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Re:Time Person of the Year 2013 by yapcguy on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @10:25AM (#6888021)
Are awards being simply handed out for being the "first" at something?

Also why do you think the Pope has any influence on a Muslim, Hindu or Jew? Do you think the local imam or rabbi is busy dissecting the Pope's latest press releases?

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Re:Time Person of the Year 2013 by dragonwriter on Thursday December 12, 2013 @01:17PM (#6896032)
> Also why do you think the Pope has any influence on a Muslim, Hindu or Jew?

I'll let a Muslim activist provide one answer to that: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maha-elgenaidi/pope-francis-a-...

> Do you think the local imam or rabbi is busy dissecting the Pope's latest press releases?

Apparently, some of them do: http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20130413/muslims-say-...

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