REUTERS RESPONDS TO MY TRILOGY BLOG POST ABOUT THE POPE’S BAPTISING THE ANTI-ISLAMIC MUSLIM: MAGDI CRISTIANO ALLAM (PART III)
Upon further reflection, I think that last paragraph of the Reuters follow-up article is worse than I thought. Here are some pictures of what we are talking about taken from magdiallam.it, that is, the baptism of the anti-Islamic Muslim Magdi Allam by Pope Benedict during the televised around the world Easter Vigil at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome:
Now, the reporting of Reuters, which called into question the commentary made on this Trilogy blog, made me think of the David and Goliath story, except in a re-written version, whereby Goliath, a warrior for the Philistines (in this case, Reuters against the Pope), thought he made a deal with King Saul (the observers), to the effect that when little David, the warrior-boy for the Jews (in this case, Pope Benedict for the Catholics), went out to do one-on-one battle with Goliath, he would be stripped even of his sling (well, the Trilogy blog, more or less!), remaining apparently vulnerable.
From wikimedia commons (from a Jewish manuscript in France from the 13th century)
Of course, Pope Benedict has zero need of this Trilogy blog to rush to his defense! Zilch! Zippo! The power of truth always but always wins out in the very end, no matter what.
However, maybe a comment from the Trilogy blog is not out of order. As it is, in calling into question my defense of the Pope’s prudence in this matter, wondering if this defense was naive, Reuters was actually calling into question the prudence of the Pope, questioning if he were not naive in all this. In other words, the word naive that fell on me was an easy way to aim this at the Pope in some way get away with it. This is clear from the rest of the article, in which experts, Muslim and Catholic, were called in just for this end. However, taking the sling away from David wouldn’t have stopped David way back when. Pope Benedict will simply continue with what elsewhere has been called his Marshall Plan. It is the Lord who is the Lord of history.
I personally think that the Trilogy and Goliath should just shake hands and be collaborators, but only if Goliath stops being a Philistine while I try to be an even better Jackass (spoken with the irony of the Trilogy)! I hope no one takes offence with my language. I mean no harm! We can work together on these kinds of things. I know you all want to be objective and helpful to the whole world. We can do this, helpfully, together. As it is, I think I remember meeting some of the named journalists in a rather turbulent part of the world some years ago, and was impressed with the required fearlessness and level-headedness they possessed. You’re blogrolled!
One last note: in the Reuters article pretty much everyone had their picture included, except for your’s truly. Of course, I wouldn’t have minded for an instant had my picture been used.
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