:::::I will grant you that I was perhaps demonstrably in error when I selected the term in lieu of a more erudite description of his character, such as "deplorable, fraudulent sack of trash", but, mind you, I was not anticipating that my comment would spark a lengthy debate.  Furthermore, my comments were on a discussion page, not an actual wikipedia article, and while colorful adjectives are generally frowned upon for encyclical work, discussion pages, in my opinion, should be more colloquial.  Personally, I'm quite fond of Thomas Paine, Norman Finkelstein, and Bill Hicks, so perhaps I'm a bit biased on that matter. )