You’ve read a few of my classified listings here on Planet Waves — this may be the strangest one. I need the assistance of a Vatican scholar; someone who knows how to move around the papal decrees, particularly of John Paul II. Maybe you just did a term paper, maybe you work at the Vatican embassy to the United States. Maybe you’re just good at it. Please drop me a note at dreams (at) planetwaves.net. Thank you so much. This will be a fun assignment. It involves fact-checking the apparently liberal views of His Holiness on nudity.
This article sent in by a reader has got me going.
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla Defends Nudism
The Canonization Of Wojtyla – The Moral Free Pope
Eric, there are more links attached from the above pages that show more pictures of the Pope JP II posing in pictures with semi-nude aboriginals in welcome ceremonials and festive dances.
I went to the Papal masses both in Toronto and Midland Ontario during the Pope’s 1984 visit. I scanned a gorgeous photo capture from a Toronto Sun newspaper cover I saved from 1984 from the Pope’s beautiful mass at Ste. Marie Among The Hurons, it’s attached.
~Trish~
Just a tangential thought on this—-Most males, growing up in Eastern Europe as Pope John Paul did, were very accustomed to swimming in the nude at Gymnasium School with their male peers….this may have instilled a relaxed acceptance of nudity during his early school years……well, with male nudity anyway.
Read the article-finds our legal system a fascinating thing. Boulder, Colorado authorities have an issue with nudity-but, if you live in Boulder you may be aware of the annual tradition-so it would be fair to say that on Pearl street Halloween isn’t the best of occasions for trick or treating with the under 13 crowd.
The same way you wouldn’t take your toddler to trick or treat at the local strip club.
So, barring sanity and good judgement with just a smidge of common sense sprinkled oe’r the top for very special occasions we have folks who find it less difficult to just prevent others from joy and holiday silliness.
Here’s my ?
why then can’t we stop N.A.M.B.L.A. from gathering peacefully at local libraries?
why are real crimes against humanity permitted to thrive in the name of freedom of speech and expression while benign streaking is villified, and then adding insult to injury we criminalize pumpkin headed streaking to the point of being a ‘sex-offense?’
I humbly submit that the real sex crime here would be if said streakers weren’t bathed. The collective sex crime is making the penis and other naughty bits the focus of a community’s attention when there are likely some kids in Boulder, Colorado who would be willing to ‘look the other way’ if the people with the power to pay attention were more invested in feeding them so that they could enjoy looking forward to trick-or-treating traditions as opposed to the once a year opportunity to the only candy they may well have for a long time.
I wasn’t there when the Catholic Church had to try and explain to the people why Lupercalia was maybe not such a good idea…I think if I remember my history correctly sans internet research…that St. Valentine’s Day is related somehow to this festival…now, I have to search…meanwhile…
blessings for love and light and all that’s right to you one, and to you all!
cheers!
I have some interesting dialogs with readers about nudity.
One recently commented that she didn’t like getting pictures of sex with Planet Waves. I am slow sometimes. I thought about this for a few days, and I realized she was talking about nudity. Sometimes there is a difference.
I have some good research coming back on Pope John Paul II and his position on nudity. If you know something please send it in.
So here we have our Scorpio Pluto legacy hangover: we’re all afraid of sex/naked people.
Shanna, it is the new black list. As in Salem Witch Hunts.
She made me horny – boil her in oil, kinda thing.
“A throng of naked people with jack-o-lanterns on their heads is, by definition, an alarming sight, Chief Beckner says. Therefore, it’s illegal.”
This totally broke up my sinuses. Heck, I had no idea wheezing laughter could be so effective.
Sex offenders? Is this the new blacklist?
Re: the article linked in your last post, Eric … all I want to scream is,
“Oh no! Oh no! Oh noooooo!”
What is *happening* to us? The world we are creating is so damn politically correct we run the risk of disappearing completely up our own collective arses. Hmmm …