[lbo-talk] Re: Poor Pope's Service to Rabid Capitalism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 21 16:48:51 PDT 2006


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



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