New Pope don't rock

[Iain Ferguson]

Oh I do agree Paul, it would have been extremely difficult to avoid
being conscripted.

At the end of the day, he's an irrelavance to me, Its a bloody big shame
that he is relevant to to many people on this planet with such a
negative, blinkered view of the world.

I'd love for him to make me eat my words, but somehow I doubt the man
has the sight to liberalise. Not from what he's said..

iain

Paul Mather wrote on 4/20/2005, 4:44 PM:

 > To be fair, it was hard not to be in the Hitler Youth, because
 > membership became compulsory for youths some time during WWII.  Also,
 > late in the war, every eligible male between the ages of 16 and 60 was
 > conscripted into the Volksturm (the German "Home Guard"), as a
 > last-ditch effort to stem the tide of defeat.
 >
 > Still, conscientious objectors did resist being drafted, and were
 > usually sent to concentration camps as a result.  I guess Mr. Ratzinger
 > chose a path of least resistance...