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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (20321)	8/2/2001 8:46:33 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Are you suggesting that the Catholic Church in the Philippines does not use blackmail, manipulation, and bribery to build its political influence? They do, all the time. I expect they do the same in Latin America. They would do the same in the US, if you let them get away with it. This is something that you obviously know nothing about; that is no slight to you, as there is no reason why you should know anything about it. I wonder, though, why you assume that this could not possibly be the case. I'm sorry, though, to see your play echo such standards of demogaguery and stereotypical character assassination. I referred to these devices as "common to political organizations everywhere"; if character assassination was committed, it was against political organizations, not against churches. Would you argue that the Catholic church in the Philippines is not a political organization? You would be wrong, of course, if you did. Political organizations anywhere will be corrupt as their constituents allow them to be; in the countries under discussion, this is very corrupt indeed. Politics is about powr; power tends to corrupt. Churches are no exception to this rule.