Thursday, April 21, 2005

"Beyond Parody," Indeed

David Frum brings this Extreme Media headline to our attention:

From the April 17th edition of the Times of London: "Papal Hopeful [now Pope Benedict XVI] is a Former Hitler Youth."

Isn't that akin to calling B-16 a "bed-wetter" because he wore diapers as an infant?

Just wait, they'll get to that one. The new pontiff is approaching the end of his eighth decade.

And he's, you know, so Catholic. Such a nasty trait to see in a pope.

Or, as Benedict would doubtless never say, "Manchmal bekannt ist besser, für irgendjemandes Feinde - und in meinem Fall, schlage ich das gesegnete lotterie!"