Why does he always look so EVIL?

[Rosemary2205]

I'm not catholic, only know closely a few people that are. Not a whole lot of Catholics in the deep south. I didn't always agree with John Paul, was pissed about how he handled the molesting. But I didn't certainly think John Paul was evil personified. I always thought of him as a well meaning but flawed person.

Every time I look at this one I get the willies. Is it physical appearance or is it an evil soul? I can't decide.

[here_is_to_hope]

1. Um, because he is? n/t

[Bicoastal]

2. Jesus, what are you like on blind dates?

:hi:

[Warpy]

7. HA HA!!

Probably like me, able to spot a drinker, abuser, or other lowlife within the first minute and duck out the back through the kitchen before the table is ready and the loser is still at the bar.

At least I was a cheap non date, never stuck him for dinner.

I'd never have gotten more than five feet into the restaurant if I'd seen Pope Benny sitting at the bar with the yellow rose.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

46. Uhhh

Trust me, honey (and I say that woman-to-woman), he would NOT be interested in dating you.

Know what I mean?

Wink, wink.

He looks like Satan, just a little, don't you think?

[Rosemary2205]

21. I would not date Ratz - that's for sure! LOL

:)

[RedCappedBandit]

3. it is physical appearance

i don't understand why it is okay in this culture to insult people due to the way they look..

[Lorien]

10. I think this is more about expression, not physical attributes

the man PROJECTS evil, just like Ann Coulter does. If they didn't he would just be an agreeable elderly man and she a slender attractive woman in her forties.

[ruggerson]

13. I agree, we shouldn't insult him on his looks

how about we just call him a misogynistic, virulently homophobic, ex-Hitler youth, destructive, horrific piece of garbage.

Does that work better?

[TankLV]

16. It certainly works for me - as long as they don't praise this dangerous fuck...

but to call him what is was/is - a Nazi - when it is a FACT is somehow "wrong" or "inappropriate"...

[Rage for Order]

24. May I ask, how many times have you been arrested protesting the Iraq war?

I'm assuming you've put your money where your mouth is. Surely you've been arrested numerous times for civil disobedience to protest the Bush administration's numerous crimes. If you haven't been arrested for civil disobedience recently, how can you hold a 14 year old boy to a higher standard than you hold yourself to as an adult? You expect a 14 year old child in Germany to have the courage to defy the Nazis at the height of WW2?

[PassingFair]

25. It's just that as "God's Representative on Earth", you'd think that they'd ....

set the bar a little higher ....

There had to have been non-Nazi men in the running....

[Rage for Order]

27. Maybe so, however...

Being coerced to join the Hitler Youth at the age of 14 is a far cry from becoming a Nazi as an adult because you agree with their ideology.

[Jamastiene]

30. That works.

Works perfectly, actually. Still, he looks like he is reliving his Hitler Youth in that photo in the OP. :scared:

[rch35]

43. that is bullshit, i have to agree with what Rage for Order said, he was 14

it was probably a choice along the lines of the hitler youth or death.

[Rosemary2205]

18. I 've never been prone to judgement purely on looks.

I've met people who had a great face for looking evil but their whole spirit and personality was so open and joyful. My brother is one of them. The guy would make a great bad guy in the movies. I normally look at a picture and say "that looks evil", but I don't automatically associate it with the nature of the person in the pic.

In this case, I do.

[CTyankee]

49. I was tempted to post something like you did. There is something outright

evil looking in the man.

It's the mouth. Have you noticed that smile. The mouth gets all creepy. Then when he speaks, he has that distinct german accent which I guess we have all been conditioned to recognize as nazi-like because of all the WWII movies.

[Captain Angry]

19. I know what you mean.

Why people can't attack the acts/deeds is beyond me.

How many people that aren't "pretty" are the most wonderful people you've ever met? How many beautiful people are the kind that you would run away from as fast as you can?

[musette_sf]

4. i think evil just emanates

and it's can't be ignored.

Ratzo was JPII's Cheney. he's the hardass who approved coddling the molesters and keeping the RCC hard line about BC, women, etc.

[DeSwiss]

5. ''The eyes....

...are the window to the soul.''

[hisownpetard]

6. His mouth may be smiling but his eyes certainly are not.

Cover his mouth with your finger and see!

[Occulus]

8. Pope Palpatine

[TankLV]

17. I knew I saw his face somewhere...!!!

[Divernan]

9. Anyone with very thin lips and no eyebrows looks rather scary.

[ZombieHorde]

11. If you are an evil person then the Pope looks scary,

If you are good then the Pope is very adorable.

[El Supremo]

12. Uncle Fester wasn't a bad guy.

[Greyhound]

39. or even Uncle Fester...

The Pope OTOH...

[patrice]

14. Truth is, by definition, inevitable, no matter how you dress it. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

15. He does lack the former pope's kindly look. n/t

[patrice]

20. Because someone has to tell "Pro-Lifers" to keep shelling out that cannon fodder to support

our leaders, so we can have someone to tell us how to live, because we poor benighted fools will never be able to figure it out for ourselves.

