Re: Massive Starvation For World Feared Over Myanmar And Chile Catastrophes

On 2008-05-09 02:44 +0100, dusty allegedly wrote:
> On May 9, 8:45 am, Vngelis <meberr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On May 8, 11:07 pm, Daniele Futtorovic
>> 
>> <da.futt.newsLOVELYS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> The Earth is ****ing overcrowded. In rich countries as well as in
>>>  poor ones (only it is more flagrant in poor ones). The last 
>>> article posted by Vngelis claims that global agricultural 
>>> production is sufficient to nourish the staggering six-plus 
>>> billion. Maybe it is (although one would have to ask 
>>> additionally: what's "enough"? Is a bowl of rice enough?). But 
>>> there's more to life than food.
> Some people use an even harsher
>> term: genocide.http://www.meehanre****ts.com/billionaire.html
> 
> 
> Good in parts...but... it appears that Meehan is an official or 
> unofficial spokesman for the Catholic Church. No problem

Yes problem.

> – ideas are ideas

Religious "ideas" are NOT ideas. They're programs.

> - except the motivation of that institution – to ensure that there 
> are more Catholics and a general lack of concern about the dignity 
> and economic well-being of the individual person.

There's more to it than that. Religion is the ESSENCE of oppression.
Religions, through all times and ages, have symbolized oppression --
that is translated it into some mumbo-jumbo riddled which ***ual content
designed to appeal to the crippled characters that are the product of
what's commonly called "education" of children -- and then enforced it
back on the m***** (with the help of states entities they propped).

"Churches are the ***-political agencies of the ruling class" W. Reich.

> They have shown themselves over and over again to come in on the side
>  of the rich

The catholic church is, AFAIK, the biggest cor****ation on Earth.

> (with honourable exceptions in the lower, and rarely higher clergy – 
> but these are isolated). I have in mind the image of the last Pope 
> John Paul in Nicaragua responding to the calls of m***** of people 
> for “justicia… justicia… justicia… justicia” with an authoritarian 
> “silencia… silencia… silencia…”
> 
> 
> The Catholic Church churns out propaganda against not only abortion 
> but birth control as well - and this has a considerable effect in 
> lands in which they have much influence on the people – and results 
> in considerable misery.
> 
> Frankly I think that Catholic Church ideology in the most im****tant 
> things including population control intersects with the programme of 
> neo-liberal economics.

No wonder. It's the same thing with a different (fairy-tale) language.

> This is not to say that the family is an outmoded institution in a 
> cold capitalist world - far from it -

Family is the very ROOT of all problems we face on this planet.

> and that this provides achievable possibilities for people who have 
> little other freedoms.

.... and procrastinates that status.

> Children are a bonus in that context - but the Church opposes 
> effective control over that.

Because no concept is more alien to religions than having control over
one's own life.

> None of this implies disrespect for the churchgoing m*****,

It does on my behalf -- just in case anyone wonders.

> many of whom find in the church on a day to day basis someone who 
> cares for them - an illusion but "true" nevertheless.

Religions soothe evils they have themselves created, and that's the way
they perpetuate themselves. As a marketing strategy, it really compels
respect.

-- 
DF.