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    Put Yourself in the Position of....

    This thread is for you to put yourself into the place of various historical figures at critical times, and justify the decision you would make. You anser the question and justify your answer, then post your own scenario.

    First scenario...you are Pope Pius XII in 1942. You are aware of the beginnings of the Holocaust. Do you issue a papal protest, violating your Concordat with Hitler and risking even greater persecution of Catholics and potentially personal safety?
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  • #2
    I think he didn't do it.
    The Patriarch though did it.

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    • #3
      I would, appeasement shouldn't be an option.

      ACK!
      Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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      • #4
        paiktis, missing the point - of course he didn't, the question is, would YOU have?
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        • #5
          Sure.

          As a popular greek song goes:"The salvation of the soul is a very important thing"

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          • #6
            Nope.
            "I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"

            "Never play cards with any man named 'Doc'. Never eat at any place called 'Mom's'. And never, ever...sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren
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            • #7
              STYOM, why not?
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              • #8
                of couse i'd appease hitler, being the pope implies that i believe in the catholic ways, which implies that i am a closed minded fool.
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                • #9
                  Uber, come on now
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                  • #10
                    BTW sorry DF.
                    Don't mean to threadjack, but this is 100% what we're talking about.
                    I just point it out.

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                    • #11
                      being Pope requires that you are at very least, Catholic.

                      I don't think I qualify anymore
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by David Floyd
                        STYOM, why not?
                        If I were Pope, I'd already be effectively condoning things in Church policy that were almost as bad as the Holocaust turned out to be.

                        Since in 1942, I (as Pope) would not have any idea how the Holocaust would turn out, it probably wouldn't seem as bad as all the other nefarious things the RCC has sanctioned over the years. So, I'd keep quiet.

                        I doubt I'd make a good Pope
                        "I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"

                        "Never play cards with any man named 'Doc'. Never eat at any place called 'Mom's'. And never, ever...sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren
                        "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin (attr.)

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                        • #13
                          Absolutely. Hopefully, it would've triggered revolts in Southern Germany and Italy and within the Wehrmacht.
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                          • #14
                            *sigh*

                            Fine, someone else throw one out there.
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                            • #15
                              I would. I would be old anyway, so I might as well die in glory.
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