When The Pope Comes To Town

One sure way to take out all the fun in your town is to invite the Pope for a visit. The folks over at Warsaw are finding that out, understandably they're not so cool about it.

First a liquor ban was imposed. Then sexy advertisements were told to put some clothes on because Pope Benedict the sixteenth is coming to town.

As CNN reported:
"An eye-catching outdoor poster for an anti-cellulite cream was covered up after a conservative group in this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country complained that the sight of a woman's bare backside and thigh was offensive.

Tabloid newspapers refrained from publishing their customary topless models on their back pages on Thursday, while Warsaw bars were either closed or served only low content beer."

And that's not all. Television ads were also censored during the period of his visit. Ads for alcohol were banned along with those for contraceptive, lingerie, and tampons.

Sure for a widely Catholic nation, the Pope coming is a big deal. Why, that's a "cute point" in heaven. You can tell St. Peter: "I came from Warsaw...you know two popes visited there! Wink-wink..."

However it's totally never cool when your whole town is sent back to the middle ages in a weird time warp.

Contraceptives?! Lingerie?! Tampons?! Is the Pope unable to handle even seeing or hearing about tampons on TV, especially considering that his Polish is not too advanced yet? Why do we need to cover up such things and pretend they don't exist at every opportunity?! As if he'll be watching TV to be offended anyway! One hot reaction says.

And considering he'll be staying in a convent, I'd assume they have pre-filtered channels on their TV programming, right? Or not? Just wondering, not implying anything.

But the weirdest thing for the Polish people, who suffered unspeakable devastation at the hand of the Nazis, is warmly welcoming a German Pope who was a confessed former Nazi fighter but now preach the message of love and peace.

From the same country that wrought such havoc and unspeakable horror now comes a peacemaker and beloved figure, worldwide, and in Poland, most Catholic of countries.

Yeah, well lest we forget, Hitler was a Catholic. So the Pope going there to appease his religion doesn't really do much for the real victims of Auschwitz.