Bush's simple mindedness is exemplified perfectly by this moronic statement. Thank goodness this is his last term. Here's hoping it's not too late to correct all the stupid decisions that he has made during his administration.

And he thinks he opposes this?

you can kill someone else to make your own life more convenient

How do we manage to elect these people? I find it mildly nauseating, given the hundreds of thousands - mostly civilians who were not "convenient" to the Bush war - who have suffered and perished under this man's orders.

It is heart-breaking and repulsive. It's like discovering what Soylent Green is.

"The death sentence is a necessary and efficacious means for the church to attain its ends."

Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903)

What ever happened to 'Thou shalt not kill, judge not...,' something about ' covet thy neighbour's...' (oil), and a couple of others that both the Bushies and the Popes over the years have had a little trouble with? And this Benedict says that the atheists have caused some serious problems throughout history? Come on! These characters have got to be getting up there on record for the most people killed in the name of...?