Postby Judith » 1 decade 8 months ago (Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:04 pm)
I listened to an audio interview with Michael Santomauro yesterday. Santomauro indicated that he has it from inside sources that BW will not be making any more direct statements about his historical opinions because he is not an historian. His strategy is to come at the issue from this perspective: “Why is it illegal to ask relevant questions, and to do ethical historical research in countries calling themselves democracies?” He will focus on waking people up to the fact of tyrannical control in the Western democracies of thought and speech that involves the Jews. I gather that there will be some strategically timed statements or conferences designed to bring people to an awareness and then to a sense of outrage about it. I hope this word is true because it is genius. I have been thinking for weeks that the Bishop should use his incredible notoriety for the common good.
As WWII history is not Catholic doctrine, and as he is free to hold opinions about it, he owes no restitution to God or to man, nor is there any obligation for him to “change his mind.” The Vatican’s insistence that he recant has no authority and cannot bind him. He certainly owes the Jews and the media nothing at all. The apologies to the Holy Father and to his Superior were good and came from the warmth and generosity of his heart.
Nonetheless, the less he says about the substance of the question, the better for him as a prelate. Let the historians do the necessary work of bringing forward the evidence. And indeed, that is where BW can be most effective. He can help the cause by using his fame and notoriety to inform the public about the existence of a horrid kind of sectarian totalitarianism in democratic countries. It’s a necessary part to play in the “wake-up the world” movement. As he has more fame, he is in a position to wield a tremendous influence over global thinking. Furthermore I would say that now is the time either to make a stand against the NWO or perish. Therefore I hope he pursues this, come what may. This is the work of God. This is the work of a Catholic prelate. It is the work of warning the sheep of the terrible dangers menacing them. Yes, he may not be able to travel and perform Confirmations for a long time, and this is a very sad reality. But who knows, he could be far more deadly to the enemies of Christ in his exile and infamy. Wouldn’t that be interesting to behold?
Second, if the report is correct, then BW was hanging out with revisionists well before the scandal broke. The report says that he was at David Irving’s party last October. That is one month before the interviews took place. Obviously this opinion of his had not been confined to the dustbin of fond recollections. Therefore when he says that he was speaking according to an opinion he formed twenty years ago, and that opinion was based on evidence available then, he is being very cagey. For he may have formed that opinion twenty years ago, but it seems very likely that he has kept up with the research or at least actively maintained the opinion over the years, as his presence at the party indicates. Furthermore, he alludes to the fact that he has rarely spoken this opinion in public since that time - I believe he was persecuted in Canada for opening his mouth there. The clear implication of that statement is not only that he has continuously held this opinion (evident in the words of his interview), but that even after this debacle the opinion has not been shaken.
Coupled with the news reports of his alliances with prominent revisionists, his latest declaration appears to suggest a man who just may, indeed, be planning to stay in the fight, albeit as discretely and shepherdly as possible. Superior General Bernard Fellay has declared to Der Spiegel that BW will be expelled from the SSPX if he continues to deny the "holocaust." Let's give Bishop Williamson, who has a lot of thinking and praying to do, the benefit of the doubt. And please stop holding him to a layman's standard. He's a prelate of the Church, and therefore must apply different principles of casuistry. He acts In Persona Christi.
I want to make a prediction. If he takes this course, and begins agitating for world outrage over the anti-revisionism / holocaust denial laws, he will quickly drop from public view, will stop getting press attention, will go down the black hole of 15-minute media history, and will ultimately get back to the work of Confirmations because they cannot withstand the light of day shining on them. They’ve already overplayed their card. They did not realize that this ugly fact about them would come out in America via this affair. The best revenge BW could effectuate is to shine more light on their dirty deeds, without saying another word about gas chambers. Indeed, this incident may put the passing of the American hate crimes bill well onto the back burner. What a good, then, for our country! So, if he implements this strategy, I predict we will see him treated the way he was treated before, calumniated but obscured, and therefore freer to move about.
God Bless you all.
though, of course, I'll join you in a fast little prayer: "I implore you, o goddess, hear me and help this stranger, at least for the sake of the chouette in his heart."
