Merkel: Pope must clarify Holocaust stance

[HAL 9000 96]

Off to the gym I goes.

[Rocky_nBullwinkle 6]

I see it is time for me to make some more edits on Wikipedia. I did not know anyone would use them as a reliable source. I "corrrect" the Filipino recipes there all the time.

--Rocky

[Ban Hammer 13,632]

Mags is the awesomest mod around.

/wipes brown off his nose.

Edited February 4, 2009 by charles!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I want to protest that I am not allowed to post the really cool pics of Ratzinger transforming into Emperor Palpatine

This one?

or was it this?

Hell if you can have the below as an avatar... seems pretty mild by comparison

Its not like Ratzinger doesn't look "a bit" like the emperor

Edited February 4, 2009 by Paul Daniels

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I PD

[HAL 9000 96]

Yay?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Seriously - does't Ratzinger look EXACTLY Like Palpatine??? what are the freaking odds????

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Seriously - does't Ratzinger look EXACTLY Like Palpatine??? what are the freaking odds????

In some of the pictures he really does...

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Seriously - does't Ratzinger look EXACTLY Like Palpatine??? what are the freaking odds????

In some of the pictures he really does...

I know!! I think he should use it as a marketing tool.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I have no idea why he was chosen instead of so many more modern, forward thinking candidates. He must have used the Force.

Edited February 4, 2009 by Mister Fancypants

[Danno 1,228]

I have no idea why he was chosen instead of so many more modern, forward thinking candidates. He must have used the Force.

"Forward thinking" ... I love when you call it that.

No really!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It was because he was seen as a safe choice.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It was because he was seen as a safe choice.

I hope their kicking themselves under those Cardinal dresses now.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It was because he was seen as a safe choice.

I hope their kicking themselves under those Cardinal dresses now.

No reason they would really - the cardinals are an insular lot.

[HAL 9000 96]

Seriously - does't Ratzinger look EXACTLY Like Palpatine??? what are the freaking odds????

Would you like that as an expected mean or an actual concrete value?

It was because he was seen as a safe choice.

Word from the inside is that he was a choice based on central dogma rather than appeasing social movements- as just and (ironically) Christian as they may be.