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Hoping4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 06:17 PM
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60. This irrational rant is completely off the mark.

It is irrational to equate an negative opinion about an idea/religion to an attack on people. The Pope did not engage in name-calling. Period. So drawing parallels to KKK is absurd.

To regard an negaaitve statement about an idea as an attack is a paranoid delusion.

Furthermore, even if the Pope shared Paleologos' opinion that Islam was evil and didn't bring anything new into the world, it is still an opinion about an idea. For the Pope to be equated with the KKK he would have to make a statement that denigrated Muslims.
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