Pope Benedict seeks immunity against charges for crimes

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   Claire Evansposted 10 years ago

   The Pope has scheduled a meeting with the Italian president to request immunity from prosecution from the government.  The letter sent to the president prior to the Pope's resignation states:
   
   An Open Letter and Appeal to Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy
   from Rev. Kevin D. Annett, Secretary of the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State:
   
   "...Our understanding is that, in the wake of pressure to have him resign his office because of his proven complicity in concealing child trafficking in his church and other crimes against humanity, Joseph Ratzinger is seeking the assistance of the Italian government in securing protection and immunity from legal prosecution."
   
   http://www.syncrenicity.com/?p=1719&preview=true
   
   Perhaps this is why the Pope doesn't consider paedophilia as an absolute evil.

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      Disappearingheadposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      What about his crimes against fashion?

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      Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Claire, don't you think this letter should be investigated to have ever even been written first. I'll wait to hear from a few real news stations before commenting. I did a fast search and found nothing from legit news stations.

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         Uninvited Writerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         But, it was published on the Internet... it must be true...

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            wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            
            
            You must have seen the ad of the girl with the "Bonjour" boyfriend.

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               Uninvited Writerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               Yes, that did pop into my mind

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               Brenda Durhamposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               lol
               yep that ad is hilarious

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               Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               You mean that mediocre, unfunny commercial with unnatural scripting commenting on an outdated outlook of the internet?
               
               You expressed something other than agitated indifference towards that mind-numbing dreck?

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                  Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  Wow.
                  
                  Are you actually that condescending?
                  
                  I hope they don't revoke your Mensa membership for being completely devoid of respect for others.

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                     Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     So, so sorry that I prefer my comedic commercials to actually be, you know, funny?
                     
                     Like these, for example:
                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4
                     Never say "No" to Panda!

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                        Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        Ah, you actually are that condescending.  Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

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                        Uninvited Writerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        You expect TV commercials to have depth???

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                           Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                           If they want me to buy their crap, then yes. Yes I do.
                           
                           If Thailand can do it...
                           www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ll-bDmK3EA
                           ...why can't we?

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                              Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                              Of course.  Everyone makes their everyday purchases based on the depth of the product's commercial. 
                              
                              There are things we need to buy.  We buy them whether their commercials have depth or not.  And in all honesty, how much depth needs to happen in a commercial for car insurance?
                              
                              "Expectation breeds resentment."  I think you may be expecting too much from something as meaningless as a television commercial.

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                                 Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                 That kind of mindset is the reason why Hollywood keeps churning out bottom-of-the-barrel, cringe-inducing cinematic cancer like Escape from Planet Earth, because people like you think movies made for kids don't have to be any good because they're "meaningless".
                                 
                                 The same holds true for commercials. Just because commercials are unimportant doesn't mean they have to be garbage--that just encourages mediocrity and brain atrophy.

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                                    Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                    I just had this conversation with my 16 year old, and I seem to have it with him every three month. He doesn't understand why movies and games are being made without substance. I have to keep reminding him that that's the model that makes money and any publicly traded company has to make money. End of story. Sure it sucks, but it's todays reality. Watch old movies and play old games.

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                                       Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                       But the infuriating thing is that Hollywood has proven that they still CAN make good movies! Look at Life of Pi! Look at Hugo! Or The Muppets! Or Moonrise Kingdom, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and The Cabin in the Woods!
                                       
                                       It's all just...just....RRHGHGHGHRJHGJHRGJRHPUEWHI

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                                          Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                          Are you my kid. I'm going to have a look at what he's doing.

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                                    Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                    Wow, for 25 you are certainly wise in the ways of the world. 
                                    
                                    Please be careful in your use of phrases such as "people like you," especially when conversing with people about whom you know next to nothing. 
                                    
                                    Hollywood turns out crap kids' movies because many parents just want something to keep kids busy while they do something else, and they pay for their kids to be babysat by a movie.  They don't care about quality.  I am not one of those parents. 
                                    
                                    I also think it's time for me to stop discussing something as off-topic as television/movie quality on this particular thread.

