bring the Pope to justice

[Mikey]

Yep, and it's a typical and transparent tactic.

What is ? Bringing facts to an argument ?

Your statement read funny, that's all.

I don't care about weather the Holy See is a state, country, blah blah blah. It just read funny because it read like a complaint ... "You'll just bring facts and not discuss the matter".

We can disuccess 2+2 all the live the long day, it won't change the FACT it equals 4 (semantics aside).

If the discussion is the total of 2+2 but the FACT that's brought up is that addition is associative, the FACT isn't disputed but it doesn't prove anything about 2+2.

[Tom In VA]

If the discussion is the total of 2+2 but the FACT that's brought up is that addition is associative, the FACT isn't disputed but it doesn't prove anything about 2+2.

:doh:

Right, facts out of context and all that. I understand. Like I said, my comment was purely out of scope and off topic, I just laughed. It "sounded" funny.

[Mikey]

If the discussion is the total of 2+2 but the FACT that's brought up is that addition is associative, the FACT isn't disputed but it doesn't prove anything about 2+2.

:doh:

Right, facts out of context and all that. I understand. Like I said, my comment was purely out of scope and off topic, I just laughed. It "sounded" funny.

Yeah, it did. And I was cringing as I hit "submit" on that one but WTF. Getting in an argument with mvscal is sort of like getting into a land war in Asia.

[indyfrisco]

While I'd like to see the Pope led off in chains, perhaps while he's still free to flap his rotten gums, the deplorable example he presents can help wake everyday Catholics from their sheeple stupor. Nothing would reform the stinkingly corrupt Church faster than the waking of the Fold to moral evaluation - something heretofore unknown to them.

If you want to see the “Church” die, maybe when Benedict dies, the college of cardinals can elect a mulatto who can promise an abundance of Gropes and Strange. That philosophy sure the fuck seems to be working here.

[Tom In VA]

If you want to see the “Church” die, maybe when Benedict dies, the college of cardinals can elect a mulatto who can promise an abundance of Gropes and Strange. That philosophy sure the fuck seems to be working here.

[mvscal]

Yep, and it's a typical and transparent tactic.

Hypothetical example:

Try sticking with the actual example:

Hitchens: Bring the Pope to Justice! [/frantic keyboard fritzing cocktugging session]

Me: You can't. Heads of state are immune from prosecution, dumbfucks.

Mikey: The Pope has no state.

Me: Yes, he does...dumbfuck.

Mikey: Backpedal

You're right, though. Kicking your ass with basic facts is a fairly typical tactic. You should try it someday.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

I wish someone would bring Mikey to justice.

...and by "bring to justice" I actually mean "asphyxiate with a plastic bag in his sleep".

[Dr_Phibes]

Just show the UN satellite photos of the mobile, secret Bang Bus and rockets away.



all nice and legal like.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

...mobile, secret Bang Bus...

[Dr_Phibes]

I don't even wanna know what that is.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Uncanny, my nigguh.

[stuckinia]

Marty,

Could you please advance MikeyTermination2010.exe STAT? This is getting painful. Please invoke your arthritis APP at least. A board is counting on you.

[BSmack]

It's the Holy See.

The Pope is the ruler of both the Vatican City State and the Holy See. The Holy See, as the supreme body of government of the Catholic Church, is a sovereign juridical entity under international law.

Not much to argue there. It is abundantly clear that the Pope is a head of state under international law despite Hitchens' wishful thinking to the contrary.

A lot of good that did Saddam Hussien.

[Mikey]

Marty,

Could you please advance MikeyTermination2010.exe STAT? This is getting painful. Please invoke your arthritis APP at least. A board is counting on you.

Particularly fond of the taste of nutsack?

[mvscal]

A lot of good that did Saddam Hussien.

Would you mind listing the violations of UN Security Council resolutions under chapter 7 perpetrated by Pope Benedict and the Holy See? You may also append any instances of war crimes, genocide and sponsorship of international terrorism to your complaint.

Yes, they do matter. You may begin at any time.

[BarFlie]

Always wanted to see this thing put through a crash test or one of those courses with pot-holes and whop-de-do's.


Occupied, of course.