[lbo-talk] Checking the Popes genitals (was DN!, WSWS & the Pope)

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

The Vatican doesn't claim it's a toilet however in spite of the name. As it would be hard 
pressed to be used as a toilet it would be a poor explanation of the seat even if the Vatican 
chose to do so. They don't. They just claim it's a seat used by the Pope that just happens to 
have an odd hole and look like a obstetrics chair. Since references to the chairs use not as a 
toilet exist the Vatican has to hold to the story of "it's just a pretty chair that happens to have a 
hole in it". That hardly qualifies as a rational explanation to me or to most people who have 
seen it.

John Thornton


> Actually, there's a pretty good rational explanation: the term means
> "shit-seat." --CGE
> 
> 
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> 
> > > Oh, and speaking of that reactionary old bastard, I read in NY Press 
> > > a few weeks ago that there's a ritual examiniation of the genital 
> > > package of a new pope to make sure he's not a she. Does anyone know 
> > > if this is really true?
> >
> > They don't do it today but there is very good evidence in the Vatican
> > Museum that they did at one time. The church officially denies it ever
> > did but they have no rational explanation for the "sella
> > stercoraria"...
> 
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