Apart from the fact that this would be better brought up in the spiritual forum, you have failed to deal with the real point at hand. You talk of the right of Catholics to practice their religion and the right of others to opt out, but you sidestep both issues the church has on non-believers and the increasing occurence of the church should meddling in politics. I for one would be quite happy for Christians to go about the daily ways without bother, if only the same could be said by them about non-Christians and the politcal arena.
On another matter, lighten up, you'll find the caustic barb of Moldy Crow more amusing if you take into account this is a general forum and not a debating one and no-one likes a smart alec 🙂
Originally posted by RagnorakHi Rag! It would seem it has come to that! How did this ever happen? Ah well- if you want to give a quick grind in 'an Gaelige' on here, our "first national language", you go right ahead. You never know, it might catch on!
An irishman giving lessons in the Queen's english. I've seen it all now.
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Originally posted by sjeg1st - You may insult my intellegence , throw nasty little barbs , whatever ,...But did you call me a pedophile ? Would you care to retract that particular insult before we go on ?
Just to get back to orthographical points for one second, as enlightenment of the idiotic is not one of my preferred pastimes, however, I must point out that US dictionaries, for whatever reason, and a few have been suggested, tend to cut letters and even syllables from English words.
So to sum up, an quick ENGLISH lesson:
1) 'Paedophilia' DOES contain ...[text shortened]... tandards.
The unfortunate creature above, I might very well deem ‘Exhibit A’.
Second - You are taking to task Webster's , and how english is spoken/spelled by 300 million plus people ? And you think you on the islands are the keepers of the flame which is the english language ? A tongue that stole a vast majority of it's common words from every other language on the euro continent . Take up your fight with Webster not me you bombastic little toad . Open your mind , it's not 1700 anymore . (Oh wait , I'm sorry , for many catholics like you , it is .) We in the states speak and spell it differently , and that's fine with the rest of the english speaking world (but you it seems ). So "Moldy" , as in my nick name "Moldy Crow" , is spelled with no "u" . All you have to do , dear , is look it it . It's in blue near the icon . Go ahead , we'll wait for you . Sound it out , move your lips along , count on your fingers , what ever you must ...I know it's difficult for you . "M-O-L-D-Y " . With no "u" . (My christian name is "Timothy" . Would you like to tell me how I've been misspelling that all these years ?)And BTW - Pedophilia , no "a' ; "dialog" or "dialogue" are acceptable . And here's a lesson for you , my snotty little F***stain : "override" is a noun . It is a commission paid to a sales manager for sales his employees have made . "Over-ride" , to pass over , to set aside , to prevail over , etc - IS hyphenated .
You're also getting very sloppy with forgetting to use periods .
Dimbo above lists an interest in "intelligent civilized debate" as one of his personal features. No comment on that, nor the fact that an "aspiring novelist" fails to differentiate between 'it's' (it is - subj. pron. + verb 'to be', ind. 3p.s.) and 'its' (poss. adj.)... And yet in an instant he would happily tar the rest of the anglophone population of North America with the brush of his own illiteracy. Still, one must not dwell on these issues, as Starrman rightly pointed out above.
Speaking of periods, though, I think he just had his! 🙄
The only place where sobriety is an admirable quality is in protestant fundamentalist backwaters where self-righteous rednecks crave the masochistic days of prohibition, whilst clandestinely shagging their siblings (all the time worrying about oral hygiene, in a place where eating a plate of grits before bedtime is an acceptable substitute to brushing one's teeth).
Whilst in fact, the rest of the world is driven to the drink... by the idiocy of inbred individuals such as the above moron, who probably never touches a drop in order to preserve the brilliance of his intellect for his writing career.
Who knows, he might well prove to be the next Hemmingway. A Hemmingway that doesn't concede to the evils of drink. Though, it might be quite a task to compose the Great American Novel, when a fellow can not spell 'Great American Novel'. Quite a "REDiculous' notion, one might say <sigh>. 😴 Though on the plus side, he might well be tempted to immortalise his ample and multi-faceted persona early on by biting a shotgun and splattering his brains against a wall. Now that WOULD be a great loss to the world of literary art...
:'(
Originally posted by sjegFrom www.bbspot.com
The only place where sobriety is an admirable quality is in protestant fundamentalist backwaters where self-righteous rednecks crave the masochistic days of prohibition, whilst clandestinely shagging their siblings (all the time worrying about oral hygiene, in a place where eating a plate of grits before bedtime is an acceptable substitute to brushing one's te ...[text shortened]... his brains against a wall. Now that WOULD be a great loss to the world of literary art...
:'(
Rejected Names for Pope Benedict XVI
11. Pope Jesus II
10. P-Benny
9. Pope Rageous sponsored by Mountain Dew
8. Pope xXx
7. Pope.tmp
6. Pope Muhammed I
5. Pope Inquisition II
4. Pope Position LXIX
3. Pope Doggy Dog
2. Pope John Paul George and Ringo
1. Pope Cracker CCLXII
Just returned from a weeks work in The Isle of Man. The local radio station was doing a sales pitch and came out with the following lines when selling a washing machine....
It's German,
it's white,
and its not the pope!
The shows presenter and me were laughing so much at this unexpected line, I almost crashed.
