Bring back the old Pope god damn it!

I've got so many silly, ridiculous, frustrating, funny, infuriating things to write about that I'm not quite sure (as Dan the Mexican would say) whether 'to shit or go blind.' Now what that means, I haven't totally figured out - but anyone that knows the Mexican will understand.

Although Pacha Mama is my church, temple, synagogue, and mosque I still get nostalgic every now and then. Don't tell my companeros, but where the hell is the shaky Pope John Paul when you need him? OK, he was the Pope, but the man brought a good message around the world and certainly never inflamed over a billion people. Why the Vatican let a bloody German in, one that was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer, is beyond me. We've got Bush who's pissed the Muslims off enough for them to make joy rides into tall buildings, Danish cartoonists creating riots around the world by insulting the prophet, and now the Crout taking the piss out of Muhammed (a.s.) and his holy wars. I mean how on earth could the POPE criticize anyone on holy wars? Jesus Christ, (he's mentioned in the Q'uran more times than Muhammed by the way) the Catholic Church slaughtered grasshoppers that wouldn't convert in the old days. They hung and burned our women, the healers, and accused them of witchcraft.

Now I grant you, some Muslims have gone way over the top with the cartoon thing. And they seem to be ultra-sensative these days. But have the slightest inkling of cultural sensitivity Father Benedict. If you have a time bomb in your hand, do you throw it about or lay it gently on the floor and walk away? If you have a nervous, angry and potentially aggressive tiger in front of you do you kick it the head or chuck it a beef steak?

The bottom line is that the west just can't fathom the east and the east can't fathom the west. I've had the gracious opportunity to taste the best and worst of both worlds. I must tell you companeros....we cry the same tears, laugh the same laugh, worry the same worries. We all have the desire for good and healthy lives. We all want our children to grow up in a happy home. We all want a comfortable place and secure job to support our families. For fuck sake, we shit the same. Piss the same. Fuck the same.

So maybe that's part of my mission, to bring these two so-called drastically different worlds into perspective. Sure, we have our differences. But man I'm telling you, we all want the same thing...we just do in a slightly different ways. I'll do my best to bring the fences down...and shed a bit of light. I fear, though, that the clash of the civilisations that we have created in our heads has a blue print made of permanent ink. Let's see if Che can spur a little revolution...which is the evolution of the mind.

And Pope Benedict, watch your fucking tongue dumb ass.