Talk:Joseph McCabe

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[edit] 20th Big Blue book

I don't know this story, but if it is alleged that it was suppressed can we at least please have the citation for who alleged it and why the claim might be controversial? --Dannyno 19:23, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

The source was probably The Secular Web, though they don't provide any more information, nor do they give a source. Alan Pascoe 14:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

I think it has to go, it's drivel. McCabe wrote *far* more than 20 Big Blue books. Cooke plumps for 104 and according to this article: http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/2003/oct/index.php?ft=verb, Haldeman-Julius estimated it at 122. There's a list of nearly 70 at http://library.indstate.edu/level1.dir/cml/rbsc/debs/bigblue.html. --Dannyno 11:23, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

This entry does not do justice McCabe's violent and vitriolic anti-Catholicism. I'm not Catholic, but this entry is a white-wash of a man whose life seems to have been fueled by an uncontrolled hatred for Catholicism.

Violent? Who did he kill? More seriously, if you want the article to reflect this allegation, you need a citeable source. --Dannyno 17:42, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The violent was being used metaphorically. The vitriolic was more precise. I could understand if a radical Protestant said that "Rome Is The Natural Ally Of All Exploiters". However, coming from on atheist, it's raw demonization from someone who doesn't believe in demons.

It is? Could it not been seen as at least an arguable point of view, given the political facts of McCabe's day? Anyway, this is not a debating shop. Cite something if you have something to cite, and I'll cite Bill Cooke's defence for balance. --Dannyno 20:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)