Originally posted by sjegWho in the hell said anything that sounded remotely like protestant fundamentalism ? That and being a tea-totaler are the last things anyone on this site would accuse me of . I'm also not from the south . That's generally the area associated with grits . Do your homework , kid , before you try to insult someone . And once again , spelling and grammar are not your strong suits . You should stop digging at someone for something you're not really good at yourself . That tends to back fire on you , Sparky .
The only place where sobriety is an admirable quality is in protestant fundamentalist backwaters where self-righteous rednecks crave the masochistic days of prohibition, whilst clandestinely shagging their siblings (all the time worrying about oral hygiene, in a place where eating a plate of grits before bedtime is an acceptable substitute to brushing one's te ...[text shortened]... his brains against a wall. Now that WOULD be a great loss to the world of literary art...
:'(
So what exactly is your fascination with me ? You are pouring over my profile , hanging on it's every word , looking for every little nuance to find something about me you can pry at . You on the other hand , have writen nothing . It's easy to tear at the accomplishments of others while doing nothing yourself , isn't it ? You are lightweight , a punk , with nothing to show for your wretched little life . You can not build yourself up , so you look for someone taller than you to bring down . So , my little bile spitting leprechan , I'll give you a TRUE chance to simultaneously bring me down , and lift yourself up . I'm sure this is an opportunity few have ever wasted on you . If I am such a blundering oaf , an inbred , a moron , you should be able to prove this quite easily otb . You're so brilliant , you should be able to clean up the board with me in what , 15-20 moves ? Why don't you bring that stellar rating of 1260-whatever and show me your stuff , Bobby F ? Or are you a coward ? I'll bet you're too gutless and will try to weasel out .
Actually, I spend many hours a week teaching people grammar in university, albeit in another language presently, and have done so in various languages in the past. Analysis of grammar and language is a large part of my weekly routine.
Chess, on the other hand, most certainly is NOT my strong point, as anyone can see, which is why I am here learning a bit about it.
If you wish to teach me a couple of things on the board, I'm more than willing to accept a challenge. But with one condition. You have tried to insult me, and I have responded in spades. But this is now getting boring. So if you want to play, leave the macho bullshit at the door. Send me a challenge, but only if you want a sporting atmosphere. I am certainly not going to continue this nonsense on with you during a proper game. Whatever you might think, I have better things to do, and I trust you do too. But a challenge from a strong player is always welcome, and probably the best way to improve. Conditions set, if you agree, then let's play.
Originally posted by sjegGreat ! (Do I detect a change in tone here ?) I do have better things to do than insult you . Chess is high on the list . So if it shuts your little yap , you don't carry on with preaching about pope , church , god etc otb , fine I'll send over two challenges (one as black , one as white) .
Actually, I spend many hours a week teaching people grammar in university, albeit in another language presently, and have done so in various languages in the past. Analysis of grammar and language is a large part of my weekly routine.
Chess, on the other hand, most certainly is NOT my strong point, as anyone can see, which is why I am here learning a bit a ...[text shortened]... s welcome, and probably the best way to improve. Conditions set, if you agree, then let's play.
I have no problem if you should want to continue the public barbing either . However , it should not continue on this thread or in this forum . This thread is solely for making fun of the Pope's name . Call me names on one of your own creation .
Actually, as I understood it, the purpose of this forum was to expose the fact that your grief with the Pontiff was entirely without foundation. You wish to mock his name, as you are free to do, but when you did so, you showed little originality and no sense of humour. On the other hand, I disagreed that you could justify defining him as a Nazi, and you decided to begin with the insults. It was Pantaphobia who put it well, saying you:
"believe in nothing except your own opinion which you presume to be always right".
This, I am afraid, is also the impression that I have taken of you, which is unfortunate, if you are truly interested in diverting discussion, as you claim to be. And, if one weighs the recommendations from the few who have read this thread, your ideas on the Pope, his name, the Church, insults for me, received 0 recs., which doesn't show a lot of support for your argument (and, I am being kind in calling it that). So, perhaps a slight change in your approach would not be a bad idea.
I don't recall lecturing you about God, and whilst I have stepped forward in defence of the Church, I do not recall declaring myself to be Christian, Mohammedan or Jew, or to be a believer of any kind. So I really do not think that is the case either.
At the end of all this, we have discovered that you have the predictable grievances of the liberal media on contraception, etc., but you cannot logically justify these. Whilst I am being civil, I will say that you have shown yourself to be extremely uninformed on both the personal history of Benedict XVI, the Church and Catholic teaching. So I politely suggest that you find out a little bit more about all three, before starting a discussion on these matters. A debate should be both civil and informed, so please bear that in mind, too. And, bearing that in mind, if there is any “yap-shutting” to be done, then maybe you could do well to start off where charity begins, and close your own cake hole for a while.
If you can manage that, and do not come back here with another rude reply like the above post, showing that you do not wish to end this carry-on, but instead decide to move on from this nonsense, then that is all well and good, this discussion ends here, and I shall very much look forward to a proper game of chess with you, with no talk of religion or politics whatsoever, and that is the end of that. If not, as I suggested in my previous post, this whole thing has become deathly boring, so I will have nothing more to do with it. It is entirely up to you.