Pope decries ‘pleasure at all costs’
The launch of Freedom & Shit [dot] org couldn’t have come at a better time. You see the leader of the Catholics just warned against seeking happiness in drugs or other “artificial paradises” and the self-centered quest for “pleasure at all costs.” as the associated press reports.
This is in sharp contrast to our official policy of pleasure at all costs! This weekend the Freedom & Shit [dot] org wrecking crew bounced around town throwing people against walls, drinking Seagrams 151 like it was your mothers breast milk and being both drunk and disorderly. The evening got a little cloudy but by the end of the night I’m told that we killed a hobo and shared a whore. Or maybe it was the other way around.
My point is that we’d like to welcome you Catholics who disagree with pope killjoy into the Freedom and Shit [dot] org fold. Like many Catholic websites we are certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers so you know we’re legit.
I’m mean, how can he talk about “pleasure at all costs” being bad when he gets to wear gold robes and pointy hats while driving around in a sweet car with a bubble top?
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Dec 16th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
This, of course, comes as no surprise. The Catholic Church has always been anti-pleasure, ever since St. Theodosius struck out with the local Cappadocian chicks in AD 97 and cursed handjobs forever. It’s totally in the catechism somewhere. Towards the back, I think.
My approach to all this is very much different. A lot of Christians will tell you “hate the sin, love the sinner.” In my case, it’s more often “love the sin, be vaguely acquainted with the sinner.” Less morally pure, perhaps, but far more fun. Yay pleasure.