:sarcasm:

[pacalo]

22. I've always thought the eyes are the windows of the soul; his eyes are very telling.

And he went outside protocol & chose himself to be the replacement for John Paul.

What I want to know is: what's with the red shoes & red Gail Evans hat I've seen him wear in other pictures? I can't see him advising the poor, who are the majority of the world, with that gold-everywhere look -- & just how many carats are in that staff he's displaying? He looks like he's more representing the golden calf I saw in the movie "The Ten Commandments" than ordinary folks. Maybe he's the king of the top 10%?

[Subdivisions]

23. Think he looks evil there? Then you shouldn't look at this:

[alfredo]

26. John Lennon said, "One thing you can't hide, is when you're crippled inside."

[malaise]

32. That's one my my favorite Lennon songs

and it's so appropriate here.

[alfredo]

34. Thanks. That was his post Primal Therapy years.

[Adsos Letter]

28. Going purely on LOOKS...

I think the negative response of many is accentuated by the regalia, which evokes a picture of religious authoritarianism that is antithetical to what many Americans feel about religion, government, and liberty.

[Karenina]

57. Your face after 40 is your OWN FAULT!

:evilgrin:

[Jamastiene]

29. Kinda makes the guy who played Damien look quite charming.

I actually had never noticed how this Pope looks. :scared:

[China_cat]

31. Well, let's see

Nazi sympathizer, head of the Inquistion (yes, it still exists, just has a different name)

First: Congregation for Universal Inquisition 1542-1908
Next: Congregation of the Holy Office 1908-1965
Now: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 1965-

No change in policy or orders, only the name is changed to protect the guilty.

Last head: Joseph Ratzinger (Prefect: 25 Nov 1981 to 19 Apr 2005)
Present: William Joseph Levada (Prefect: 13 May 2005 - )

How many more things he's participated in that aren't easily found and don't really fit with the idea of a modern pope? (I think Ratzinger would have done very well in the days of the Borgias)

[mwb970]

33. He does have a certain intense look, but I'm not sure it's "evil".

I just want him to go home so I can get my news channels back. I can't take much more saturation Pope coverage.

[DesertRat]

35. You are projecting what you want to see

He is an elderly man with deepset eyes. I am offended by the insinuations of evil in this thread and others I've seen on DU.

[Thepricebreaker]

36. Who cares, he is loved by over a billion people. Talk about shallow...

[Clear Blue Sky]

37. I agree.

People DO evil/good, not LOOK evil/good...

[Rosemary2205]

38. Oh I disagree.

People CAN look evil. They may or may not really BE evil.

[Greyhound]

40. Great Grandma always said, "People always get the face they've earned". n/t

[DesertRat]

41. What would she say about these faces?

http://www.smiletrain.org/site/PageServer

[Greyhound]

45. She would give you a whithering look and patiently explain to you,

that children have not earned anything yet, because they are children. Now please do try to keep up.

[DesertRat]

42. Or this one?

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html

[Rosemary2205]

44. Well I think she likely DID "earn" hers.

Someone who selflessly took on that much of the world's suffering, I would expect to be wrinkly and worn. Every one of those lines is a badge of love IMHO.

of course I know folks who spend a lifetime serving humanity, live very long lives, and die with relatively unlined faces.......so

[Greyhound]

47. Exactly, and where is one of her smiling? She smiled quite a bit, and I see no

malice in that face, do you?

[DesertRat]

51. Of course not. Nor do I see malice in this face

[Greyhound]

53. I guess that's a difference, he looks like he's acting, badly, to me.

He also shows all the signs of living an easy life at the expense of others for a vary long time.

[DesertRat]

48. Insinuating that the Pope is evil

is offensive to the million Catholics in the U.S. including that wonderful man in your signature.

[Rosemary2205]

54. No doubt

Though the last Pope was pretty decent on the whole, the newest Pope is too new to know what he'll do with new job. His performance as a cardinal wasn't exactly sweetness and light. In fact, I'd say being the brains and force behind protecting child molesting priests is evil on a very basic level. Not that MHO matters much.


I know a lot of people are offended when I say GWB is an evil fucktard. It would be nice to respect the office enough to just be quiet, but GW has dishonored himself, the country, the office so bad that if my saying he's evil offends them more than GW's actions, then so be it.

[Greyhound]

55. Insisting that there is an invisible man in the sky that is an omnipotent

homicidal maniac that has condemned the overwhelming majority of the species to eternal suffering and torment is offensive to me. None of us are guaranteed freedom from offense.

I respect and admire Representative Kucinich, but we do not agree on religion.

[Greyhound]

56. Oh, and I am not insinuating that he is evil, I am flatly stating that he is evil. n/t

[dger11]

50. Never judge a book by its cover. True evil today is packaged in

a few slick lines, a cute face, and a big smile. A nice suit and a firm handshake help too.

[Zorro]

52. Joey the Rat

I think that's Bartcop's nickname for him.