Pope
Do he and Terrell Owens share a publicist or something? TO is one of my favorite players, and he is villified in the media for nothing. He's a model citizen playing among dozens of convicted felons (Randy Moss hit a cop with his car) and he's made to look like Gargamel.
Now, the Pope is getting screwed by the media. In a speech about religious tolerance, he quoted a medieval emperor to show a ridiculous point of view. Now, people are acting like it was his thought. There are two unusual things about this. Neither are the media taking something out of context and causing global outrage.
1) Religious figures say hateful, ignorant things about Islam very often. None of them have received international death threats. (For example, these people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNfL6IVWCE)
2) The quote used by the Pope cited Islam as "violent" religion. Now the extremists who are most offended are threatening to kill the Pope. Irony, anyone?
Now, the Pope is getting screwed by the media. In a speech about religious tolerance, he quoted a medieval emperor to show a ridiculous point of view. Now, people are acting like it was his thought. There are two unusual things about this. Neither are the media taking something out of context and causing global outrage.
1) Religious figures say hateful, ignorant things about Islam very often. None of them have received international death threats. (For example, these people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNfL6IVWCE)
2) The quote used by the Pope cited Islam as "violent" religion. Now the extremists who are most offended are threatening to kill the Pope. Irony, anyone?
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