Susan Jacoby on Mother Teresa

Niall001 · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Susan Jacoby on Mother Teresa

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Either way, the fact that she serviced the poor does not make her above reproach, especially for freethinkers, which is what I think Niall inferred above.

That is not what I meant.

What I can't understand is why people would attack Mother Teresa of all people! I know a nun called Sister Richard who used to teach me music for a time when I was younger. She is a pretty nice person, though by no means perfect.

But why is nobody attacking her for her stance on contraception or abortion? Why is nobody attacking her for failing to attack the routes of poverty? After all Sister Richard held all of the same positions as Mother Teresa and never managed to do a fraction of the good that Teresa achieved. Is this to be the fate of any Catholic who tries to help the poor and gains attention for their success?

The most interesting question to be answered here is why people like Jacobby and Hitchens attack Teresa and not any of the many other people who hold similar beliefs but who have not had as many successes?

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While there may be better people to attack than Mother Theresa, there are definitely better people to praise and idolize. And I would first give her a helmet before pushing her down the stairs. Niall, I was just trying to be funny. I do find her withholding of painkillers to be disgusting, heartless and the epitome of ignorant and weak thinking, but I wouldn't lower myself to launching her down a flight of stairs. It just sounds funny to think about it. Close your eyes and imagine me tripping Mother Theresa down a flight of stairs while saying, "Opa!" That shit is funny....at least to me. Hey, it would be funny to replace Mother Theresa with Stephen Hawking in his motorized wheelchair. Or better yet Mother Theresa sitting on Hawkings lap. Damn I need some sleep.

Niall001 · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Susan Jacoby on Mother Teresa

Except Chris, that she did not withhold painkillers. The houses for the dying were not hospitals and didn't have the type of painkillers that you'd expect from a hospital. The dying were of course given painkillers, just not the kind you'd received in a hospital. Hitchens and his minions then change that into that she denied painkillers to people because she wanted them to suffer. And of course, the likes of Jaccoby spread that message because it suits their agenda.

And yeah, the image could be funny, but the humour is drowned out by the noises coming out of the likes of Jaccoby.

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