Is there any human being today who's never heard of Simeon the Stylite? He who, in Syria in the fifth century, lived thirty years of his life, isolated on a 65 feet high pillar. He is regarded today as a saint for his goddamn motherfucking son-of-a-bitch holyness' sake. But how would the world respond to such a holy deed and such a fanatic religious way of living today? What do you think the social authorities had had to say in that man's defence? Howzat? And above all - how would the present christian dingbats have reacted? What kind of support could he expect from them? The question I am asking is standing like a pillar in the ass of Jesus... |