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From the Torygraph:

A “puerile” Foreign Office memo which has thrown the Pope’s state visit to Britain into doubt was circulated by a 23-year-old Oxford graduate who once included “drinking a lot” among his hobbies.

That would be a normal young graduate then.

Dear Child-Fuckers,

Thousands of newspaper articles about countless documented cases around the world of child rape, instigated by your members and systematically covered up by your leadership, are not “petty gossip.”

Yours lack-of-faithfully,

TFS

Says Papal spokesman Father Federico Lombardi:

“The Pope wants to have a direct, pastoral relationship with people where you can touch children…”

Says it all, really

From the ASA code:

3.4 Obvious untruths or exaggerations that are unlikely to mislead and incidental minor errors and unorthodox spellings are all allowed provided they do not affect the accuracy or perception of the marketing communication in any material way.

Well i guess that’s how they are going to justify this:

New Scientist has published an excellent article concerning research by Scott Wiltermuth of Stanford University in California that suggests that “activities performed in unison, such as marching or dancing, increase loyalty to the group”. The article discusses proposals by psychologist Jonathan Haidt at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville that “this research helps explain why fascist leaders, amongst others, use organised marching and chanting to whip crowds into a frenzy of devotion to their cause”.

The article very carefully skirts around the similarity between the chanting and singing, encouraged by facist leaders, and the hymns and prayers which form the bedrock of religious observance.