The pope's death will be another event in history to look back at.

[babylonsister]

My 'moment' at the age of 7 was the death of JFK. But I do remember the black and white smoke of another pope in my youth.
"Kids" under 35 have only known of this pope. This will be a "do you remember" moment.
Sadly, we can all share 9/11.

[Sannum]

1. Another (to me) is when the Supreme court appointed *.

[NNadir]

2. Not for me. Sorry to swim against the canonization but I didn't like the

guy.

I found him rather medieval and I think he pushed some very creepy ideas.

[babylonsister]

3. I'm not even talking about the pope, per se.

I'm talking about the media and the message. 24/7: favorite websites, TV, papers, mags, etc. I was 7 when there were only 3 networks available, forget about cable and computers.

[Algorem]

4. I was raised Catholic,went to Catholic school.

I say Pope schmope,I feel nothing.Nothing,zero,zilch.I might remember the day he died because of the weather which is sucking mightily.