Pope Francis Man of the Year 2013 [All-in-one Super-de-dooper thread]

efb · 11-12-2013 11:23PM #1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25336696

Pope Francis has been named Person of the Year by Time magazine.

During his nine months in office, the Pope had pulled "the papacy out of the palace and into the streets", managing editor Nancy Gibbs said.

"Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical," she added.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was runner-up.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the then cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires, was made Pope last March. He named himself Francis after a 12th Century Italian saint who turned his back on an aristocratic lifestyle to work with the poor.

Deserved I'd say

MJ23 · 11-12-2013 11:24PM

Good man Franco

Ruu · 11-12-2013 11:25PM

Quick, find some Irish lineage, maybe we can salvage something from the year!

11-12-2013 11:28PM

What has Pope Francis actually done? I mean I get it that he's better than the last guy, but what has he done to deserve person of the year? I would much rather Malala Yousafzai get it, for her work in Afghanistan at such a young age or many other people who would be more deserving.

efb · 11-12-2013 11:31PM

Francis has made a siesmic shift in Catholic Hierarchy focus, this is a very good thing.

Micky Dolenz · 11-12-2013 11:34PM

Deleted User wrote: »

What has Pope Francis actually done? I mean I get it that he's better than the last guy, but what has he done to deserve person of the year? I would much rather Malala Yousafzai get it, for her work in Afghanistan at such a young age or many other people who would be more deserving.

Can you name who got it the last 5 years? Did they deserve it, and why?

kerry4sam · 11-12-2013 11:35PM

No better Choice than Pope Francis Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2013

linkie

Johro · 11-12-2013 11:35PM

Leaders/members of organised religion of any kind make me want to scream shut the f#ck up.

wp_rathead · 11-12-2013 11:36PM

efb wrote: »

Francis has made a siesmic shift in Catholic Hierarchy focus, this is a very good thing.

ya but... PERSON OF THE YEAR?

Agree with boney that Malala Yousafzai deserved it - extraordinary young woman

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 11-12-2013 11:36PM

Miley Cyrus was on the 'shortlist' for this which makes me kinda want to drown some kittens in a bathtub chanting praise to Satan for some reason.

Tin Foil Hat · 11-12-2013 11:36PM

efb wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25336696

Deserved I'd say

Deserved what? It isn't an award - more of statement of newsworthiness.

Rabelais · 11-12-2013 11:37PM

An inspirational man. Bringing the very humanistic concepts of Christianity to a wider audience. A true reformer. Less focusing on the matters of the bedroom, and more on how we exist as sentient beings on this planet. If I was to have any criticism of him, it's that he believes in Socialism as a fundamentally humanistic concept.

Very positive though. A true thought leader.

11-12-2013 11:37PM

I can, but only because I was looking at it previously - I was almost certain they made the EU person of the year, but that was evidently something else. Didn't Mark Zuckerberg win it over Julian Assange?

bumper234 · 11-12-2013 11:38PM

He was only given it because Time were too chicken to upset the Americans and hand it to Snowden.

efb · 11-12-2013 11:40PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I can, but only because I was looking at it previously - I was almost certain they made the EU person of the year, but that was evidently something else. Didn't Mark Zuckerberg win it over Julian Assange?

EU won the Peace Prize

11-12-2013 11:41PM

I love that in '98 they gave it to Bill Clinton and Ken Starr equally - just how the latter effectively opened the door for the former's impeachment.

efb wrote: »

EU won the Peace Prize

That's the one! I knew the EU had been given something ridiculous.

jobeenfitz · 11-12-2013 11:42PM

Obviously being delusional doesn't prevent someone getting that award.

Blue Crystal · 11-12-2013 11:43PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What has Pope Francis actually done? I mean I get it that he's better than the last guy, but what has he done to deserve person of the year? I would much rather Malala Yousafzai get it, for her work in Afghanistan at such a young age or many other people who would be more deserving.

Oh dear.I think you need to wake up and see that girl is a western propaganda tool

Cienciano · 11-12-2013 11:45PM

bumper234 wrote: »

He was only given it because Time were too chicken to upset the Americans and hand it to Snowden.