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                                       Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                       Well, as I said, that mindset is polluting commercials, as well. Just because you don't particularly foster that brain-dead attitude towards kids' movies doesn't erase the fact that you do harbor it when it comes to commercials. That's a double-standard.
                                       
                                       "I also think it's time for me to stop discussing something as off-topic as television/movie quality on this particular thread."
                                       
                                       Pfffft, like there's anything to be had in this thread anyway. Hey guys! The Catholic Church is made up of pedophiles and liars! Also, water is wet and the sky is blue!

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                                          Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                          I really need to stop reading your posts.
                                          
                                          Enjoy yourself in here. 
                                          
                                          Perhaps someone will become wiser from your musings.

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                                          Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                          Start a new forum about the degradation of movies and I'll come by and straighten you out there as well.

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                                       Uninvited Writerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                       Come on, didn't you think you knew everything when you were 25? I know I had it all figured out... and then I reached my 50s...

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                                          Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                          Don't you wish you could be a teenager again so you could know everything?

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                                          Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                          I did.  I'm astonished at how dumb I'm becoming as I age.
                                          
                                          

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         Claire Evansposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Oh, okay, well I went to Reuters:
         
         http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/ … ZI20130215
         
         I also went onto the International Tribunal into crimes of church and state website:
         
         http://itccs.org/

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            Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            The Reuters piece says nothing about any letter!!!!!!!!!!

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               Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               And the itccs.org piece is nothing but conspiracy theory run amok.

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                  Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  ttccs.org = international Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State
                  
                  I'll wait for the cbc or bbc or nytimes to run the same story.

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                     riddle666posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     They are satanic conspirators and will never publish it!

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   psycheskinnerposted 10 years ago

   LOL.
   
   From the same author that thinks the Pope was forced out because he won't tell the world about aliens, and thinks that Frankincense cures cancer, amongst other things

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      Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Hey, why not, I just saw a post in facebook that claimed 4 cups of water 45 minutes before breakfast was a cure for Cancer.

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         Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         

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            Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            crap, I have to pee again!!!

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               Motown2Chitownposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               A small price to pay for having cured your cancer, I might think.
               
               

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         Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Nonono man, I've got the solution: I'm fat and I eat nothing but junk food, and I don't have cancer! Clearly THAT'S the cure!

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   Motown2Chitownposted 10 years ago

   I'm slightly disturbed by the source of the article.  Way .... out there.

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      Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      As you should be. As am I.

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      Claire Evansposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      http://itccs.org/

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   Marisa Wrightposted 10 years ago

   I was waiting for this to start.   It's scarey how quickly fake letters become accepted as true on the internet.

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      Claire Evansposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      No, it was on the International Tribunal of Crimes against church and state website:
      
      http://itccs.org/

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   Emile Rposted 10 years ago

   Hey Claire. Let's not take any chances that this isn't true, or he will be granted immunity. I've got pitchforks, you bring the torches and we'll gather the lynch mob on the plane ride over.

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      Rad Manposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I don't think they will let us on with the pitch forks, so lets call him over with some hand gestures.

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         Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Well, they'll give you a knife and fork on the plane, so that's kinda like having a small sword and a small pitchfork...

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            Emile Rposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Do you realize how demented we would appear, standing outside of the Vatican, waiving plastic tableware while chanting 'off with his head'? Do you want to be laughed at?

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               Zelkiiroposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               All the greatest movements have humble beginnings!

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                  riddle666posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  Yes every journey starts with a single step.

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                  Emile Rposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  I'm not so sure about this, but OK. We'll have to get Claire to buy tea candles instead of torches; to keep in proportion with the weapons.
                  
                  Oh. And maybe we should inhale helium before we chant. That would be fun.

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   riddle666posted 10 years ago

   It will be good to notice that the Pope himself didn't commit any crimes and all his responsibility is vicarious liability, that came on him just because he was elected pope. His only "crime" is to protect his "church" from scandal,as the chief officer of it. He failed hence he resigned, nobody will prosecute him.
   For that matter nobody will prosecute even real war criminals if they belong to the most powerful countries or backed by them.

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