[lbo-talk] Jail The Pope

[Mark Bennett]

This was my initial thought as well; but, if the article is to be believed,
Dawkins and Hitch have engaged a firm of solicitors to devise an argument
against the Pope's claim of diplomatic immunity, using Pinochet's arrest as
precedent.  It sounds quite mad to me, but who knows?

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:31 PM, socialismorbarbarism <
socialismorbarbarism at gmail.com> wrote:


> Mark Bennett wrote: "Hitchens and Dawkins have visions of a second
> Babylonian Captivity..."
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7094310.ece
>
> Can't do it. The Pope is a head of state, thanks to help from Mussolini.
>
> Now, what Britain *can* do is have their intelligence services gin up
> a fake report that says the Pope is developing weapons of mass
> destruction, push a resolution through the UN, invade Vatican City,
> shoot up some cardinals, bomb St. Peters, capture Herr Ratzinger,
> convict him at a show trial, and hang him before there are too many
> questions asked. Now, *that* would be OK. Hitchens can explain how it
> is in defense of democracy and the Enlightenment, and a needed blow
> against Christofascism.
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Mark Bennett <bennett.mab at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hitchens and Dawkins have visions of a second Babylonian Captivity:
> >
> > "RICHARD DAWKINS, the atheist campaigner, is planning a legal ambush to
> have
> > the Pope arrested during his state visit to Britain “for crimes against
> ...
>
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