Rehabilitation works
February 7th, 2005 at 8:51 am by Preston Taylor HolmesAnd here’s proof.
Man who shot Pope wishes him swift recovery.
The 84-year-old Roman Catholic leader is recovering in Rome’s Gemelli hospital after suffering Tuesday night of a momentary blockage to his breathing.
Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot the Pope during a general audience in St Peter’s Square on May 13, 1981, wrote his letter in Italian from the Istanbul jail where he is serving a sentence for killing a Turkish journalist and for robbery.
“You and I, we have both suffered in trying to spread religion around the world. I hope you regain your health in the near future,” Vatan quoted Agca, a Muslim, as writing.
“We are approaching the end of the world. This generation is the last generation. I hope God grants you strength and health,” it said.
I’ll go ahead and finish the sentence he left hanging. “You and I, we have both suffered in trying to spread religion around the world – mine, through the brutal slaughter of infidels; yours, through peaceful conversion… really, they’re pretty much the same if you think about it.”
February 7th, 2005 at 2:54 pm
Newsflash to Agca: Not gonna spread too much religion by offing the POPE.