[extropy-chat] il papa's last rites?

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:
> I suggest this is a time to show a little kindness and compassion.

It's always time to show a little kindness and compassion.  But I
wonder if a little cruelty and ridicule in addition might not get our
point across effectively.

> Here (in Rome at least), the Pope is a symbol of something solid in
> a world of uncertainty, to nonCatholics as well. The sadness around
> me that I'm sensing is not only sadness for him but a fear about the
> uncertainties and changes in their own lives with the Pope's
> passing.

Whereas we have a symbol that constantly changes (improves):
technology.  It won't die unless humanity itself dies.