Friday, April 2, 2010

Three things the Vatican could learn from Richard Nixon

1. Yes, some people dislike you and take glee in your misfortune. Do not give them ammunition; they will use it.

2. Not everyone, however, who reports on what you did – or failed to do – is an enemy, and, anyhow, facts are facts.

3. Cover-ups magnify and spread the initial crime. 



6 comments:

  1. I'm not sure the Vatican is accustomed to having to do serious PR work like this. Their pronouncements are more usually, as they say, ex cathedra. :-)

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  2. Three posts in one day - is this a record?

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  3. I think Mike is slightly askew; I'm not Catholic, but I believe that only messages declared as ex cathedra are by definition infallible, and they have to be issued in the name of the Pope.
    And I still haven't figured out how to get past the anonymous post - Dave

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  4. I wish that the Pope might read this.
    And all the bishops.
    And all Catholics. We can't just leave this problem to Daddy.

    jim: Do you know Kipling's Poem "Norman and Saxon"? It is the dying message of a Norman Baron to his son, A.D. 1100. He tells his son how to rule Saxons... and ends, "*never* you tell them a lie!"

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  5. 4. Shaving once a day is insuficient.

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