Pope Benedict XVI 'is to resign'

[Razgovory]

What baffles me right now that somebody is arguing that internal consistency of arguments is bad.

Excellent, I am glad to see you've decided to give us an example of a strawman. I assume that's what you're doing, right? Because you can't have just been complaining about strawmen and then turned right around and offered your own. Could you?

You know he's crazy, right?

[fhdz]

You know he's crazy, right?

We're all crazy. It's a matter of degree, not necessarily kind.

[fhdz]

Actually, the ruckus is over the meaning of the term "bar to trust".  I kid you not.

What's unfortunate is that I think the other discussion - whether or not it is bizarre and counterproductive to automatically distrust someone who evidences internal inconsistencies - is a hell of a lot more interesting.

[garbon]

Actually, the ruckus is over the meaning of the term "bar to trust".  I kid you not.

What's unfortunate is that I think the other discussion - whether or not it is bizarre and counterproductive to automatically distrust someone who evidences internal inconsistencies - is a hell of a lot more interesting.

I don't. Pretty much everyone "evidences internal inconsistencies."

[fhdz]

I don't. Pretty much everyone "evidences internal inconsistencies."

Oh, I quite agree. I guess I was wondering how, given that, Viking finds interpersonal relationships possible at all.

[garbon]

He's as paranoid as Raz?

[Razgovory]

I don't. Pretty much everyone "evidences internal inconsistencies."

Oh, I quite agree. I guess I was wondering how, given that, Viking finds interpersonal relationships possible at all.

Well he is an engineer...

[dps]

I don't. Pretty much everyone "evidences internal inconsistencies."

Oh, I quite agree. I guess I was wondering how, given that, Viking finds interpersonal relationships possible at all.

I suppose he could go the CdM route and just keep women chained up in his basement.

[fhdz]

I suppose he could go the CdM route and just keep women chained up in his basement.

Can't trust even a chained-up woman!

[CountDeMoney]

I suppose he could go the CdM route and just keep women chained up in his basement.

Can't trust even a chained-up woman!

Just keep paper clips away from them.  They'll work the lock all night if you let 'em.

[Martinus]

One thing that I just read someone mentioning that I haven't thought about before.

Upon his resignation, Ratzinger will no longer be protected by his head-of-state immunity. There are private charges and lawsuits against him (both concerning his tenure as the head inquisitor and the Pope) in Europe and Americas, concerning his role in covering up pedophilia scandals.

This could get interesting. 

[Maladict]

Not really, he won't live long enough.

[The Brain]

Not really, he won't live long enough.

[Grey Fox]

One thing that I just read someone mentioning that I haven't thought about before.

Upon his resignation, Ratzinger will no longer be protected by his head-of-state immunity. There are private charges and lawsuits against him (both concerning his tenure as the head inquisitor and the Pope) in Europe and Americas, concerning his role in covering up pedophilia scandals.

This could get interesting. 

He's going to live in Vatican City until his death. I don't know how the Holy See feels about extradition.

[Martinus]

He can still be tried in absentia and of course can be a defendant in civil lawsuits.

The enforcement of such judgements would be a different thing, but that would still be a reputational hit for Vatican.