tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post8601470411792091411..comments2024-02-25T12:22:59.842-06:00Comments on A Catholic Citizen in America: Jesus Christ, Beer, Tobacco, Idols and Indian LawBrian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-57339547352255536602010-03-04T22:07:48.944-06:002010-03-04T22:07:48.944-06:00Brian Busby,
Oh, and about those American clergym...Brian Busby,<br /><br />Oh, and about those American clergymen: I believe it. I guess Ms. Monk could be portrayed as a victim of Yankee imperialism: but I wouldn't try to do so.<br /><br />My view of the matter is that Monk, the clergemen, and I, are human beings: fallible; and occasionally failing.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-39490388500061489842010-03-04T22:04:33.180-06:002010-03-04T22:04:33.180-06:00Brian Busby,
I didn't intend to disparage Can...Brian Busby,<br /><br />I didn't intend to disparage Canada or Canadians: my intent was to clear up a point about where Maria Monk lived. Too many people assume that "North America" and "Unites States of America" are synonymous - and I didn't want to imply that this is the case.<br /><br />As for popularity: Someone's buying the books, in large enough quantities to justify reprints.<br /><br />In your position, I wouldn't take umbrage. People here in the States buy - and presumably read and believe - the works of Monk. My experience has been that Canadians aren't all that much different from human beings elsewhere - which is good news and bad news.<br /><br />Seriously: I didn't mean to insult Canada or Canadians.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-46744531747602594222010-03-04T14:39:16.363-06:002010-03-04T14:39:16.363-06:00Brian, I boggles the mind that Maria Monk's &q...Brian, I boggles the mind that Maria Monk's "Awful Disclosures" continue to be taken seriously by anyone. I dare say that most who see it as the gospel (pun intended) haven't read the thing. That said, if I may, I'd like to defend my fellow Canadians. All evidence, court documents included, indicates that the sorry Miss Monk was used by a group of clergymen - American, with a single exception - to promote their own brand of anti-Catholicism. Indeed, it seems likely that Maria wrote not one word of the book.<br /><br />And, at the risk of appearing defensive, I can't agree that the Maria Monk book was ever "very popular" in Canada (as you write in your 2008 post). Indeed, from the time of its first appearance, Montreal's Protestant community suspected a hoax. In all my travels, I've only come across one edition that claimed to have been published in Canada... without providing a publisher or address.<br /><br />If you are at all interested, I've written a couple of pieces on <i>Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk</i> <a href="http://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2009/06/maria-monks-immortal-book.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2009/09/pornography-of-puritan.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-34295741400209991002010-02-23T18:08:09.395-06:002010-02-23T18:08:09.395-06:00Brigid,
"...flat-out wring"?
Yeah. Tha...Brigid,<br /><br />"...flat-out <b>wring</b>"?<br /><br />Yeah. That certainly was a typo. Had a sort of 'ring' to it, though. ><Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-23084785082095218702010-02-23T18:06:22.651-06:002010-02-23T18:06:22.651-06:00Brigid,
Yeah: India isn't perfect, just like ...Brigid,<br /><br />Yeah: India isn't perfect, just like America. But they're learning to live with a country where everybody doesn't have to agree with the dominant culture. Kudos.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-38805806816575343192010-02-22T19:31:44.511-06:002010-02-22T19:31:44.511-06:00Oy ve. Well, I gotta hand it to the Indian governm...Oy ve. Well, I gotta hand it to the Indian government. They at least seem to be willing to defend the people who don't believe the same way they do.<br /><br />Oh, and a typo: "and much of the rest was flat-out wring."Brigidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796317915330760325noreply@blogger.com