For someone who’s had to go to great lengths to distance himself from a (tenuous) connection to Nazis, you’d think he wouldn’t be this fucking obtuse about the topic.
As the entire country goes completely fucking mental over the Pope I present, as a public service, a little sanity courtesy of Britain’s finest news source, The Daily Mash
He spoke of radically atheist regimes, and the danger of removing religion from public life. Are most atheists radical? Not in the West. Do most atheists advocate for the removal of religion from public life? Don’t think so.
He warned against aggressive forms of secularism. That seems kind of in his job description to me.
The overreaction of entities like the British Humanists amazes me, though it probably shouldn’t. Perhaps they should just let the Pope be Catholic.
Yes, the jokes just write themselves. Doesn’t Joe Ratzinger have a political adviser who can nudge his elbow and say, “Don’t you think that reminding people about Nazis is a bit dangerous?”
So, where is this “radically atheist regime” in the UK? Why talk about them at all on a visit to the UK, unless he’s talking about something that he thinks is relevant to Britain?
What did the antipope ever do to you? Could be a perfectly decent fellow, the sort you wouldn’t mind grabbing a beer with. Seems rather harsh to off him for sweet, sweet electricity.