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saturn wrote:HABEMUS PAPAM!

We do

lol apparently this new pope was in the HJ when he was a kid

go go nazi pope

What's the HJ?

The Hitlerjungend, Hitler Youth Corps.

:lol: ^2

Kracus wrote:What's the HJ?

Hitler Youth?

Xed wrote:i don't care, nothing about that religion has anything to do with me. The pope was a source of entertainment for me.. not so much anymore because this guy doesn't just moan all the time.

they have a little bit more influence still then u give them credit for, this is a big deal

rgoer wrote:lol apparently this new pope was in the HJ when he was a kid

go go nazi pope

imagine at Urbi et Orbi, Ratzinger, after of saying thanks in zillions languages: 'arbeit macht frei'

:icon26:

Well... that doesn't mean he's an evil person just because he was part of the HJ does it?

Nope. No more than the entire population of Germany is evil due to having Hitler as their leader.

rgoer wrote:lol apparently this new pope was in the HJ when he was a kid

go go nazi pope

lol apparently everybody was back then

/Actually I couldn't care less. Ratzinger just isn't a very nice man.
But it's not like he's gonna start killing jews now.

He would if he could..

I doubt it.

SplishSplash wrote:

rgoer wrote:lol apparently this new pope was in the HJ when he was a kid

go go nazi pope

lol apparently everybody was back then

/Actually I couldn't care less. Ratzinger just isn't a very nice man.
But it's not like he's gonna start killing jews now.

aside from the nazi stuff, what did he do that makes him not a nice man?

i dont know anything about him.

i've heard that his values are very conservative compared to most catholics today.

he covered up sexual abuse by priests back in the day...

Freakaloin wrote:he covered up sexual abuse by priests back in the day...

old

Chupacabra wrote: aside from the nazi stuff, what did he do that makes him not a nice man?

i dont know anything about him.

Well let's just say he'd rather see people die from AIDS than to allow them the use of condoms.

Another example is the abortion situation in Germany. Abortions are allowed until three months into the pregnancy, IF you get two counceling sessions. Those aren't really all that hard to get, but the catholic church (among others) used to give them until John Paul II. (and Ratzinger) actually prohibited priests to give those counceling sessions. (Okay, that's more stupid than evil, but anyway)

So basically he's just like John Paul II. without the good PR.

All jokes aside. Do people in Germany care that they have a fellow countryman in office? Collectively, the country seems quite secular, progressive, supportive of abortion rights, and very gay. All of which Ratzinger despises.

From what I've on TV many people seem to care. At least more than I expected.

When Ratzinger appeared on the balcony there were some of these german rome pilgrims to see, who cried or waved the national flag like in a soccer match. Especially the cathlics in the german southern bible belt (bavaria, where Ratzinger stems from) but also politicians of all parties seem to be proud of the new "german" pope.

Due to the neverending german story of 'some more patriotism, please', also the media channels underlined their hope for a german pope as soon as John-Paul seemed to drop the spoon. - In a moderate way of course, but it was quite clear that they favorized Ratzinger as a german, right from the beginning and although they knew he is a fundamentalist fuck who promotes medieval values.

Actually they're debating how a 'german' pope might affect germany's role in the world ...

Ryoki wrote:

R00k wrote:

He looks like a fucking vampire :icon19:

- Indeed :lol:

Foo wrote:

losCHUNK wrote:POLAND WASNT ATTACKED, WE WERE INVITED, CHECK WITH POLAND

LUNCH WAS SERVED!

:icon19: o christ *wipes eye

i watched that episode last night, was in tears

shiv4 wrote:From what I've on TV many people seem to care. At least more than I expected.

Statistics are now saying only 37% of Germans think his election is a "good thing", most from his home state of Bavaria.

Also, the guy did join some Hitler youth group, but only because everyone was forced to. He abandoned the German army later.

shiv4 wrote:From what I've on TV many people seem to care. At least more than I expected.

When Ratzinger appeared on the balcony there were some of these german rome pilgrims to see, who cried or waved the national flag like in a soccer match. Especially the cathlics in the german southern bible belt (bavaria, where Ratzinger stems from) but also politicians of all parties seem to be proud of the new "german" pope.

Due to the neverending german story of 'some more patriotism, please', also the media channels underlined their hope for a german pope as soon as John-Paul seemed to drop the spoon. - In a moderate way of course, but it was quite clear that they favorized Ratzinger as a german, right from the beginning and although they knew he is a fundamentalist fuck who promotes medieval values.

Actually they're debating how a 'german' pope might affect germany's role in the world ...

Interesting. I can understand the enthusiasm, even if a bit tempered, but above all (german or not) people realize he is a 'fundamentalist fuck'.

KingManULTRA wrote:

shiv4 wrote:From what I've on TV many people seem to care. At least more than I expected.

Statistics are now saying only 37% of Germans think his election is a "good thing", most from his home state of Bavaria.

Also, the guy did join some Hitler youth group, but only because everyone was forced to. He abandoned the German army later.

37% ? - That's quite a lot considering that the Catholic Church whines about losing members since years.

They also said, he was a Flakhelfer in WW2 - launching missiles towards the Lord.