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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 11/23/2008 : 12:36:20
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Way back around the mid '60s, John Lennon stated to the effect that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. This set off a huge pissing contest amongst the devout that continues today. Better late than never. The Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano finally forgave John Lennon's infamous 1966 claim that his band was "more popular than Jesus."
And, yea, it was all good.
In a curious twist, the way-past-due change of heart and mind came on the 40th anniversary of The White Album's 1968 release. Look Vatican, we don't want to tell you how to do your job, but you might have wanted to forgive Lennon's statement in 2007, the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' epochal Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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But y'know what: given their world-wide audience, they actually were more popular than Jesus, and still are. Therefore, there is nothing to forgive and the Vatican is merely saving a little face -- I can't fathom why at such a late date.
It's funny, though....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Jebus throws in the towel!
