Posted on 01/15/2015 5:54:28 AM PST by DaveMSmith
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of expression, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith.[...]
"If my good friend Dr. Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch," Francis said, throwing a pretend punch his way. "It's normal. You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others."[...]
"There are so many people who speak badly about religions or other religions, who make fun of them, who make a game out of the religions of others," he said. "They are provocateurs. And what happens to them is what would happen to Dr. Gasparri if he says a curse word against my mother. There is a limit."
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The utterance of fighting words is not protected by the free speech protections of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The words are often evaluated not only by the words themselves, but the context in which they are spoken. Courts generally impose a requirement that the speaker intended to cuase a breach of the peace or incite the hearer to violence. Confused now?
“If my good friend Dr. Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch” - Pope Francis
“But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.” - Matthew 5:39
WRONG!
If your faith is so shaky that some magazine makes you question it, then you should reexamine your faith.
The “Whore of Babylon” “Speaks!
The Pope must diet.
No disagreement and I simply repeat that the Pope needs to mind his own business.
Be careful. A few days ago a FReeper was swearing Bergoglio had to renounce his Jesuitry to become pope. I'm not sure who said it, but he was emphatic.
What's interesting to me that the Jesuits from the National Catholic Review, publishers of America magazine, don't seem to know what certain FReepers know. And according to the Jesuit in this video, Francis continues to refer to himself as a Jesuit.
Pope Francis: Still a Jesuit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nTePyD1TWI
Okay, that made me laugh
so very true!
If it’s the faith of a bunch of bloodthirsty savages in their pedophile false prophet, I find it hard to work up any outrage.
There are rather strict limits to what is polite, but any limits on what should be legal are very different.
And when you insult believers in Jesus' Salvation, expect them to pray that your heart be changed and your soul saved"
Except that famous believer in Jesus' salvation, Pope Francis, endorsed violence for baiting the bear.
That prophecy was not complete, so some people say.
>> Confused now?
No, the *theory* is quite clear.
But as in many things legal, the more important question is “who decides”?
To a faggot or goathumper, and these days to blacks as well, the sensitivity threshold is vanishingly small.
I’m Catholic and I’m sitting this Pope out. Meaning that I’m still a faithful churchgoing Catholic but I think that the conclave ignored the will of the Holy Spirit when it came to electing this one. It’s been known to happen, human frailty and politics and all.
I was willing to give the Pope a pass the first or second time he said something outrageous, as there’s no reason NOT to blame the press for most things and especially for bad translations, but as the hits just keep on coming it’s clearly not the press that’s the problem here.
All true. But when the Pope says there are “limits” on free speech when it comes to insulting religion, he’s wrong. If he said “there may be repercussions,” then we don’t have this thread. But what he said is wrong and totalitarian.
I can’t believe this from a Pope, what would Jesus do?
We know what he did, he turned his other cheek. Jesus would never advocate that you punch someone.
The Pope should be removed.
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