Re: 'Curse my mother, expect a punch'
Reply #15 –
I think not everyone picked up the issue I raised which was that the Pope made it clear that he empathized with the use of violence by those that felt insulted. His remark was basically saying that if you insult religion then what can you expect but violence.
He didn't empathize, he simply stated what one could expect. Correct on your second point, but there's an important difference between sanctioning violence and pointing out what one can expect.
A case in point: How many times has the Christian faith, and the Roman Catholic faith in particular, been insulted in one way or another? So----- when is the next Crusade scheduled? I'm sure the Pope must have it marked on his calendar somewhere. No renegade priests demanding that this forum be shut down at once, and that the people responsible for it be punished? No calls for the ----- well, I think you get the picture. Somehow I don't expect to read of nuns storming the offices of the local branch of "The Onion", and killing people. We'll leave that to radical Islam, who seem to have that market cornered at the moment.