***Pope in hot water | 48 comments (48 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Pope in hot water (4.00 / 2)

I'm not sure that I subscribe to the criticism implied by Migeru's reply, but I have another quibble: if there is a tendency in what is quoted from others, one unrelated to the structure of the argument, then the quoter is culpable.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 06:17:59 AM EST
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Agree (4.00 / 3)

To large extent. To me it looks like the classic problem of not what you say, but the way how you say it. Heaven knows (sorry, pun) I've been guilty of that so often.

The pope would have been walking a fine line past two pitfalls if Pewi's explanation was indeed Ratzinger's motivation. On one hand criticizing the blindness of Enlightenment & Reason (but he has done that before on a plenty of occassions so nothing really new there), and on one hand the tender issue of Islam today. Guess he fell into the Islam pitfall (kettle?) today.

by Nomad (Bjinse) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 06:39:39 AM EST
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***Pope in hot water | 48 comments (48 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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