*eyeroll*

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Y’know, the guy on the Daily Show tonight talking about Mother Teresa is right on about her being rather a terrible person, but for crying out loud, going after postage stamps? That’s just dumb.

ETA: Most hilariously angry guest EVER.

Comments

[firinel.livejournal.com]

Aside from all of your other points She was against contraception and abortion seems so odd. I mean, I dunno, it's papal espoused dogma-- I don't really feel like I can criticise someone who is basically an officer of the Church to go against such a party line. I don't personally hold such beliefs BUT I don't think anyone believing such things is inherently evil, or horrible, and I think stating this as if it is an example of her horribleness weakens any case about the other issues.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

You make a good point that it's part of the Catholic dogma--but it seems like a lot of her ideals sprouted from a dogma that isn't at heart evil--like "suffering is good for the soul" or "blessed are the poor." It's just how she wound up interpreting it--in this case it struck me as part of the overall image of someone whose dogma eclipses true compassion. The same message to those dying of infection in her unsanitary hospices was extended to women whose lives had been thrown off by a pregnancy: "SUCK IT UP, LIFE'S A BITCH."

But you're right, I said that badly--it isn't her "being against" contraception and abortion alone that makes me angry; it's the consequences imposed upon those under her care that stunned me. Thanks for the point.

[firinel.livejournal.com]

Aaah, that makes much more sense, and I absolutely agree entirely.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

BAH! That last sentence should be "Thanks for pointing that out." Hurr time for go to bed.