Biden meets Pope, tells him he's the "most significant warrior of peace" he's ever met

[peppertree]

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. "Warrior of peace"

Kind of oxymoronic.

Reminds my of Reagan's "Peacekeeper" nuclear missile.

[hlthe2b]

2. You equate the Pope with a nuclear missile? How is Biden's calling him a "Warrior of Peace"

oxymoronic? Do tell. This agnostic would REALLY like to hear your logic on this.

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. I equated oxymorons

How is one a "warrior" for peace? Warriors make war, the antithesis of peace.

My comparison was to the "Peacekeeper" oxymoron, a nuclear missile used in war.

[colorado_ufo]

7. Perhaps it was for ease of translation.

I am studying Italian, and like most languages, sometimes expressing a thought takes a different or special form. For instance, "I like bread" becomes something like "Pleasing me is bread." Or, "I am sixty years old" becomes "I have sixty years."

[CTyankee]

8. Or the double negatives! Why is it in Latinate languages and a no no bigtime in English?

[colorado_ufo]

10. I think it depends on logic of the culture.

For example, in English, descriptive adjectives come before the noun, requiring you to collect all those thoughts before you actually know what you are talking about. In Latinate languages, the adjectives come after the noun, requiring you to hold that thought until you get all the descriptions in place. Example: "big red dog" vs. "dog big red,"

[awesomerwb1]

3. Fox religion err EWTN

are going to hate this. Fake news! they'll say.

[YoshidaYui]

5. I am not Chritian, But Biden had me smiling

This is is so much better than the last for years with Mr, Embarrassment !!

[peppertree]

9. And Melania, who was said to "Speak five/six languages fluently" (remember that?)

There was a famous scene during Trump's meeting with the Pope, in which Francis starts making light conversation with Melania in Italian.

And she just stands there with this tortured grin - obviously not understanding un cazzo of what Francis was saying!

Luckily for her, it didn't take long for one of Francis's aides to notice, and he discreetly started translating behind her - at which point she started in with her "ah - si, si"s.

Dio mio, che vergogna!

[spike jones]

6. A Pope meets God.

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