticon and if it scared me enough I'd close my laptop.
And we're here to discuss an event affecting 1.5 Billion people, so lets keep it above "My post could beat your post in a fight" style of emoticons.

And if we're talking about it not being an issue becuase of our personal religion you're preaching to the Muslim Choir here, fact of the matter regardless of what faith he's leading it has Billions of adherents and a massive effect on the populace of the planet so it behooves us to debate it with a degree of realism.

The politics of his past should not be an issue, he has a different name a new station and as I said before transcends and notion of nationalism.

Shalom.

 

[DogOfWar]

LOL I didnt want to have to bust out the guns LOL......I didnt mean for the "threat" to be taken seriously  

Here is this better- :-*

;D

True-it shouldnt be an issue. My point is there are some crazy he-bro's. They see anti-semitism under everything.

My brother , no need to PM you.

I have said my piece in this public forum.

dileas

tess

Then we'll leave it at that. 

 

[the 48th regulator]

My brother , no need to PM you.

I have said my piece in this public forum.

dileas

tess

 

[Trinity]

Wow..

Sorry Tess... the one time i'm not surfing the site.... (parade night)

Hey... he was young... everyone was forced to be a Hitler Youth.
CNN reported their family hated it.

Yes, he served with an anti aircraft unit.. and they also
said he deserted..  guilty morals or just afraid.. who cares...

How many things have we done in our lives, learned and changed....
It was.. 50 years ago?  right..  he's different

He was the Pope's right hand man for HOW many years?
Nothing is going to change...  you don't think he was helping
the previous pope with his agenda?  Ratzinger had a good
amount of input the last how many years... its not going
to change much.

Now... thats just my opinion...

The spirit moves in ways we don't understand.  Lets have
faith the spirit is working now in this also.