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