Yes. Here's what person of the year is:

Person of the Year (formerly Man of the Year) is an annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that features and profiles a person, group, idea or object that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year

But Osama Bin Laden never won it?

vitani · 11-12-2013 11:45PM

I wouldn't be a huge fan of the Catholic Church but so far, I am a fan of Pope Francis. He seems to practice what he preaches and even if it's all just PR, it's a refreshing change.

Micky Dolenz · 11-12-2013 11:48PM

jobeenfitz wrote: »

Obviously being delusional doesn't prevent someone getting that award.

How so?

krudler · 11-12-2013 11:49PM

Deleted User wrote: »

What has Pope Francis actually done? I mean I get it that he's better than the last guy, but what has he done to deserve person of the year? I would much rather Malala Yousafzai get it, for her work in Afghanistan at such a young age or many other people who would be more deserving.

Not being a gigantic twat like the last one is seemingly enough. As far as popes go he seems alright

B.A._Baracus · 11-12-2013 11:50PM

A person from the chruch getting named man of the year? que athiest snarky comments in ..

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wp_rathead · 11-12-2013 11:51PM

wait just read the article!

these two gob****es were on shortlist:
"US Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad"
:eek:

Shouldn't be surprised mind, Time did award Hitler Person of Year in 1938

Tin Foil Hat · 11-12-2013 11:52PM

IT'S NOT A AWARD.

11-12-2013 11:52PM

wprathead wrote: »

wait just read the article!

these two gob****es were on shortlist:
"US Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad"
:eek:

Shouldn't be surprised mind, Time did award Hitler Person of Year in 1938

And Hitler deserved it in 1938.

I'm more surprised that Miley Cyrus was actually on the shortlist!

thee glitz · 11-12-2013 11:56PM

Deleted User wrote: »

And Hitler deserved it in 1938.

I'm more surprised that Miley Cyrus was actually on the shortlist!

That's it though, I think - it's not necessarily a good award,
more about being influential / in the public eye.

jobeenfitz · 12-12-2013 12:00AM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

How so?

He believes in the god fairytale, Thats delusional.

wp_rathead · 12-12-2013 12:02AM

Deleted User wrote: »

And Hitler deserved it in 1938.

I'm more surprised that Miley Cyrus was actually on the shortlist!

Germany in 1938

The events of 1938, which a German document termed “The Fateful Year,” were part of the radicalization of the Nazis’ Jewish policy. During this year German expansionism escalated, and domestic preparations for war accelerated. The crackdown on Jews took on an increased ferocity, viewed as part of the overall political and ideological course. Throughout the year registration of Jewish property and its forced expropriation increased. The Nazi Minister of Economics Walter Funk boasted that by 1938, the authorities had managed to steal Jewish property worth two million marks.

On October 5, 1938, Jews’ passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew). Another law from 1938 required Jews who did not have a “typically Jewish name” to add one. Men were forced to add the name Israel and women Sarah so that they would be easily recognized as Jews.

On October 27, 1938, Nazi Germany carried out the brutal eviction of Jews with Polish citizenship – the first mass deportation of Jews. SS men drove children, elderly, and the sick across the Polish border; most of them were concentrated in abandoned stables near the border town of Zbaszyn, Poland. The deportation to Zbaszyn was directly connected with the pogrom of “Kristallnacht” – a central anti-Jewish event that took place on November 9-10, 1938. While Nazi propaganda claimed that it was a spontaneous outburst, in reality it had been planned and implemented by the highest echelons of the Nazi leadership. The signal was given by Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels and was carried out by members of the Nazi regime. During the pogrom 91 Jews were murdered, more than 1,400 synagogues across Germany were torched, and Jewish-owned shops and businesses were plundered and destroyed. In addition, the Jews were forced to pay “compensation” for the damage that had been caused and approximately 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

B.A._Baracus · 12-12-2013 12:04AM

jobeenfitz wrote: »

He believes in the god fairytale, Thats delusional.

.. and it begins :rolleyes:

Micky Dolenz · 12-12-2013 12:06AM

jobeenfitz wrote: »

He believes in the god fairytale, Thats delusional.

Heh. Try and be more open to what other people believe, it will serve you well. I'm not saying believe it, just don't insult it.

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