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I for one would be impressed and delighted if author and noted biologist and author Richard Dawkins and author Christopher Hitchens could manage to actually arrest Pope Benedict for crimes against humanity during a planned visit to England in September. The Pope "is not above or outside the law," Hitchens has said. "The institutionalized concealment of child rape is a crime under any law and demands not private ceremonies of repentance or church-funded payoffs, but justice and punishment."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 12, 2010 at 2:44 PM

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Eloi Manning says ...

Richard Dawkins.

Posted by Eloi Manning at April 12, 2010 2:58 PM

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joncro says ...

Your HTML is a little screwy.

But I hope Dawkins does try it! Unless the pope suddenly has to wash his hair and cancels the trip.

Posted by joncro at April 12, 2010 2:59 PM

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Edward says ...

The Pope and the worship of the Blessed Virgin are just two of the reasons I am no longer a Catholic. The audacity to claim a man can be infallible when he speaks Ex Cathedra is beyond the absurd.

When will Catholics wake up and rise up against the tyranny of the pope, cardinals and bishops?

Posted by Edward at April 12, 2010 3:15 PM

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Sabina E says ...

it really disgusts me that the Pope is exempt from the Italian judicial system and can't be arrested. I'm not sure if it applies in other nations.

I hate all organized religions, but-- more importantly I HATE and LOATHE all religious authorities and leaders !!!

Posted by Sabina E at April 12, 2010 3:21 PM

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JohnCope says ...

"I hate all organized religions, but-- more importantly I HATE and LOATHE all religious authorities and leaders !!!"

LOL. Of course you do.

As to Hitch, he's hated Ratzinger for years. This is just pretext to vent an existing attitude.

Posted by JohnCope at April 12, 2010 3:25 PM

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Gordn27 says ...

You have to admit, it's pretty solid pretext. It's practically context.

Posted by Gordn27 at April 12, 2010 3:29 PM

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Sabina E says ...

many, many deaf boys were RAPED by priests for many decades and the Vatican, and Ratzinger (THE RAT) knew about it:

http://www.democratherald.com/news/world/europe/article_451fc58b-8df8-53e2-9a27-5584c7f91f14.html

I say throw him into jail and let the parents of raped kids, have their way with the Pope !!!

Posted by Sabina E at April 12, 2010 4:23 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Cope, Ratzinger is pretty hateful, wouldn't you have to agree?

Posted by BurmaShave at April 12, 2010 4:25 PM

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DeeZee says ...

As long as he hauls Polanski along with Ratzinger, I'm fine with that.

Posted by DeeZee at April 12, 2010 4:42 PM

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Ray DeRousse says ...

Yeah, but did the Pope create any works of art like ROSEMARY'S BABY? Because that makes all the difference.

Posted by Ray DeRousse at April 12, 2010 5:22 PM

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lazarus says ...

I'd say that covering up hundreds and hundreds of crimes in different countries is worse than actually committing one of a similar nature, especially when the perpetrators in the former are fucking PRIESTS who are supposed to be trusted by families and communities, but D.Z. apparently thinks they're equal.

Jackass.

Posted by lazarus at April 12, 2010 6:08 PM

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lens darkly says ...

This story has been wildly exaggerated. Richard Dawkins had no intention of arresting the Pope.

Posted by lens darkly at April 12, 2010 6:49 PM

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DeeZee says ...

lazarus: So Polanski wasn't supposed to be entrusted with a little girl?

Posted by DeeZee at April 12, 2010 11:35 PM

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nemo says ...

Maybe Dick Cheney and Henry Kissinger can plan a trip to the UK to coincide with the Pope's visit.

Posted by nemo at April 12, 2010 11:48 PM

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Chinaski94 says ...

So you consider them to be equal, DZ?

Posted by Chinaski94 at April 13, 2010 12:12 AM

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DeeZee says ...

Actually, I consider Polanski worse, 'cus he knew exactly what the hell he was doing, while at least you could argue that the Pope might have deluded himself into believing he was doing the right thing.

Posted by DeeZee at April 13, 2010 1:42 AM

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bents75 says ...

That's actually a good point D.Z. - its kind of like how you delude yourself into thinking you're doing the right thing by posting a bunch of links no one gives a shit about.

Of course the pope can at least claim religion as his rationale for being delusional. What's your excuse?

Posted by bents75 at April 13, 2010 5:22 AM

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bents75 says ...

Of course, I guess it could go both ways with you.

We could also say that you're anally raping all of us with your hijacking of threads, constantly going off topic posts, and general inability to understand basic thought composition.

Posted by bents75 at April 13, 2010 5:29 AM

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George Prager says ...

Actually, DeeZee, Netanyahu is worse than Ratzinger and Polanksi combined.

...1...2..3..

Posted by George Prager at April 13, 2010 7:28 AM

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Krillian says ...

Having seen Deliver Us From Evil, I actually would like to see Chris Hitchens give that a whirl.

Posted by Krillian at April 13, 2010 8:55 AM

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lazarus says ...

"lazarus: So Polanski wasn't supposed to be entrusted with a little girl?"

You tell me if you'd let your precocious daughter hang out with a bunch of notorious Hollywood party boys by herself?

I sure as hell wouldn't.

Posted by lazarus at April 13, 2010 10:15 AM

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DeeZee says ...

George: Does he strap kids with bombs to blow up civilians? News to me.

lazarus: Well, they're letting whatsherface from Kick-Ass do that, and Cage didn't rape her, so...

Posted by DeeZee at April 13, 2010 12:54 PM

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Chinaski94 says ...

Answer questions directly.

Posted by Chinaski94 at April 13, 2010 1:08 PM

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DeeZee says ...

China: Arguing that what happened was going to happen only serves to implicate Polanski more. As for the question, it would depend on how well I knew them personally, because while I don't think my hypothetical daughter would be raped, I imagine she could be neglected or unsupervised, depending on who's baby-sitting. However, even if I *didn't* know those individuals that well, they would still fucking bear responsibility for anything they intentionally did to harm her, just like those pedo priests bear responsiblity for all the choir boys they molested.

Posted by DeeZee at April 13, 2010 1:47 PM

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