(September 4, 2012 at 12:43 am)Stimbo Wrote: I've never had any respect for Mother Teresa or her secret identity as mild-mannered reporter Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, even before I'd read the Hitch's exposé The Missionary Position. I had even less after I'd read it.
I didn't read the Hitchens book; I read one that was written by a native of Calcutta. All of the millions that were donated to her (due to her media exposure in the West) didn't go towards helping those in her hospice in Calcutta. It went towards the creation of more pit-holes, where people could die in discomfort. Or it funded her worldwide campaign against abortions (which was her highest-value cause) or it was paid to the Vatican Bank, securing her a guaranteed beatification.
And still people casually use her name as if she was a beacon of kindness in an unkind world. No she fucking wasn't. Her nickname (to any of the locals who had a flying clue who she was) was The Ghoul of Calcutta.



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