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Snuckles
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posted 27 September 2007 01:42 PM      Profile for Snuckles   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
The head of the Catholic Church in Mozambique has told the BBC he believes some European-made condoms are infected with HIV deliberately.

Maputo Archbishop Francisco Chimoio claimed some anti-retroviral drugs were also infected "in order to finish quickly the African people". . . .

. . .Archbishop Chimoio told our reporter that abstention, not condoms, was the best way to fight HIV/Aids.

"Condoms are not sure because I know that there are two countries in Europe, they are making condoms with the virus on purpose," he alleged, refusing to name the countries.

"They want to finish with the African people. This is the programme. They want to colonise until up to now. If we are not careful we will finish in one century's time."

Aids activists in the country have been shocked by the archbishop's comments.


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[ 27 September 2007: Message edited by: Snuckles ]


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Boarsbreath
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posted 27 September 2007 08:01 PM      Profile for Boarsbreath   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...

I dunno, I saw the "Burma!" title thread and got to thinking Monty Python, and anyway this does seem somehow apposite. I mean, really what can you say? You can never be quite prepared for how mad people can get?

NB the guy, the Archbishop, was apparently very helpful in nailing down the peace agreement for his country. He probably is not actually brain-damaged. He's just unusually vulnerable to ideas that deep faith tends to leave holes for.


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CanadianBacon
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posted 28 September 2007 08:07 AM      Profile for CanadianBacon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Boarsbreath, you're being far kinder to the archbishop than I would be. I think he is just an ignorant fool.
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