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What a Visionary Looks Like

This performance was in 1992 - long before the rest of the world had caught up: On 3 October 1992, O'Connor appeared on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest. She sang an a cappella version of Bob Marley's "War", which she intended as a protest over the sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, by changing the lyric "racism" to "child abuse."[16] She then presented a photo of Pope John Paul II to the camera while singing the word "evil", after which she tore the photo into pieces, said "Fight the real enemy," and threw the pieces towards the camera.[17] Incidentally, the same Pope who covered up child rape is going to be made a Saint.

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on January 17, 2011 (boomark / email).