I’m seeing a lot of headlines which are going to be causing really sleepless nights for those who understand government security and intelligence services. It’s ones like this:
- Pope urges revolution to save Earth, fix ‘perverse’ economy
- Pope Francis Calls For ‘Revolution’ To Save Earth From Climate Change
- Pope’s bombshell climate change views could be a ‘game-changer’
And it is not just the rhetoric. In the encyclical are calls for a revolution in world governments – indeed to bring in a new world government.
I can see why it is being phrased that way. But if I were sitting in government reading about a “revolution” and a new type of government, I have to read this as replacing the present form of government by a new government in a revolution – revolution – as in chopping people’s heads off! Are you starting to see the point!
This is technically an incitement to overthrown government – coming not from some almost unknown idiotic environmentalist, but from another (idiotic) government leader.
And what is more, this is not a message directed at governments. Instead it is directed to the people within countries. In many countries the pope, if they were someone in that country, would be technically breaking the law and no doubt getting a quick knock at the door and a few very difficult questions.
And OK, the Pope is hardly going to pick up a bomb and walk into the government offices and blow himself up – but there are many idiots who will! And the intelligence services never get praised for what they don’t let happen – but they get shit loads of criticism if some idiotic fanatic does take the pope to heart and try to start “the revolution”.
There are going to be a lot of really annoyed people after today!!
And a lot of people in the intelligence services are going to have to focus far more carefully on the activities of extremist environmentalists than ever before.
They are not going to like it!
