--- On Sat, 10/10/09, Salil Tripathi <sali...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> From: Salil Tripathi <sali...@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [silk] Ombaba gets Nobel peace > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Saturday, 10 October, 2009, 11:27 PM > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:53 PM, > Salil Tripathi <sali...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Indrajit Gupta <bonoba...@yahoo.co.in> > wrote: > >>> When Diana was divorcing Charles, Teresa > apparently said: > >>> Poor thing, > >>> she has suffered so much. In public though, > she was always > >>> opposed to > >>> divorce, following the Catholic doctrine - > example of > >>> another > >>> hypocrisy, the titled can do what they want, > but the masses > >>> must > >>> suffer and repent. > >>> > >>> Salil. > >> > >> > >> Does "apparently said" count for evidence? > >> > >> > > > > > > Indrajit, I said "apparently" because I don't have the > exact quote, > > and I don't have the time to look it up. I'm about to > go on a fairly > > long trip starting Monday, and have two deadlines > between now and > > then. But she did say something to that effect. Hope > that helps. > > > > Salil > > > > Here you go: from Hitchens: > > Here you go: From Hitchens: > > http://www.salon.com/sept97/news/news3.html > > Relevant quote: > > // > > Let me offer examples of two small but related "actions." > Two years > ago, the population of the Republic of Ireland went to the > polls in a > referendum. The single issue was the removal of the > constitutional ban > on divorce. Ireland is the only country in Europe with such > a > prohibition, and it is also engaged in serious talks with > the > Protestant minority who fear clerical control of their > lives in a > future "power-sharing" agreement. For this reason, most > Irish > political parties called for a "yes" vote. In the > concluding stages of > the campaign, which was very closely fought, Mother Teresa > intervened > to urge that the faithful vote "no." > > A few months later, she gave an interview to the American > magazine, > Ladies Home Journal, which reached millions of housewives. > She was > asked about her friendship with Princess Diana, a > friendship which has > been evolving over the past several years, and also about > Diana's then > impending divorce. Of the divorce Mother Teresa said that > "It is a > good thing that it is over. Nobody was happy anyhow." > > So, from Mother Teresa it was sermons for the poor about > morality and > obedience, but forgiveness and indulgence for princesses. > Few > commentators noted the contrast, because such facts did not > "fit" the > image that has become so necessary. But actually, this > contrast is a > far better guide to Mother Teresa's theory and practice > than the > received opinion about either. > > // > > > Salil Quite honestly, that's much better. Not being a Mother T fan myself, largely for the reasons cited by Udhay, it still jarred that you should make such a sweeping indictment based on an 'apparently said'. It wasn't - what is the word? appropriate?
