"Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" -Henry II of England December 29, 1170
"..if the state of Kansas doesn't stop this man, then anybody who prevents that from happening has blood on their hands..." -- Bill O'Reilly - June 12, 2007
There's about 920 years between these quotes but they both end the same way: With a man dead in a church, the victim of "overzealous followers" who "misinterpreted" the above quotes and carried out a horrific act of violence.
Well Henry, absolute monarch that he was, still had the grace to be contrite enough about Beckett's murder to allow himself to be flogged at Beckett's grave. Not Our Friend Bill, no flagellation (even self) for him, instead, he wants us all to know that HE's the real victim in all this, a poor martyr being mercilessly attacked by-well Us here, among others. Really:
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