Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Fear God and maintain His Church

Oh, dear. Sir Elton John, our hitherto most Christian knight, is apparently suffering from one of his mood swings again. The Englishman who knelt in good faith before Her Majesty not too, too many years ago, and was knighted by the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, now wants to finger God and destroy His Church. And just for good measure, all the other Churches too.

Now, this may be counter to the whole ideal of chivalry thing, the one Charlemagne inspired with "fear God and maintain His Church". It may not be in lockstep with the first two commandments of the Knights Code: "I. Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches, and shalt observe all its directions; II. Thou shalt defend the Church..."; but let's not be too hard on the poor chap – he probably mistook his knighthood as just the English version of a modern Emmy, or an Oscar, or an MTV music award, or some other Hollywood stimulated trinket of courtly self-love.

Another good for business, bad-tempered publicity stunt? Bollocks! Sir John and the Hollywood establishment are chivalrous to the bone. Just look at all the causes they support, just look at their countless charities, their unstoppable efforts at protecting the weak and the defenceless. Up with Hollywood, and down with the Church!