il manifesto 23.4.2010
Avevamo un Presidente Operaio, poi abbiamo avuto un Presidente Odontotecnico, e adesso abbiamo anche un Presidente facente funzioni di Papa. Dall’alto della sua ben nota autorità etica, Silvio Berlusconi giudica positivamente la lettera di Benedetto XVI sulla pedofilia; e immediatamente il presidente dei vescovi italiani ringrazia invitando a votare a destra alle regionali.
Un’autorità politica che esprime un giudizio morale, religious authority to political messages: in any other country in the world would be upside down. But our ruling classes have never fully accepted the democratic principle of separation of Church and State. So Berlusconi, in his infinite modesty, not being able to do for the moment the pope, it is considered a higher authority of the Pope and comforted him with her high moral approval. And the Cardinal Bagnasco, unable for the moment to make the prime minister, gave the line to the voters by reducing the Roman Catholic Church to the electoral committee of Mrs. Polverini.
But the fact that we're used to not make this double invasion of the field less ridiculous on the one hand, and other less dangerous and offensive. Ridiculous stuff is from 1984, when people and institutions that have shaken the moral authority to set itself up as guardians of morality and love. That 'even attack the very substance of the Christian religion''spoken of in straps Berlusconi is materialized in more abuse and silence, in that those who report them. If you had any decency, the Catholic Church these days should use tones at least a bit 'more moderate in trumpeting the theme of "human dignity", which is certainly offended by unpunished child abuse committed by priests much more than from the "immeasurable crime of abortion." And if you had any decency, Silvio Berlusconi, end-user of escort fee, should speak of love and sexuality with a little 'more humility and care.
But with the ridiculous there is a danger. Contradicting Marx, here the farce and tragedy can become intertwined. Because what is at stake in this game are not the love, the dignity of human life. We are faced with two charismatic institutions who do not accept limits, feel out of control and erode least part of their charisma and their power, and cling to each other exchanging favors (also much more concrete and less public a statement of support) to revitalize and give comfort. It could be a good sign, an omen of change, but it is also a signal of risk, neither the Church nor Berlusconi have the slightest idea what democracy is, and there is no limit to what they are capable even of being in the saddle. The very fact that so dramatically raise the tone is both a sign of weakness, is a warning: the power is compact, empires are always ready to strike again.
That seems to me absolutely necessary that we go all to vote in these regional elections. If Berlusconi and Cardinal Bagnasco rely on a hard core of obedience and consent, the vote we have a tool, perhaps limited but real, to express disobedience and dissent. Nichi Vendola or candidates as Emma Bonino, so different, however, are carriers of an idea of \u200b\u200blife, love, sexuality, human dignity, which is infinitely higher than bargained for and vilified by the ballet of these powerful political and moralistic fear. We can have differences and even confusion, but the entry of a straight leg Bagnasco clear that the choices we are called to do are not indifferent, that are not "all equal". If we really care about life (and dignity, and even love), let's hear it.
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