todorov & Hitler's Pope

[Richard Romeo]

David--

what do you expect from folks who grow orgasmic in seeing the JP2's italian 
loafers--wow, what a common guy, they cry

rich


>From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
>To: calbert at pop.tiac.net, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: todorov & Hitler's Pope
>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:43:46 CDT
>
>
>I am amazed that this little rebuttal has garnered no outrage, especially
>considering the genesis of this thread.  Has this "Church Historian" ever
>"lived in a highly organized criminal police state?"  Ok, he may have lived
>at the Vatican...  Gumpel is a true "company man."
>
>The RCC has more money and power than God and has made more dirty deals 
>over
>the centuries than IG Farben could ever imagine.  "Noble and Saintly" my
>ass!
>
>David Morris
>
>
>>From: calbert at pop.tiac.net
>>
>>From:
>>
>>CORNWELL'S POPE:
>>"A NASTY CARICATURE OF A NOBLE AND SAINTLY MAN"
>>Point by Point Rebuttal by Church Historian. Dr.Peter Gumpel
>>
>>
>>"On the whole, one must say that Cornwell, who has never lived in a
>>highly organized criminal  police state, is totally unaware of the
>>situation prevailing in such a state and that, in consequence, a
>>great many of his judgements, appraisals, suggestions, etc., are
>>completely unrealistic, utopian and  anachronistic From an historical
>>point of view, one must be able to understand the situation as it was
>>  then and not judge it with the hindsight from today's situation in
>>free countries. To proceed in such an  irresponsible manner is a
>>capital mistake which is everywhere present in the book of Cornwell."
>>
>>I'm guessing that the bulk of these clerics were dealing with the
>>likelyhood of incarceration. Now crank that urgency up a couple of
>>orders of magnitude, and you've got concentration camp inmates.
>>
>
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