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Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - cbelt3 - 12-11-2013
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At a time when the limits of leadership are being tested in so many places, along comes a man with no army or weapons, no kingdom beyond a tight fist of land in the middle of Rome but with the immense wealth and weight of history behind him, to throw down a challenge. The world is getting smaller; individual voices are getting louder; technology is turning virtue viral, so his pulpit is visible to the ends of the earth. When he kisses the face of a disfigured man or washes the feet of a Muslim woman, the image resonates far beyond the boundaries of the Catholic Church."
Yup. Governments will lie and cheat, dictators will murder, politicians will bombast and deal. But a man of faith who preaches the basic tenents of his faith and then practices them ?
Good choice, Time.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - Speedy - 12-11-2013
Time had to do it quickly before his porridge is poisoned.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - SteveG - 12-11-2013
What I find really surprising is that Time still sells 3.3 million copies a week.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - Lemon Drop - 12-11-2013
I just heard that Newsweek is going back to print. Maybe people miss holding something larger than an index card when they read.
And good for Francis. I hope he lives up to the hype. I don't think people who left the church are coming back but he could renew some confidence in those who remain.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - $tevie - 12-11-2013
Eddie who? I thought the internet was voting for Miley Cyrus.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - RonT - 12-11-2013
"Yup. Governments will lie and cheat, dictators will murder, politicians will bombast and deal. But a man of faith who preaches the basic tenents of his faith and then practices them ?. . . . . Is bound to be ridiculed by the Republicant's.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - Black - 12-12-2013
Eddie was pretty clear about not wanting it.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - Lemon Drop - 12-12-2013
should've been Snowden.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - Spock - 12-12-2013
Lemon Drop wrote:
should've been Snowden.
Yep, he should be the one.
Re: Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis. - $tevie - 12-12-2013
Lemon Drop wrote:
should've been Snowden.
It's too soon to know, but the Pope has potential to bring more seismic change than Snowden has. Man of the year isn't supposed to be a popularity contest.
I couldn't make the mental leap from Snowden to "Eddie". I in fact wondered for a moment if it was a mispelling of "Edie", my personal favorite.