Uhh, yeah, that makes a helluva lot of sense. Now I see why Mao always had at least two translators in the room, three when Kissinger was doing the talking. The point, distilled, is this: Judged by her writing, Daly is a "reformist" and an insipid one at that. Reform the Church? Rilly. Why not just put it out of its misery entirely? Women aren't the only ones it oppresses--although these days in matters of war and peace, the death penalty, global economic misery, the Pope is beginning to sound like one of the few rational world leaders. But maybe I'm just getting old. Frankly, I wouldn't have the slightest interest in attending one of Daly's secret lectures. Now, if it were S. Firestone or Judith Butler who had locked the doors, I might scale barricades to have their scorching invective heaped upon me. But then in matters of academics, I've always been a devotée of the Divine Marquis.
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