The "Pope Nazi" comment at the GAC

The media has misrepresented an off the cuff comment made by Richard Dawkins at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention. Here is the footage so everyone can see the exact words used, which pope was referred to and the context of the comment.

More: http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2010/03/nazis-earthworms-and-dodgy-journalism/

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[snoberts]

@quezcatol Being born on April 27th 1927, technically he was 18 before the end of the war. He claimed to have been protected from punishment for deserting by an angel sent from God. If he really believed this was true, why did he obey the Nazi command to serve? There were people who did actually refuse to serve and fight for Hitler, but Ratzinger was not one of them. They were mostly shot but surely his angel would have protected him! He did not stop until he felt it was safe to do so.

[Konstruktivismus]

@podblackdotcom

Is it possible to discuss this issue while drinking a coffee with you? ;)

[twooffour]

@Ohyewildthong

Well, I'm sorry for your Asperger's, but maybe if you look up "irony" or "joke" in a dictionary, you'll still get at least something.

IT WASN'T MEANT SERIOUSLY. And if it's not serious, then it's not "intellectual dishonesty". Seriously, get lost, retard.

[Ohyewildthong]

@twooffour No, it's called intellectual dishonesty and plain stupidity on Dawkins' part.

[twooffour]

@Ohyewildthong

It's caled a "sardonic jab".

[skywize]

@skywize ok, missed the filetype, sorry. It's Nazi­s_Education.htm

[Ohyewildthong]

@skywize Your link doesn't work, matie. And please don't try and lecture me on history, It's my undergrad. I'm well aware what Nazi education policies were but I want specific evidence to prove your assertion that Pope Benedict was a passionate Nazi. Please provide evidence.

[skywize]

@Ohyewildthong historylearningsite.co.uk/Nazi­s_Education. There is your evidence, now beat it kid, you bother me.

[Ohyewildthong]

@skywize No. You can always find evidence for people's will. I've provided plenty. Now please provide some of your own or stop making ridiculous comments.

[skywize]

@Ohyewildthong Asking for evidence of someone's will is ridiculous. Also, if there was, no evidence I could give you would be of any use. The Catholics would hide it, and anything an Atheist finds would be considered biased. However, it is widely known that the recruitment of Nazi Youth, aside from being compulsory, tended to manipulate it's recruits. Many believed wholeheartedly that they were doing right even if they hadn't before.

[Ohyewildthong]

@skywize Evidence please? Because every piece of evidence suggests his family were anti Nazi. The young Ratzinger abandoning his unit, his father, because of his political views, never getting promotion, the fact that the Nazi party badges that the young Ratzinger was supposed to sell to raise funds were instead thrown in the basement. As to the contray you don't have one shred of evidence, not one.