SIEG HEIL: BENEDICTVM XVI

DEO GRATIAS = SIEG HEIL RATZInger = NAZI BENEDICT(Arnold) XVI = POPE ADOLF

Vast Left Wing Conspiracy Melting The Tin Foil Hats Of Right Tards

On 19 Apr 2005 14:32:32 -0700, 'Vast Left Wing Conspiracy'

To be fair, Ratzinger was never a Nazi. He was 14 when he was conscripted into the Hitler Jugend. He and his brother Georg both had no choice. It was either join or else. When he was 18, he was again forced to join the German army, but he wasn't a soldier. He was (IIRC) a mechanic's assistant at a BMW plant. They released him from active duty when he announced his priestly vocation. The charge of 'Nazi' is completely bogus.

Ein Prosit der GemŸtlichkeit

They are? Anyway, Bonnie is correct. Ratzinger was subject to compulsory enlistment not only in the youth organization, but also the

'a recent poll in Germany found more Germans opposed Ratzingers appointment than favored it.'
http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3236793& nav=15MVYtVE

Anyway, Bonnie is correct. Ratzinger was subject to

Ave Kaiser Benedictus would be more appropriate. DR

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are still a mess of Lutherans in Germany, no?

Even so, why would THEY oppose a fellow countryman's elevation to pope?

Ein Prosit der GemŸtlichkeit

Of course Bonnie is correct, dahling. I read a few bios of the guy before I posted. <g> <note campy-style humor>

Ein Prosit der GemŸtlichkeit

Mitchell Holman schrieb:

WE don't.

There are a few critical voices, though, but WE are actually more than happy that one of US has become Pope and we can't wait to welcome him in August when he attends the WYD in Cologne.

The whole n*zi-bullcrap was brought up by some British newspapers no intelligent person would read... Well, you don't 'read' them anyway, you look at the pictures....

DH (Germany)