Suri's burn book.
I've fallen into this site and I can't click out.
Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cass - Nov 16, 2011 9:21:52 am PST #7066 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Consuela - Nov 16, 2011 9:23:47 am PST #7067 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dude, I can't follow that. Is he saying:
1. The Church didn't used to think pedophilia was so bad; and
2. Child pornography is on the rise and society thinks it's okay.
?? Because dude, that makes no sense. Also, way to cast the blame for your child-abuse scandal on society as a whole.
Strix - Nov 16, 2011 9:27:26 am PST #7068 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Pope? STFFU!
Jesus is shaking his head at you RIGHT NOW.
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2011 9:28:30 am PST #7069 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Now I feel bad for all the good catholics of the world.
DavidS - Nov 16, 2011 9:29:19 am PST #7070 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now I feel bad for all the good catholics of the world.
It makes my wife weary.
Strix - Nov 16, 2011 9:30:10 am PST #7071 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Agreed, tommy. Agreed.
Every time I hear a story of Catholic fuckwaddery, I take a deep breath, think of JZ and her congregation and regain a little POV.
Allyson - Nov 16, 2011 9:30:24 am PST #7072 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
But...he seems to be saying that it's a shitty thing that it appears to be becoming "normal." He talks about child sex trafficking as a tragedy. I mean, I'm not a big pope fan, but it seems as though he clearly thinks these are shitty things.
Allyson - Nov 16, 2011 9:32:10 am PST #7073 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I mean, the quote: "Asking how abuse exploded within the Church, the Pontiff called on senior clerics "to repair as much as possible the injustices that occurred" and to help victims heal through a better presentation of the Christian message."
Doesn't seem to be like he's saying this was ever a good thing. Not when he's calling it an injustice, and referring to the children as victims.
Jesse - Nov 16, 2011 9:38:47 am PST #7074 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm going back to Suri's Burn Book. It's the only thing that makes sense in the world right now.
People at my job are trying to make my head explode enough.
Strix - Nov 16, 2011 9:40:01 am PST #7075 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'd like to read the full statement, Allyson, and I will try, BUT I need to go to the post-office NOW, but:
"In the 1970s, paedophilia was theorised as something fully in conformity with man and even with children," the Pope said...It was maintained - even within the realm of Catholic theology - that there is no such thing as evil in itself or good in itself. There is only a 'better than' and a 'worse than'. Nothing is good or bad in itself."
And the statement ""We cannot remain silent about the context of these times in which these events have come to light,"...the phrase "the context of these times" seems a but weirdly stated, and open for debate.
Like I said, I would like to read the complete statement, but as is stated in the articles, which does appear to have a bias, it doesn't seem like maybe the Pope is stating things as well as he should WRT sanctioned and church hidden child molestation, which persists in certain circles to this day.
From the statement, I can't tell if he is truly worried more about the humiliation of the church, because such a heinous thing happened, or because it's just a huge PR mess.
HAVE to go to post office NOW! ARGH. Interesting discussions are interesting!