His policy in World War I was one of the strictest neutrality, and he had the respect of all belligerents. He originated several proposals for peace.
That speaks to some of the best of JPII as well.
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Apr 19, 2005 8:02:24 am PDT #6948 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
brenda m - Apr 19, 2005 8:03:49 am PDT #6949 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
How do they pick the fancy name? Does he get to choose?
He gets to choose. And then we get to figure out what message he's trying to send with his choice. According to the former priest in my office, it's something of a break with tradition to choose a name that been used recently, and there was a Benedictine he thinks around 1930ish. So my take (and his) is that whatever the message is, consider it allcaps. ("Probably a real conservative goosestepper," quoth the former Father Ralph. )
Now off to research Ben XV.
Sue - Apr 19, 2005 8:04:49 am PDT #6950 of 10001
hip deep in pie
They were saying on the CBC that Ratzzinger's nickname was "Cardinal No," and he's very conservative.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 8:06:04 am PDT #6951 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When John Paul II picked his name (right after John Paul I died shortly after becoming pope), a comedian joked that the name "John Paul" hadn't worked out too well, and that the new Pope should have chosen a different name, such as George Ringo.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 8:06:22 am PDT #6952 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Ratzinger was in the Hitler Youth. For real.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2005 8:06:42 am PDT #6953 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't calling him a Nazi a little unfair? He was just in the army; he wasn't a member of the Nazi party. eta: (I think)
He's heir to a man who compared the pro-choice movement to the Holocaust. I'm not currently inclined to be cutting him a lot of semantic slack.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 8:07:19 am PDT #6954 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ratzinger was in the Hitler Youth. For real.
Yes, but wasn't that required of all boys?
-t - Apr 19, 2005 8:08:30 am PDT #6955 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Weren't the Nazis anti-Catholic? I had that impression.
Betsy HP - Apr 19, 2005 8:08:52 am PDT #6956 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Ratzinger is even more conservative than John Paul. And his out-of-the-blue denunciations of the Beatles in 1996 - a quarter century after they split up - and insistence that the rock band AC/DC's name meant "anti-Christ, death to Christ" cemented the impression among many young Catholics that Ratzinger was out-of-touch.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:09:09 am PDT #6957 of 10001
brillig
Ratzinger was in the Hitler Youth. For real.
When you're surrounded by mad dogs, not smelling like a rabbit is not stupid.