we are fucked [was: Jim Bell vindicated]

[shelley@misanthropia.org (Shelley)]

On May 7, 2015 7:12:21 AM dan@geer.org wrote:

> As usual, cpunks is descending into some sort of whirlpool of
> itchy grudges, but I think the most interesting tweet of the
> last month was this one:
>
>
>    It's ridiculous that even though US President is black, still such
>    crimes agnst US blacks continue to occur. #BlackLivesMatter
>    #FreddieGray
>
>    Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 26, 2015
>
>
> Think about that for a minute, perhaps replacing "black" with
> "Shia" or "Han" or "obnoxious mailing list trolls" and, well...
>
>
> --dan
>

Don't they still imprison (or worse) LGBT folk & dissidents there?  One 
tweet does not an ayatollah redeem.

If you set aside the Crusades et al, and his own dubious, questionable past 
in Argentina, I quite like pope Francis.  I love that he sneaks out at 
night to feed the homeless and eschews the material excess that exists at 
the Vatican.

It doesn't excuse the scourge and shame of his religion telling people in 
the developing world that god says they're not allowed to use condoms, and 
that they don't protect one from acquiring HIV.  To his credit, Francis is 
telling the bible-beaters to back off on the focus of such issues, but the 
tenets remain.

-an obnoxious mailing list troll.