At a conference on digital media at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI [a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/04/margaret-warner-pope-describes-dangers-of-new-digital-age.html"]attacked the idea of transparency in the Internet age,[/a] warning that digital transparency exacerbates tensions between nations and within nations themselves. And increases the "dangers of... intellectual and moral relativism," which can lead to "multiple forms of degradation and humiliation" of the essence of a person, and to the "pollution of the spirit."
Perhaps more to the point, cover-ups are much harder to perpetrate when a single leak can plaster all your dirty laundry all over the net. Gee, I can't imagine why the pope would object to that... Nope, can't think of a single reason. *cough*[/p]Multiple forms of degradation? Like, I dunno, letting priests get away with raping and molesting children for centuries, and actively covering it up? Or does he mean subjugating women, making them 2nd Class citizens, and claiming it's god's will?
[/p]Polluting the spirit? Ummm, you mean like labeling everyone a "sinner" at birth, and trying to get them to live in fear of eternal damnation? Cuz that would sure pollute my spirit if I believed in that horseshit.
[/p] (By the way, "morals" are inherently relative to personal values and situational details. Anytime someone warns about moral relativism, it's because they want you to follow their values and sense of right and wrong, instead of your own)
