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Pope: I'm sorry (sorry you're offended, that is)
Inthenews.com (UK) ^ | 9/16/2006 | Staff

Posted on 09/16/2006 5:25:37 AM PDT by Dark Skies

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To: Dark Skies

No, his spokesman says it wwas not his intention to offend muslims.


21 posted on 09/16/2006 5:31:57 AM PDT by pissant
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To: Dark Skies

Dammit. That was a mistake.


22 posted on 09/16/2006 5:32:11 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: bonfire

READ THE DARN ARTICLE


23 posted on 09/16/2006 5:32:38 AM PDT by pissant
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To: Aussie Dasher
What the Pope is saying is "sorry if the truth hurts"...

That's the way I read it. He hasn't and IMO will not issue a retraction because it was a "quote" and it was the truth.

24 posted on 09/16/2006 5:32:49 AM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: Dark Skies
He said he hoped the speech had not been taken as being intentionally offensive and insisted that the Vatican was "strongly upset" by the Islamic world's reaction, the BBC reports "

Doesn't sound like an apology to me....

I'm sorry for their reaction too, It's a damn shame they are barbarians that can't grasp the concept of debate and civilization.

I'm not sorry for the fact that I believe they are at dangerous and a threat to all of humanity.

25 posted on 09/16/2006 5:33:03 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and Apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: bonfire

see post #13


26 posted on 09/16/2006 5:33:17 AM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

READ THE ARTICLE PLEASE.


27 posted on 09/16/2006 5:33:24 AM PDT by pissant
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To: bonfire
He didn't cave, they are selective in their quotes.

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Muslims on Saturday he was sorry they had found his speech on Islam offensive, expressing his respect for their faith and hoping they would understand the "true sense" of his words.

He is saying what was said is true, he is sorry they are offended.

28 posted on 09/16/2006 5:33:46 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
has he washed and kissed their feet yet...probably...now i am sure that the world (Europe, and the Church there) are doomed...verdict still out on Australia and USA...such an opportunity throw to the wind...thanks pope...i think i knew ya when the Israels where up to it as well!!!
29 posted on 09/16/2006 5:34:26 AM PDT by ldish (God save the USA)
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To: Dark Skies

Damn, dude. He said it and it's the truth, so now he should own it. Instead, he crumbles like an Oreo cookie as soon as the islamics start whining.


30 posted on 09/16/2006 5:34:35 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." - GW Bush, referring to DNC's lack of a platform on ANYTHING)
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To: ldish

READ THE ARTICLE. THERE IS NO APOLOGY.


31 posted on 09/16/2006 5:35:08 AM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: pissant

"It was certainly not the intention of the Holy Father to undertake a comprehensive study of the jihad and of Muslim ideas on the subject, still less to offend the sensibilities of Muslim faithful," Vatican press office director Federico Lombardi said."

Backpedaling.


32 posted on 09/16/2006 5:35:37 AM PDT by bonfire
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

there is no apology.


33 posted on 09/16/2006 5:35:41 AM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: Dark Skies
Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf warned that "sinister
tendencies" to associate terrorism with Muslims were helping
to fuel a sense of alienation between the west and Islam.

Shazaam! I've never made the association. I better start reading more carefully.   /sarc

34 posted on 09/16/2006 5:36:03 AM PDT by jigsaw (Liberals couldn't act so irresponsibly if Conservatives didn't fight so hard to protect the country.)
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To: 1rudeboy
SEPARATED AT BIRTH???

GEICO CAVEMAN


35 posted on 09/16/2006 5:36:14 AM PDT by antivenom (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much damn space!)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

He did not. The article is misleading.


36 posted on 09/16/2006 5:36:27 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

I think we need a personal note after the title. People are misunderstanding the story.


37 posted on 09/16/2006 5:36:35 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: pissant

I HAVE read it. It's an attempt to quell violence. With these radicals, they don't have to have a real reason. He is back tracking. You have no idea how disappointed I am. What a wuss.


38 posted on 09/16/2006 5:36:48 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: frogjerk
READ THE ARTICLE. THERE IS NO APOLOGY.

It's the equivalent of a husband saying to his wife "I'm sorry you're offended because I said you look fat in that dress."

39 posted on 09/16/2006 5:36:55 AM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: bonfire

Hardly. Where did he say he's sorry. Or that what he siad was untrue?


40 posted on 09/16/2006 5:38:09 AM PDT by pissant
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