No One Dares Criticize the Catholic Church.
Voltaire famously observed: "To learn who rules over you, simply find out whom you are not allowed to criticize." A lifelong Catholic hater, he knew of what he spoke. Within a few short years of his death, French Revolutionaries had butchered 300,000 recalcitrant Catholic peasants in the Vende'e. But even in the midst of that studiously ignored atrocity, freethinkers walked on eggshells when criticizing the Church of Rome. The reticence continues to this day.
It is an entirely different matter when it comes to Jewish influence. One might lambast America's one-sided alliance with Israel; bristle at Jewish domination of Hollywood, the mainstream media, and U.S. State Department; or even--and this one is for mature audiences only--question the Official Holocaust (TM) Account. One would in those cases contend with nothing more threatening than a handful of angry emails.
Same goes for casting jaundiced eyes at Islam. Mock the Prophet and the average Mohammedan shrugs it off. Religion of Peace, you know.
Talmudists and Mohammedans are renowned for their tolerance. Nobody risks life, limb, decapitation, reputation, or career when taking them on. Try that stuff with the Whore of Babylon, you'll have hell to pay.
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Riposte:
While I don't share your animus, Old Sport, I can't help but give you props. Talk about cojones!
You could have gone after a safe target. You could have applied your rapier wit on, say, the Mohammedans or Jews. Nobody risks good name and career, let alone life, limb, or noggin, when taking on those cream puffs. Mock the Prophet? Question the Official Holocaust (TM) Account? Child's play! Worst case, you'll face a barrage of angry emails.
It's a whole other ballgame when you put the Church of Rome in your cross hairs. "To learn who rules over you," life-long Catholic hater Voltaire famously observed, "simply find out whom you are not allowed to criticize." He knew of what he spoke. Everybody walks on eggshells around that Bastion of Reaction.
It is an entirely different matter when it comes to Jewish influence. One might lambast America's one-sided alliance with Israel; bristle at Jewish domination of Hollywood, the mainstream media, and U.S. State Department; or even--and this one is for mature audiences only--question the Official Holocaust (TM) Account. One would in those cases contend with nothing more threatening than a handful of angry emails.
Same goes for casting jaundiced eyes at Islam. Mock the Prophet and the average Mohammedan shrugs it off. Religion of Peace, you know.
Talmudists and Mohammedans are renowned for their tolerance. Nobody risks life, limb, decapitation, reputation, or career when taking them on. Try that stuff with the Whore of Babylon, you'll have hell to pay.
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Riposte:
While I don't share your animus, Old Sport, I can't help but give you props. Talk about cojones!
You could have gone after a safe target. You could have applied your rapier wit on, say, the Mohammedans or Jews. Nobody risks good name and career, let alone life, limb, or noggin, when taking on those cream puffs. Mock the Prophet? Question the Official Holocaust (TM) Account? Child's play! Worst case, you'll face a barrage of angry emails.
It's a whole other ballgame when you put the Church of Rome in your cross hairs. "To learn who rules over you," life-long Catholic hater Voltaire famously observed, "simply find out whom you are not allowed to criticize." He knew of what he spoke. Everybody walks on eggshells around that Bastion of Reaction.
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