The completely correct and moral statement made by Pope Benedict XVI concerning condom usage in Africa was sure to meet the harumphs of the elite mainstream media who like only one thing less in this world than babies and that’s poor minority babies.
Here’s what the Pope said, “”AIDS cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms.” Gasp!
Well this unhinged Bonnie Erbe of PBS and US News and World Report so much that any tether to reality which held her suddenly came undone, leaving the poor dear floating off into insanity. She accused the Pope of wanting children in Africa just so they could fill the pews of Churches. You see, the only reason someone like Erbe could imagine someone might want brown skinned babies alive is to exploit them in some manner.
Newsbusters has more.
March 18, 2009 at 10:48 pm
One way to break the power of the media is to remove the impression that their edicts will be enforced. Let the press howl, let the press moan- the Vatican should calmly stand by the Pope’s statement and not flutter around wildly like decapitated chickens.
March 18, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Wow, openid gave me an unwieldy handle up above. I’d prefer to go by N.A.O., and not 6W7poUNgr8pjoJnncFYnPzkzyTd0F7A.
–N.A.O.
March 18, 2009 at 11:47 pm
N.A.O. – But ‘6W7poUNgr8pjoJnncFYnPzkzyTd0F7A’ is so you!!
So let’s see – MSM supports sin, readership is in decline. Church supports virtue, membership in Africa is on the rise. It might not be as simple as that, but it sure works for me!
March 19, 2009 at 12:01 am
It captures the real me, Larry, but don’t you find it a bit terse?
–N.A.O.
March 19, 2009 at 12:19 am
Given that condoms do not 100% prevent the transmission of AIDS, when the folks at PBS are willing to engage in sexual relations with an HIV positive person using a condom, then their argument will have a little more weight.
It is risky behavior.
They know that.
The Pope is 100% correct. The ONLY way to prevent and stop the spread of HIV/AIDS is to not engage in the behaviors that spread them. No matter how “safe” the media claims sex with condoms is, it isn’t 100%…
March 19, 2009 at 2:34 am
Isn’t the implication that Africans are unable to refrain from sexual relations, (thus they unequivocally require condoms), a racist mindset?
March 19, 2009 at 3:18 am
Yes but they can’t be racist. They’re liberals.