Updated Seven Deadly Sins

Lust, greed, pride, sloth, gluttony, envy, wrath are the original deadly sins.  The Vatican has imposed a new set of sins that, to paraphrase Bishop Gianfranco Girotti,  have appeared on the horizon of humanity as the unstoppable process of globalistation. 

Environmental pollution
Genetic manipulation
Accumulating excessive wealth
Inflicting poverty
Drug trafficking and consumption
Morally debatable experiments

Bishop Girrotti said that we have lost the notion of sin.  Well farbeit for me to have an opinion on matters pertaining to the Catholic faith, not being a Catholic myself, but I’ve never actually had any notion of sin, at least not in terms of Catholic doctrine, and I’ve always regarded the Catholic use of sin and guilt as a way of controlling the people. 

I’ve said before, I will never be able to grasp this concept of sin – of being born sinners.  The catholic catechism says that if we die in sin – without having confessed first, we will go straight to hell.  Then they complicate matters even further with a little thing called ‘limbo’.  I wrote about limbo once here but basically it is a nowhere place where people who were born before the first coming of Jesus and unbaptised dead babies are sent to forever.

As for the modern sin-list, they say it is less individualistic in that it’s clearer that sinful deeds have a wider affect . . . on other people and on society.  Basically, it’s just a condensed list of the ‘Vatican forbiddens’ that the priests have been trying to infiltrate into government and society for years.  The way I see it is that Catholic people can still sin but if they make sure they go to church and repent, they will be absolved.  And if they have the misfortunate to die en route to the confessional box they’ve had it.

So what’s new?

Gold Medal for Most Greenwashed Games?

I almost missed this little report. 

As most people know, when the 2012 London Olympic bid was won, it was declared that the games will be the greenest ever.  The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) said at the time that the event . . .

will set new standards for the sustainable design and construction of major sports venues and infrastructure used for the games

That being so, it defies belief that Olympic chiefs are demanding a fleet of 3000+ chauffeur driven cars to take Olympic VIP’s to and from the games.  It means in effect that while Londoners are going to be banned from using their roads, the important posh folks get to be driven right through to the venues in comfort.

Well this is a staggering double-standard but I really can’t put it better than Green member, Jenny Jones when she said . . . “I am appalled that so many bigwigs will be chauffeured around on dedicated lanes when there is going to be a superb public transport service as well as a special coach service. It is against the whole spirit of the Games, which is meant to be the greenest ever.”

The organisers are being quite furtive about it and as the article informs us, London Assembly members have been told they can only see the contract if they if they cross their hearts and swear not to tell a single soul about the contents.  Well, this secrecy will simply cause distrust and speculation.

The possibility of achieving the Greenest games ever became questionable the moment it was announced that McDonald’s and Coca-Cola were going to be the main sponsors and with this latest revelation, it seems that the Olympic eco-halo is starting to slip further.