last rites

So, Pinochet has finally taken "full responsibility" for the actions of his regime. turns out this comes days before he dies or almost dies and is even given last rites by some priest more concerned with surrounding himself with powerful people than any religious belief.

I'm not a big fan of even the idea of hell, but I'll tell the Internets one thing - people like Pinochet do not deserve a get out of jail free card. Something is wrong with the system when you let someone skirt justice on earth for 40 years then sweep in at the last minute and tell them everything will be okay for the rest of eternity once they die.

Everything will not be okay. Pinochet left a horrible legacy of death and torture which will never be erased, no matter how much Kissinger thinks it no longer matters and no matter how desparate some Chilean priest is to wear the trappings of weath and power vicariously in the name of self importance.

I don't understand why the Church cannot recite cummings' I sing of Olaf instead of making that jerk feel any better about all of the suffering and evil he was directly responsible for.

Here's to hoping Dante underestimated all that you will suffer, you bastard.