by Gabriele Roth » Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:59 pm
by lcarreau » Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:18 pm
by SoCalHiker » Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:46 pm
by phlipdascrip » Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:24 pm
by John Duffield » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:29 pm
by CSUMarmot » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:36 pm
by Bob Sihler » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:46 pm
But there is ONE little one, which surpasses all others in craziness: the Vatican State, for not only it is a theocracy, having God's representative on Earth as its head of state, it is also a secular absolute monarchy with the monarch being elected. It is a state as small as nothing else in this world, a tax-free enclave, not represented in the United Nations, but with a super-tight network of „embassies“ across the world. It holds an army of Swiss mercenaries, as ridiculous as it is itself. It outsources policing to the Italians. Its population does not maintain itself through births, but through acquisition. Each of its citizens holds temporary double citizenships, as long as there is a job to do. It has its own stamps and one single mailbox. Its Euro coins sell higher on the street than their face value, and therefore they are completely superfluous as a means of payment. Its car license plates read „SCV“ – Stato della Città del Vaticano – and its official language is considered dead: Latin. It owes its stately existence to a criminal: Mussolini. And exactly as weird is all that surrounds the Vatican: it's a hoax, the most glorious, stuck-in-the-past, formal expression of the oldest still existing political institution in Europe: the Roman-Catholic Church.
by MarkDidier » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:01 pm
by Ejnar Fjerdingstad » Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:39 pm
SoCalHiker wrote:I agree that it can be viewed as incredibly offensive. He should have understood that there are many people here on SP (and of course millions worldwide) that are a proud part of that religion. There are good reports that are provocative, but this is definitely in my opinion beyond that.
He should not have posted that, period.
by mrchad9 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:07 pm
by lcarreau » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:16 am
by lcarreau » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:26 am
by Bruno » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:10 am
Bob Sihler wrote:I may, though, delete the "mountain" page on the basis that it is not a good page.
by Bruno » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:59 am
Bob Sihler wrote:I can see people finding it offensive, especially this paragraph:But there is ONE little one, which surpasses all others in craziness: the Vatican State, for not only it is a theocracy, having God's representative on Earth as its head of state, it is also a secular absolute monarchy with the monarch being elected. It is a state as small as nothing else in this world, a tax-free enclave, not represented in the United Nations, but with a super-tight network of „embassies“ across the world. It holds an army of Swiss mercenaries, as ridiculous as it is itself. It outsources policing to the Italians. Its population does not maintain itself through births, but through acquisition. Each of its citizens holds temporary double citizenships, as long as there is a job to do. It has its own stamps and one single mailbox. Its Euro coins sell higher on the street than their face value, and therefore they are completely superfluous as a means of payment. Its car license plates read „SCV“ – Stato della Città del Vaticano – and its official language is considered dead: Latin. It owes its stately existence to a criminal: Mussolini. And exactly as weird is all that surrounds the Vatican: it's a hoax, the most glorious, stuck-in-the-past, formal expression of the oldest still existing political institution in Europe: the Roman-Catholic Church.
by Petro » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:03 pm
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