Antonin Scalia And Pope Francis In Trapped Elevator In A Mine Shaft
Antonin Scalia and Pope Francis are stuck in Trapped Elevator in a Mine Shaft and forced to have a deep conversation.
Here is the conversation:
Scalia: Well, this is just great. Original intent clearly didn't include being stuck in a tin can hurtling down a mine shaft.
Francis: (Calmly) Perhaps, Antonin, this is a moment of grace, an unexpected pause to reflect on our shared humanity.
Scalia: Humanity, Your Holiness? I'm more concerned with the constitutionality of this elevator's safety regulations.
Francis: Surely, brother, a focus solely on law obscures the suffering of those who depend on it, the poor miners, for example.
Scalia: Sentimentality! Law is law, objectively applied. The subjective is a quicksand upon which no society can stand.
Francis: But isn't justice always filtered through the lens of our own experiences, our own capacity for compassion?
Scalia: Compassion without order breeds chaos, Your Holiness. A society without firm boundaries is a society doomed.
Francis: And a society without mercy, Antonin, hardens the heart and blinds us to the cries of our brothers and sisters.
Scalia: (Grumbling) I suppose even a strict constructionist can acknowledge the inherent dignity of all persons… but the law must prevail!
Francis: Then let us pray that the law of gravity keeps us from falling any further, and that our shared dignity helps us find solace in this shared predicament.