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Pope Francis has died

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916 points phillipharris | 6 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 1.096s | source | bottom
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lr4444lr ◴[21 Apr 25 12:48 UTC] No.43751408[source]▶
I will never forget his sympathy for the motives of the terrorists who massacred staff at Charlie Hebdo:

“If my good friend Dr Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch,” Francis said while pretending to throw a punch in his direction.

He added: “It’s normal. You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.”[0]

[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/charlie-hebd...

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wat10000 ◴[21 Apr 25 13:05 UTC] No.43751577[source]▶
That’s reprehensible, but also refreshingly open-minded. It shows an awareness that other religions deserve an equal footing to his own. I prefer this over the nuts who decry Sharia law while wanting to implement a Christian equivalent.
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Lionga ◴[21 Apr 25 13:44 UTC] No.43751943[source]▶
Did not expect to read on HN that thinking it is good to kill people for a caricature is "refreshingly open-minded"
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wat10000 ◴[21 Apr 25 14:28 UTC] No.43752409[source]▶
Do I need to put “that’s reprehensible” in bigger letters or something?
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1. Lionga ◴[21 Apr 25 14:56 UTC] No.43752698[source]▶
No you just need to stop there (or better find more drastic tone, but ok) and not make it sound ok, heck be a good thing afterwards.
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2. wat10000 ◴[21 Apr 25 15:10 UTC] No.43752832[source]▶
Dude was leader of a massive organization that claims to be a divine instrument and the only path to salvation. Acknowledging another religion as anything other than heresy is a step up.
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3. Lionga ◴[21 Apr 25 19:16 UTC] No.43755423[source]▶
So if the terrorist of charlie hebdo would have just tortured the journalists there for a few hours and maybe cut of their fingers that would also be a "step up" or "refreshingly open-minded"?

Dude I can not believe how it can be anything but horrible to make acts of terrorism and killing of innocent anything but the worst humans can do.

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4. wat10000 ◴[21 Apr 25 19:29 UTC] No.43755537{3}[source]▶
No. Using soft language about someone else's words is not the same as using soft language about torture. It's not even remotely similar. There isn't some transitive property of outrage here. If you can't tell the difference between saying "these terrorists had reasonable motivations for murdering those innocent people" and "at least that guy's awful statement has one thing going for it" then I really can't help you.
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5. Lionga ◴[21 Apr 25 20:20 UTC] No.43756041{4}[source]▶
If you can say that a statement that justifies killing innocent people because they draw a caricature had "one thing going for it" then I really can't help you.
6. angra_mainyu ◴[22 Apr 25 00:40 UTC] No.43758016{3}[source]▶
I'm similarly in complete shock, but then again I see jihadi simps every once in a while on HN.