Safari Won't Open - 10.5.2 errors but running 10.5.5 - Stuck Force Quitting

Question

Basic rundown of my problem. I went to click on Safari, the application bounced once in the dock and acted as if it was opening -- Safari name was in the menu bar on the top of the screen, but no browser window every opened. After a short while, the application stopped responding and I was stuck using "force quit". So I tried a few different things. Initially, I just restarted my macbook, didn't help. Then, I came onto the discussion forums, saw some tips. So I went and wiped out the .plist files and tried starting Safari, didn't work. I repaired disk permissions, tried it -- didn't work. Finally, I deleted Safari. I tried downloading it off of Apple's site and got an error saying I need to be running Mac OS X 10.5.2 or newer -- but I am running 10.5.5. So I came back onto the forums, saw a post similar to this and instead had a friend send me his Safari application and tried running that -- that didn't work. So I deleted that version and tried installing Safari off of my Leopard disk and that didn't work either.
So this pretty much brings me to my last options. Unless someone has an idea of what's going on based on the readouts I've copied below, I'll probably have to backup my files and wipe the computer to get everything in working order again. If you have any other ideas, please let me know. Thanks for your help!
EDIT: The readout that I got from the error in Safari is so long I can't post it in this thread... so if anyone is willing to take a look I can forward it by e-mail. I'd appreciate it, thanks a lot!
Repairing permissions for "Macintosh HD"
Reading permissions database.
Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26.
Permissions differ on "private/var/spool/cups/cache/rss", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxr-x .
ACL found but not expected on "Applications".
Permissions repair complete

Answer 1

The first mistake was deleting Safari; that just created more problems for you. Resist the urge to think like a PeeCee user and delete things when they're not working correctly. The application is rarely the problem. Also, you cannot download Safari from the Apple web site; those are updates, requiring you to have Safari already installed.
You're going to have to reinstall Safari from scratch. To do that:
1. Repair Permissions.
2. Insert your Mac OS X install disc, navigate to the Optional Installs folder and open the Optional Installs.mpkg file.
3. Check the box to install Safari and run the installer.
4. Download and re-apply the 10.5.5 Combo Update; this will get you back to Safari 3.1.2.
5. Repair Permissions again.
Mulder