I'll respond this once but I'm not going to waste my time preaching to someone whose Catholic paranoia seems to outweigh that which is ascribed to us Jews. I honestly didn't know about the Rabbi of Rome and I'm not sure if it's true or not. Other than my interest in it as a historical fact, I don't think it tells me anything. Many people said things in those days to save their necks and the necks of their people. Am I agreeing with you when you say Pius basically did the same thing? No, there is a difference in my opinion.
Despite everything you say about the "small principality", the fact is that the Pope was, even while surrounded by fascism, one of the most powerful men in the world, whether that is measured by followers, money, resources, or by capacity to lead, ability to get the word out, etc., etc.
Dismissing what was NOT done to save people who could be saved by stating that he was one man against the hostile armies is absurd. Of course, he is not going to lead the charge against the tanks, ala Tinamen Square or Yelstin, although others have done the same with less power and resources. Others with less at their disposal have turned the tide of battle and history.
Yet, IF he had used his power and resources as we both know he could have, the history of that day would be greatly different.
OK - now for Catholic bashing - I'm not anti-Catholic and my first line is something you should read and analyze in that vein. You can't compare the suffering of holocaust survivors and their families to anything else in history. I don't get any consolation from that. As Sgt. Friday says in a bit of my ironic moronic response, "no brag, just fact." That I can even joke or smile when talking about the deaths of six million is a testament to 60 years of history. None of us will rest in the face of revisionism no matter how pleasant the face. |
