Seems that they are at least looking to see if they still have any backbones in storage (from Political Gateway):

BERLIN, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The president of the European Commission says he is disappointed the leaders of Europe didn't defend Pope Benedict XVI's remarks about Islam.

In Sunday's edition of the German newspaper Weltam Sonntag, Jose Manuel Barroso said Islamic extremists are a threat, but people cannot confuse tolerance with political correctness by putting others' values above their own, Deutsche Welle reported.

Barroso also said the problem does not not lie with the pope's comments, but with the violent reaction of extremists.

That is an entirely rational view to have - and absolutely shocking that someone in the EU made it. We'll have to see if they force him in to psychiatric care, and whether or not the religion of peace will demand his head.

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Posted by Mark Noonan at September 25, 2006 09:17 AM

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Well--you gotta take into account that this guy's an Italian...

Don't get me wrong, Italians can be a pretty radical lot when they want to be--but there's no self-respecting Italian that's going to take a chance on the bad karma that could occur should you let someone insult the Pope!

-Leo-

Posted by: Psycmeistr at September 25, 2006 11:36 PM

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