You're Not Hearing Me Correctly

As if there weren't enough trouble coming out of the Muslim world, now the Pope has to jump in and stir everybody up some more. I'm sure you've heard that Pope Benedict XVI decided it was a good idea to poke at the beehive of Islam by making offensive comments during a speech in his Fatherland, Germany. I don't know why he was in Bavaria. Maybe he was auditioning for the home town revival of "The Sound Of Music".

While addressing a group at Regensburg university the Pope, who now claims he was quoting a medieval emperor, said that some of the teachings of the prophet Muhammad were "evil and inhuman". Oh is that all? I can't believe that Muslims took that as a slight. Over the weekend, militant Muslims were attacking anything they could find to let Pope Benny know that he had angered them just a little. With all that's been happening lately and throughout history, you'd think that the Pontiff would have known that these folks don't take kindly to being dissed. While you may not agree with some of their teachings, you can't call out their prophet for a holy street fight. Millions of devoted hot heads have his back. It would be like the leader of another faith saying that Jesus' teaching of turning the other cheek meant mooning, and that the loaves and fishes he gave out were tainted with E.coli.

Now the Pope is using the old, "No, you misunderstood me." excuse. He claims that just because he quoted somebody, that those aren't his true feelings. Come on Your Holiness, that doesn't fly. If someone is giving a speech and keeps quoting Hitler, you gotta figure they're not going for bagels in the morning. It's easy to hide behind someone else's words, and use them to convey your feelings. There are some groups you can offend and nothing will happen, militant Muslims aren't that group. I would think the Church has enough problems without hanging another target on its back. Especially a target for folks who have no trouble shooting.

The Sox managed to win last night in an impressive fashion. I'm trying to keep hope alive. Even though I don't think God has time for baseball, maybe I'll toss out a good thought for the South Siders. On second thought, he's probably booked up trying to clean up His "messenger on Earth's" mess. Later...Brian