How not to behave

[sawyl]

It seems that the pope has equated atheism with nazism in a recent speech in Edinburgh:

Even in our own lifetime, we can recall how Britain and her leaders stood against a Nazi tyranny that wished to eradicate God from society and denied our common humanity to many, especially the Jews, who were thought unfit to live. I also recall the regime’s attitude to Christian pastors and religious who spoke the truth in love, opposed the Nazis and paid for that opposition with their lives. As we reflect on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the twentieth century, let us never forget how the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life leads ultimately to a truncated vision of man and of society and thus to a “reductive vision of the person and his destiny”

While His Holiness is perfectly entitled to his opinion, it seems to me to be a slightly crass comment from someone on a state visit. It's rather like going to a party and criticising your host's morals and friends and dress sense whilst at the same time eating their food and slurping down their booze. Although I'm not terribly surprised by this behaviour, I'm still disappointed by the sheer boorishness of it.