tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19937890.post5065455319329574143..comments2023-10-15T08:15:46.205-04:00Comments on Mike's Eyes (Spotted By): Assault on the Profit MotiveMichael Neibelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15321103608597264855noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19937890.post-21001839264694790492007-11-28T10:39:00.000-05:002007-11-28T10:39:00.000-05:00POSTERITY OBSERVES THE CHURCH"Profit itself is not...POSTERITY OBSERVES THE CHURCH<BR/><BR/>"Profit itself is not sufficient<BR/>Motivation for business<BR/>Endeavors"--words, if not omniscient,<BR/>Merely, without moroseness<BR/>Expressing Christian creed, by Pope<BR/>John Paul the Second, not a dope.<BR/><BR/>So why the Roman Catholic<BR/>Church has long hesitated<BR/>To have--in midst of profits thick--<BR/>One excommunicated<BR/>With so much taint upon his hands<BR/>As Erik Prince, prince of brigands?<BR/><BR/>The Church acknowledges the war,<BR/>The profiteering in Iraq<BR/>As wrong; so tell me why, so far<BR/>The condemnation seems to lack<BR/>Traction in realm of moral spheres--<BR/>Is there a basis to have fears?<BR/><BR/>The taint will linger on the hands<BR/>Of Roman Catholics everywhere<BR/>Almost unto the Christ, while bands<BR/>Of brigands go scott free and clear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com