I think it's unfortunate that the cardinal got injured. If it had been the pope who got injured, though, hell yes I'd be OK with that. I fucking hate benedict.
Why do you hate Benedict? Is it just the fact that he's the pope or is it something about him personally?
Did you hate John Paul II too?
I'm not Catholic so I don't know that much about Benedict, but I thought John Paul II seemed like a pretty good guy from everything I read about him.
Like he sought common ground between different religions, he learned Spanish after he became pope even though he already spoke seven languages so he could speak and understand it when he visited Mexico and South America. and he went to prison to visit the man who tried to kill him and he forgave him, for example.
Benedict specifically. John Paul II was a fucking awesome pope, as far as popes go- almost a progressive pope. Benedict is dragging the catholic church back into the fucking dark ages and I sincerely want him to die ASAP so he can be replaced. I think that the fact that Benedict used to be a member of the hitler youth ought to have been a tipoff that he wasn't the best choice to act as the catholic god's spokesman.
I'm not Catholic (I'm pretty much an atheist), but I'm a 'recovering catholic,' and beyond that, a realist- the Pope is an important political figure, and his decisions affect a worldwide organization (i.e. the catholic church). Disliking organized religion won't make it go away, and catholicism is far-reaching, and here for a damn long time. I want the pope to be as non-douchey as possible.
I truly believe that if we'd have had more popes like John Paul II, the catholic church would have made changes for the better within itself and its own rules/structure. Further, given how widespread catholicism is, I think that would have made the world a better place. (Or, at least, a less-bad place, if that's a more palateable way to look at it.) Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Instead, we got fucking
Benedict.
I think Benedict is to the catholic church what George W. Bush was to the U.S. when he was in office. My reaction to Benedict getting tackled is the same reaction I had to hearing about Dubya getting a shoe chucked at his head, which was 1. glee at having him get a tiny bit of come-uppance despite his rank and power and 2. wishing he'd wounded more than his pride.
/religious/political rant
