Does anyone else think they should have sent the Pope downtown? (Boston: bus, office)

[Cida]

Watching the crush on Fifth Avenue, and having been infuriated, not just by the bus-rerouting, which I expected, but the cluelessness of both traffic cops and bus drivers about the rerouting...

Wouldn't it have been more sensible to give the Pope a ticker-tape parade downtown (seems like the Pope is a preferable recipient of a parade, rather than athletes) to the Mayor's office, then drive him to St. Patrick's?

[UrbanAdventurer]

I purposely didn't work yesterday in order to avoid "pope mania"

[WildCardSteve]

He's a nice fella. Lord love him. But I wish he'd go visit Boston next time.