Pope Avoids Boston
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 04:16PM http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683291,00.html
So, to summarize this article, the Pope is coming to America for the first time since 9/11/01. He'll be visiting Washington DC and NYC where he can appeal to the masses and discuss foriegn policy, and the special condition and responsibility of the the US as a Super Power; also He'll be giving open aired masses at the baseball stadiums... neato.
So whats the problem? Well clearly someone is being offended by this. SNAP (survivors network of those abused by priest) is saying that the Pope is intentionally avoiding Boston; the center of Catholicism in America because 9/11/01 was also when the sex scandal was hitting the news.
What exactly is SNAP looking for? The church has apologized, yes they've messed up; and you've thrown your little tempertantrums, and I by no mean am belittling the abuse that some went through; but what else can be done? Clearly there has to be some sort of understanding that your abuse isn't going to disappear because the Pope came to Boston, or because you protested when the Pope came to Boston. It just seems like backwards thinking; SNAP's representative mentioned that the Pope is avoiding Boston, because he's afraid of protests... well; were you going to protest... oh.. oh you were? oh ok... so... he's just avoiding looking at your signs? alright then.
The representative just seems to bable- he's afraid of protests, and he's avoiding the crisis, and he's showing support to NY... and... and... AND HE LIKES THE YANKEES!!!
Poor Pope.
MM Out
