Vatican concession to George Carlin: "T___" comes off list?
Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 12:55:54 PM PDT
As Carlin said, in the infamous 7 Words You Can't Say on TV:
Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly
sounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here, man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits, Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just One." That's true. I usually switch off.
And so the Vatican has now recognized the greatness of Carlin:
A vast number of paintings depicting the bare breasts of the Madonna have been "censored by the modern age" because they were too "unseemly", according to L'Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of the Holy See...
Since the 17th century, artists have been covering up Mary because of criticism about the "carnality and unbecoming nature of many sacred images"
The censorship was so widespread that even the nudes in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel were subsequently covered up for fear of offending worshippers.
In another article, Father Enrico dal Covolo, a professor of classic and Christian literature at the Pontifical Salesian University said: "The Virgin Mary who nurses her son Jesus is one of the most eloquent signs that the word of God truly and undoubtedly became flesh".
I mean, what other reason could there be that this comes out now?