Apr 22, 2005
A New Kind of Problem
By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 4:36 AM
Well, the new pope has been in office for two days (well, unofficially, I guess — I know his installation into “office” has not occurred yet) and he already has a 21st century kind of problem to deal with. Cybersquatting, namely.
It seems that a creative Floridian decided, just before Pope John Paul II died, to buy up the names he thought a new pope might go by. As it turns out, he hit the “jackpot” with BenedictXVI dot com (personally, I do not recommend visiting the site, as I understand he has ads on it, and I have no desire to support cybersquatting). He wants a papal hat and a free stay at the Vatican in exchange for the name.
I wonder where that puts him in Dante's Inferno? 
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Close to the fire, no doubt
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I read about this. Pretty amazing and underhanded. I don’t see him getting a papal hat.
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I think it would go something like this.
Judas, meet your new bunk mate. (Snicker)
BTW, since you brought it up, I don’t think Judas deserved his place in that book. But that’s just my opinion. I can think of a bunch of people who deserved it more then him.
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Sounds good to me, Flip. Or maybe he should be stuck out in the desert.
Christopher, It is definitely underhanded… I rather hope he doesn’t get a papal hat, although I do hope the Vatican gets the name. Last I heard, he has an alternate request that would include getting a private audience with Benedict XVI. I don’t see that happening either.
Mark, I’m trying to recall which circle Judas was in? It isn’t coming to me right now.
Moving away from my friend Dante for a moment… I’ve actually always pitied Judas. If only he’d remembered what Jesus had said, he would have realized that even he was still able to be redeemed if he just had faith. Well, I’m getting off track. Maybe he’d appreciate the bunk mate.
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He was the lowest of the low, if I remember correctly.
I also regret to say that I was board with the “story” about helf way through and needed to force myself to finish. Just not my thing.
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I think it’s kinda’ funny. How evil does that make me?