http://poy.time.com/
"He [Pope Francis] took the name of a humble saint and then called for a church of healing. The first non-European pope in 1,200 years is poised to transform a place that measures change by the century"
And for describing Snowden's whistle-blowing as a 'heist':
"He [Edward Snowden] pulled off the year's most spectacular heist. Exiled from his country, the 30-year-old computer whiz has become the doomsayer of the information age."
Yes, the same Pope that denounced the 'evils' of wealth, materialism and capitalism--all from his multibillion dollar solid gold throne--who could have gotten over a billion Catholics against war and statism, chooses not to; BUT! Because he's not European, he's awesome...What in the actual fuck?
Hell, the rest of that isn't much better.
#3--matriarch of the gay rights movement
So what was that about this...'patriarchy' we have, feminists?
>number 4
Bashar Assad - The Lethal Tyrant
Why the fuck would that even be a fucking thing for PERSON OF THE YEAR?
>Number 5
Ted Cruz? Seriously? Who accomplished bugger all with that bogus 'shut down'? Gimme a fucking break!
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, given this is the same TIME Magazine that listed as person of the year (no joke):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year#Persons_of_the_Year
Hitler, Stalin (twice!), FDR (twice!), Lyndon B Johnson (fucking twice!) and Ayatollah Khomeini.
And many horrifying others. The only nice one I spotted before I had to close the window was Ghandi.
Hell, if anything, they should be IE of the 20th Century.
I'm surprised Mao or Che didn't make the cut.
And wait, there's more:
>call Snowden a thief
>during Bush's presidency, 2002 to be exact, "The Whistleblowers" were Person of the Year:
"Represented by Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley and Sherron Watkins.
In 2001, Watkins uncovered accounting irregularities in the financial reports of Enron, testifying before Congressional committees the following year. In 2002, Cooper exposed a $3.8 billion fraud at WorldCom. At the time, this was the largest incident of accounting fraud in U.S. history. In 2002, Rowley, an FBI agent, gave testimony about the FBI's mishandling of information related to the September 11 attacks of 2001."
Hypocrisy much, Time?
Keep in mind the criteria that Time uses for this selection: It is the entity that is the most important newsmaker of the year. For 1939, for instance, Adolph Hitler was Man of the Year. What they have to say about their choices, however, is a different matter.
Quote from: evensgrey on December 14, 2013, 06:05:43 AM
Keep in mind the criteria that Time uses for this selection: It is the entity that is the most important newsmaker of the year. For 1939, for instance, Adolph Hitler was Man of the Year. What they have to say about their choices, however, is a different matter.
Yeah, which, for what it was worth, was why I added the stuff they said about each one when it was relevant.
That Snowden didn't win (and get praised) while the Pope did, is, as far as I'm concerned, enough to make them idiots. If not IE's.
Quote from: T dog on December 14, 2013, 09:50:01 AM
Yeah, which, for what it was worth, was why I added the stuff they said about each one when it was relevant.
That Snowden didn't win (and get praised) while the Pope did, is, as far as I'm concerned, enough to make them idiots. If not IE's.
Snowden DEFINITELY made much bigger news than the pope did. And he's still at it, and looks to continue for quite some time.