There's a large set of statements that are obviously false, but nevertheless very popular in the media, and recited stone-faced by mindless presenters when the opportunity arise. Now it's "Polish Pope is sacred to all Poles".
Yeah, right.
We have just witnessed the beatification of John Paul II, which started another series of idiotic quotations. If now, in the XXI century, so many people believe that the guy has defeated communism [1], cured some nun [2], or is sacred to all Poles, then it cast some serious shadow over that all walking on the water and bread & fish magic two thousand years ago [3].
The fact is that anyone could come to Wroclaw town square to see beatification on the big screen. There was like 20-30 people. Wow. A day before in the same place anyone could come to see as 5601 guitarists are beating the Guinness World Record in the number of people playing "Hey Joe" at the same time. The town square was full.
Some journalists were trying to ask people about the things they were taught by The Pope. About the books he wrote, the poems, letters, and other writings. Obviously it turned out that he's "beloved" and "sacred" so much, that reading his things would be a sacrilege, and talking about it would be a blasphemy, so no-one dared to do that.
Yet everybody knows he liked cream puffs. And that he's sacred to all Poles.
[1] Single-handedly, according to some. Lech Walesa is also believed to single-handedly defeat communism (mostly by himself).
[2] Curing by the placebo effect will be ridiculed later in this blog.
[3] Yeah, like you could cast any shadow in complete darkness.
I would like to comment but I worry that Mr. Kaspar would depreciate my English again.
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