Rod, at 09:32 on Apr 28 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

RS> True. Corse the other end are pretty fucking weird too, the
RS> Bagwans lot and all those loons as well. Barking mad most of them.

BG> Dunno, the old Bagwan himself isn't what I'd call
BG> overly stupid, with his dozen or so Rolls-Royces,
BG> plus fringe benefits that you or I can only dream of.

RS> Oh sure, but then is that any different to the current Pope ?

Not really.  Apart from the pope's taste in motor vehicles running to golf
carts rather than Roll-Royces, they're essentially the same from the POV of
sheer hypocrisy, and keeping the church and its untold wealth well away
from the average person in the street.

RS> I dunno if you realise that anglican bishops actually literally
RS> live in palaces. Corse they aint exactly on the same scale as Liz's

True, and I guess the only real difference is that your average priest
isn't allowed to get married 7 or 8 times...

Regards, Bill

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