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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (6 children)

The naivety isn't him saying it, it's him thinking that such a thing could or would ever come to pass, and what such a thing would even mean if it did.

I'm not begrudging the pope using his pulpit to push for morality (though, he is the head of an international criminal organization), I'm begrudging his frankly idiotic approach. Calling it childlike was perhaps me being kind.

If he was somehow successful, what would it mean? Let's say the whole world got together and signed the "we won't bomb anyone" charter. How long until the next bomb fell? Minutes? Hours?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Criticizing the Pope for acting like a true Christian is a Hell of a take.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Ah see I do kind of disagree with you then. It’s interesting that we seem to agree on the illegitimacy of the Pope but diverge sharply on how he should use his ill-gotten influence.

    My thinking is he doesn’t need to offer practical solutions, he needs to use his ill-gotten influence to at least pull the discourse in the right direction - and to keep speaking up to remind people that all of this is wrong and not normal.

    And again, most world leaders themselves are not going to listen much, I definitely get that.

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