Catholic and Enjoying It!
Today, my minions, I have a proposition for you. If you are a recent college graduate, have the ability to remain sober for brief periods of time, and know how to operate Microsoft Word, then you should apply for a job as Teenager in Charge of Papal Affairs for the British Foreign Office. You can’t do worse than the people who are running the place right now. Even Ruth Gledhill was astounded by the sheer juvenalia. As to the “we’re sorry you are offended” quasi-apology, just hire one of your drinking buddies to craft that and be sure to include the qrotesque insult-to-injury lie that, ““This is clearly a foolish document that does not in any way reflect UK Government or Foreign Office policy or views” when any fool can see that, in the words of Damian Thompson, “But reflect the attitudes of Brown’s government and its politically correct employees is precisely what the document does.
Nobody, naturally, has been sacked. All Thinking People know that this was a “Joke”. The NY Times says so in its minimalist coverage. And since the Pope does not issue fatwas, all Thinking People know that it’s safe okay to beat up Benedict, because there will be no retaliation to this latest act of gutsy courage from our Teenage Ruling Classes. That whole “turn the other cheek” thing makes Benedict-bashing as fun as that other teenage pastime: setting homeless people on fire–and without the legal repercussions!
So get out there minions and find your new career path in the British Foreign Office! The world awaits your wisdom!
That is all!
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