VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt Westwood|DATE|1359708115|CONTENT|Well of *course* it&#039;s named after God&#039;s rape victim. The Catlicks are right to be offended - the jocular name for the alcohol-free version of the drink was so intended.

The origin of the name &quot;bloody Mary&quot; may have originated with Mary Tudor who was a less-than-popular monarch of England and Wales between Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, who got her soubriquet because of her predilection for burning at the stake any who did not follow her faith (Catholicism, of course). One of the nastier pieces of work to ever occupy a throne of a nation.

The irony is that she died young of cancer of the generative organs. Obviously even God was appalled by her lunacy.

Hence the Papal disapproval - it reminds the RC hierarchy what a nasty bunch of people some of its high-level proponents were throughout history.|EMAIL|prime.mover@proofwiki.org|IP-ADDRESS|176.27.245.30|MODERATIONFLAG|