The Fuggin' Pope.

All right, I'm having trouble with this particular logic train....


Nobody rational or moral digs child molestation, nobody digs that the Catholic church is riddled with scandal when it comes to child molestation, and nobody likes the conspiracy of silence, coverup, and moving offenders around surrounding the whole sex abuse mess.

But the pope gets a hands off, even with people outraged by this.

Not just from the religionists, which one would expect, but even some faith-iests get their dander up too.

Even though the coverup goes all the way up to him.
This episode of "Bullshit", nails it home.



Now okay, in any other context, be it say, a political or business leader, if they were covering up for a ring of pedophiles, wouldn't they been seen as scumbags?

Wouldn't it be easy to outright call a spade a spade, and say "what a scumbag"?

Make the guy a pope, give him a silly hat, and then he's off limits.

Say "the pope is a scumbag", and even though most people know why you say so, and even deep down agree a little, they still get pissed.

And then there's the matter of Bush giving this scumbag immunity.

It's like the spiritual version of "too big to fail".

I can't fathom why anyone who supposedly values liberty and justice could wave away what's going on here.

But they do.

And they'd rather get pissed at you for bringing it up, and shout "religious intolerance!", than listen to your points.

It's quite unsettling.

Then on top of that, one has to suffer this weird cultural bias in the media of treating this figure with unearned respect.
"Oooo, The Fuggin' Pope released a CD!".

*Typical montage of pictures of fancy churches, The Fuggin' Pope's puss, and candle-waving masses, all contrast-lit to have a heavenly glow*

Why is this on my fuggin' TV?

Why?

It's like if I had to hear about John Wayne Gacey's paintings, or Charles Manson getting back together with the Beach Boys, yet no one in the room is lacing it with the proper sense of irony.

I can't figure out how anyone possibly processes this culture on it's face value, taking everyone in authority at their word, and not ending up completely mentally ill.

I really can't.

Seems to me the clashing cognitive dissonance would reduce one's brains to pulp in a matter of minutes.

Well, anyway, there's the whole deal on The Fuggin' Pope.
Another area where people's reasoning breaks down.
And all it seems to take is a magic hat.
Damned confusing.