Re: Re: Poor Pope’s Service to Rabid Capitalism
On Sep 21, 2006, at 4:58 PM, John Mage wrote:
Doug wrote:
Poor Pope has got to prove his usefulness to capitalism/imperialism Why? This pope is an agent of reaction, but why is the papacy
structurally obligated to do this? The Catholic Church is rich
and powerful - doesn’t it have a degree of autonomy from
capitalism/ imperialism? What’s the mechanism of enforcement?plaintiffs’ lawyers?
Well I know I’d like to sue all the damn churches (and synagogues - I
do live on the Upper West Side after all) because you can’t park a
damn car in front of them. Fire hydrants I understand, but why can’t
you park in front of a house of superstitious ritual?
Doug