I really believe that there are huge forces arrayed against us. The forces of ignorance, lack of education and prejudice and hate and fear. The forces of darkness in general....How can we not win? We're smarter than they are....
I'll put my money on the smart people against the dummies. If the smarts can't beat the dumbs, we're really not that smart, are we?
[Ed.: Speaking to a meeting of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association the following year, Turner criticized the Catholic church's opposition to population-control measures, saying the pope should "get with it. Welcome to the 20th century." Lifting his foot towards the audience, Turner joked: "Ever seen a Polish mine detector?" This prompted the Catholic League to petition Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to suspend Turner, who owns the Atlanta Braves franchise, comparing Turner to Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott, who in 1993 was suspended from baseball for one year and fined $25,000 for making remarks disparaging blacks and Jews. At a meeting of CNN staffers on Ash Wednesday in 2001, Turner noticed a number of employees had ashes on their foreheads. "What are you," Turner asked, "a bunch of Jesus freaks? You ought to be working for Fox." Again the Catholic League protested, this time comparing Turner with Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker, who received widespread opprobrium and had to attend sensitivity training for making insensitive remarks against preferred groups.]
