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by ernestipark
4566 days ago
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I'm not saying Snowden or the Pope should or shouldn't be the POTY... but the narrow mindedness here is pretty silly (yet predictable). Maybe it's hard for atheist technologists living in the tech bubble to fathom, but the Pope is unbelievably influential to not just the millions (or even billions) of Catholics around the world, but even those who are not Catholic/Christian. I'm not sure whether Pope Francis will/has inspired policy change, moved political waves, etc, but when one person can potentially inspire perspective change in billions of people in the way they treat others and view many of the hot button issues in the world today, that seems worthy enough for POTY candidacy. |
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There's some indications that it may have, if not spurring political change, at least reduced a barrier to it with some immediate effect [1].
[1] http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2013/1106/As-Illinoi...