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Pope Warns Africans of Materialistic ‘New Colonialism’Posted on Oct 4, 2009
From his palace at the Vatican, Pope Benedict warned bishops of an ongoing “new colonialism” that exports capitalist materialism—what he called “toxic spiritual rubbish”—to the African continent.
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By stcfarms, October 6, 2009 at 12:16 am Link to this comment
The invaders never even left the Americas, Hawaii or Australia…
By PSmith, October 5 at 7:09 am #
Corporate Colonialism - Globalization
It would have been slightly more realistic had he bothered to mention today’s
Corporate Colonialism that continued from the time of so-called
‘Independence’. That and the African independence leaders assassinated by
the west in order to continue the colonialism-by-other-means that was the
‘Independence’ that Africa won. Won and lost, when the colonial powers left
Africa by the front door and had their corporations return by the back door.
For the last _five_ decades and more.
“The first major exploitation, denigration and humiliation of Africa was the
Report thisslave trade. This lasted almost 500 years. The second major exploitation,
denigration and humiliation of Africa was colonialism which goes way back
before the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. And colonialism prepared Africa for
the third major phase of exploitation, denigration and humiliation that
globalisation now threatens to be….” - President of Tanzania, Benjamin
William Mkapa, - What Africa Thinks About Globalization - 05-20-2008 -
By stcfarms, October 4, 2009 at 9:22 pm Link to this comment
Ah, the pope calling the kettle black…
Report thisBy Marc Schlee, October 4, 2009 at 5:23 pm Link to this comment
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“I wanna be a cowboy, bay bay!”
Kid Rock
Report thisBy mcthorogood, October 4, 2009 at 11:31 am Link to this comment
And all along I had thought that the Bishop of Rome was a disciple of Milton Friedman.
Report thisBy Folktruther, October 4, 2009 at 10:19 am Link to this comment
Congratulations, Freddy. You can use it in a tremendous business opportunity that will sooner or later be offered you, either from Africa or the US.
Pope Ratso is imposing an imperialist ideology on Africa in the guise of fighting it. In a continent plagued by AIDS, nothing illustrates the perverted vlaues of traditional religion more than the Pope’s midevial strictures against condoms.
Report thisBy Fat Freddy, October 4, 2009 at 9:53 am Link to this comment
The next time I get an email say I won the International Lottery (from Nigeria), I’ll just forward it to The Vatican.
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