The Rhenish Missionary Society ( is Re: GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

Michael Perez wrote:
> 
> rj wrote:
> "I'd agree with you that some, or many, do more harm than good, but
> 'all?' What about Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.
> 'Cultural carpetbaggers' is a pretty harsh call for mine."
> 
> Jerky beat me to the mention of Chris Hitchens book on Theresa.  I
> don't know if they are the "worst of the bunch," but hardly worthy of
> sainthood.  I'll stand by "cultural carpetbaggers."  It is harsh, but
> definitely deserved.  There are many Enzians among the missions,
> confused and corrupted.
> 
> Michael


Cultural carpetbaggers, oh that will be fun to talk about at
my family Christmas dinner, yes they just the people we need
to stop, those nuns, who the hell do they think they are,
trying to feed people and teach them how to read, why the
hell don't they stay home and really put their Phds to work,
maybe teach the poor in the Bronx, oh yes, they do that
already, well why don't those priest and nuns go into Iraq
and protest the U.S. bombings, oh yes they are doing that
already, well why don't they run when all the others run and
abandon those people when the shit hits the fan, oh yes, I
forgot, they are cultural carpetbaggers,  but those guys on
the Tube, now those guys are the best of the bunch, worthy
of Sainthood.




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