On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, anzalone/starbird wrote: > For clarification: My remarks were intended to remind our colleague of the > Catholic church hierarchy requirements that clerics and nuns spout the > party line. Sr. Nirmala was responding as per the requirement of her oath > of office to a question about abortion. As a nun she was not "free" to make > a remark outside of the peremeters of Catholic churches official line. > > She may also be a Brahmin, or a Raiders fan for all I know, but I think she > spoke not out of a culturally Indian perspective (which you who are more > aware than I may feel free to attack) but out of her office as the > spokesperson for the convent founded by the now dead Teresa. > > In either event I believe it is anyone's perrogative to point out the > feminist question. And while it is true that the leading cause of death > last year in India for women was burning, I do not recall who said this first but here's a real problem: when some opinion repeated many times becomes the truth. I challenge anyone to demonstrate that the leading cause of women's deaths in India was by burning. What is this...some internet gossip? the leading cause of death in the > workplace in California for the last two years was ALSO violence, > perdominantly at the hands of a disgruntled former (male) lover/spouse, and > only occasionally by a sexual harrasser that the company had failed to > discipline. > > > >Anthony P D'Costa
