Pope sticks his nose in
Another RTE news commentary, this time on how Pope Benedict and the Italian Bishops (hey, that sounds like a 1950’s band) have stuck their oar into a referendum on relaxing Italy’s fertility laws.
Instead of urging Catholic voters to vote against the proposed changes, he asks them to abstain from voting. What-the-fuck? Seriously, wouldn’t it be a bit smarter to vote against the changes than to abstain?
Or is it the fact that they’re afraid that people won’t vote against the referendum, thus making them all look like pillocks? If they ask people to abstain they can claim that it is a protest and they can claim that all the apathetic people who don’t vote are on their side.
To the Catholic church: Please bugger off, politics is none of your business.
