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kasper salonen wrote: > that's a great story Ken; though it's all very frustrating. to be > terrorised into belief > > KS > Joe never had a bad word about the Jesuits. Even when his politics shifted (he later became the editor of a collected Gramsci), he credited them with knowing how to question and find things out. I once got the nerve to ask him why he didn't finish the arduous path to priesthood through the Society. "I developed doubts about the theology, and I also decided I wanted women." Such honesty, especially in the light of what's happened since, needs no further comment. k -------------------- Ken Wolman rainermaria.typepad.com We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good We'll do the best we know. We'll build our house and chop our wood And make our garden grow... Bernstein/Wilbur, "Candide"