Maxwell's silver hammer

Father and Grandfather

Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon his head
Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that he was dead.

Karol was the first Pope whose death brought tears to my eyes.
Maybe partly because my father was born in 1920 and had a middle name 'Carol'.
And he slightly resembled my grandfather.
Also being an old alterboy.
I didnt have much time for Karol when he was alive, after he ditched Liberation Theology.
In Nicaragua, he faced a crowd chanting for Justice. He repeatedly called for silence, for once was not obeyed.
I'm not too unhappy about his reactionary teachings on sexuality. The trick to being a RC is to have as much sex as you can, irrespective of orifice, orientation or age. Then confess, get forgiven with a clear conscience.
Liberated women do need abortion facilities, and condoms might have saved millions, but Karol's task was to ditch Stalinism. Which ditching has in turn led to vastly more hardships. A hundred million men have a decade taken off their lifespans. Even Elena Bonner, by the end of the 90's, said things were better under Brezhnev.