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2007-11-06 Europe

Saudi king has historic audience with Pope

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Posted by mrp 2007-11-06 08:52|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 The question of religious freedoms in Saudi Arabia for Christians and other non-Muslims remains an extremely sensitive one.

This is an absurd claim. There are no religious freedoms for anyone in "Arabia", either muslim or non-muslim.

And that is the last the civilized world will see of that 16th-century engraving. It would have been better to smash it on the pavement than hand it over to this barbarian king.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-11-06 10:53|| 2007-11-06 10:53|| Front Page Top

#2 a snow-globe of a cathedral in Mecca would've been nice

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-06 11:14|| 2007-11-06 11:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Might be instructive for the beard to see that the Vatican has been around a long time with nary an oil well in sight...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-11-06 11:58|| 2007-11-06 11:58|| Front Page Top

#4 "..he brings a golden sword as a gift, eh? Let me see what I got laying around here. Let's see, let's see. Oh, here is a box marked Valletta, should be appropriate..."

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-11-06 12:18|| 2007-11-06 12:18|| Front Page Top

#5 (don't know how to upload pictures of my trip else I would - not pictures of the Popeye set I was too busy walking the approach from Ft. St. Elmo to Rabbit Medina, on the lookout for the cavalry raids. As the quote from the book said, when the populace was captured by the Turks and offered freedom in return for helping the Turk seige, "Better a slave of the Christians then a friend of the Turks.")

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-11-06 12:28|| 2007-11-06 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 ...and I think the snowglobes were sitting next to the local Maltese liquor made from the indiginous cactus :) Good stuff!

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-11-06 12:31|| 2007-11-06 12:31|| Front Page Top

#7 swksvolFF, go ask the guys in the O Club. They do that kind of thing quite often there. (It's a clicky thingy in the yellow bar on the right margin of the main page. Tell AutoBartender to put your drink on my tab, 'k?) ;-)

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-11-06 12:52|| 2007-11-06 12:52|| Front Page Top

#8 You know, the king sold the holy places to the Crusaders. Pass it on.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-11-06 14:14|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-11-06 14:14|| Front Page Top

#9 I'll try to stop by for one after work, thanks for the invite :)

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-11-06 14:24|| 2007-11-06 14:24|| Front Page Top

#10 the pontiff to say that he was "deeply sorry" for any offence

No balls

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-11-06 18:53|| 2007-11-06 18:53|| Front Page Top

#11 So what was the name of the theme song that the Vatican brass band played for His Rotundity the King?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-11-06 19:56|| 2007-11-06 19:56|| Front Page Top

#12 "Sympathy For The Devil"?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-06 21:15|| 2007-11-06 21:15|| Front Page Top

#13 I like it. Swiss guard with a drumroll while the Pope accepts the sword, treat it like the saud's surrender. Prosciutto and wine at the reception, chanting of 'The Song of Roland' as entertainment...

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-11-06 23:04|| 2007-11-06 23:04|| Front Page Top

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