tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post3180500263015243555..comments2023-11-05T00:38:56.097-07:00Comments on 21st Century British Nationalism: Is it me or are all the religions going bonkers ?Defender of Libertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093052197059748663noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post-60327967669460146002007-12-06T11:23:00.000-08:002007-12-06T11:23:00.000-08:00Re: Benedict XVIAlways remember, his namesake, Ben...Re: Benedict XVI<BR/><BR/>Always remember, his namesake, Benedict XV, was the pope who blessed the Easter Rebellion in Dublin in April 1916 when the IRA stabbed Britain in the back - while multitudes more of loyal southern Irishmen were serving on the Western Front and in other theatres and would continue to do so until the end of the war.<BR/><BR/>That said, BXVI is, I think, the shrewdest politician and PR man in the world.<BR/><BR/>He was also the former Head of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, i.e. the Inquisition.<BR/><BR/>He is now arguably the most highly regarded individual on earth.<BR/><BR/>In other words, not to be underestimated but not to be trusted, either.alanoreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013953165470026155noreply@blogger.com