tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post9051053878281576873..comments2023-10-25T05:02:32.574-05:00Comments on SNIPPETS FROM SPACESHIP ORION: High Emotion, Mixed MoralsWithinWithouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-79247275450607763822008-07-08T09:15:00.000-05:002008-07-08T09:15:00.000-05:00Menchie:I don't know what the rest of the story is...Menchie:<BR/><BR/>I don't know what the rest of the story is there involving that priest, so wouldn't want to draw conclusions, although on the face of it, it sounds cruel and stupid.<BR/><BR/>The church is very complicit in this whole abortion debate because of its stance on contraceptive devices and its well-meaning but unrealistic views on the sanctity of all life, right from conception.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever seen the movie Pleasantville? That's the world the church tries to pretend exists, in my view.<BR/><BR/>If everything was hunky-dory, there would be no abortion and no crime and no bad stuff and, therefore, no need for the church.<BR/><BR/>But we don't live in Pleasantville. Not everybody is intelligent and uses or has access to condoms, the pill or any other device, or cares about whether conception occurs.<BR/><BR/>It's unfortunate, but it's true.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-25388083845566372412008-07-08T01:03:00.000-05:002008-07-08T01:03:00.000-05:00Funny you and Donn should mention abortion. On th...Funny you and Donn should mention abortion. On the way to work this morning, news on the radio said that a parish priest received a gift basket for the Thanksgiving portion of the mass. He brought the basket of fruit home where he discovered a bottle containing a four month old fetus. <BR/><BR/>It just makes me so mad --- why can't they educate people about artificial contraception to prevent things like these from happening?Menchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474186474395126654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-40599200393498247102008-07-07T10:52:00.000-05:002008-07-07T10:52:00.000-05:00Donnnnnn:Darnnnnnn it, if I've made your blood boi...Donnnnnn:<BR/><BR/>Darnnnnnn it, if I've made your blood boil, then there was at least some point to this post.<BR/><BR/>And now I see your new avatar hides half your face and is showing you in another girly hat, sans the Aussie motif.<BR/><BR/>I subsequently discovered that it's Jesse Helms, not Jesse Helm. My bad.<BR/><BR/>The post was way too long as it was, so I didn't include the point that if women didn't have abortions, there would be thousands and millions more unwanted, unloved, uncared for kids out there.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the church would take them all in and raise them to be fine upstanding adults.<BR/><BR/>As an alternative, I wonder if the church or governments would consider mass sterilization programs. But nope, they just want to believe people have sex only to have babies.<BR/><BR/>Right.<BR/><BR/>Abortion shouldn't be seen as the be-all, end-all, and protection and intelligence should be exercised.<BR/><BR/>But we all know accidents happen and people don't think.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-44999911447748232002008-07-07T09:39:00.000-05:002008-07-07T09:39:00.000-05:00Where to start..Jesse Helm was just another ig'nan...Where to start..<BR/><BR/>Jesse Helm was just another ig'nant old timey homophobic negro-hatin' segregationist and good f*cking riddance..<BR/>the mere fact that some Southerners persist on supporting men like this is a testament to the failure of the Department of Edumacation...what can you say...those stereotypes of inbred crackers persist for a f*cking good reason!<BR/><BR/>Whenever they go after Morgentaler I am reminded that it is OK to shoot and murder Abortion providers and yet a sin to wear condoms...<BR/>thank you Vaticanistas for your blatant program to keep the parishoners pregnant and under your thumb. <BR/>What year is it 1108?<BR/><BR/>Now..aye-yai-yai-yai-yai...<BR/>Cult leaders like this uber-cheesy-puerto-rican-Wayne-Newtonian-cliched-version-of god seem outrageously comical to those of us who are even partially lucid and moderately acquainted with reality, but they are insanely dangerous..<BR/>this guy is obviously as clinically insane as Hitler. <BR/><BR/>What drives his followers to discard all common sense and abandon reason? Never underestimate the supidity of people in large crowds. <BR/><BR/>Lucid people should make a conscious effort to dismantle this megalomaniac before he has thousands of his zombified prisoners drinking Poisoned Koolaid in some tropical 'retreat'.<BR/><BR/>You've managed to get my blood boiling this morning...<BR/>I must leave and find a happy place..Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-50048199219980675042008-07-06T23:31:00.000-05:002008-07-06T23:31:00.000-05:00Stace:I was just giving you advance notice. You've...Stace:<BR/><BR/>I was just giving you advance notice. You've got at least a week, if not more.<BR/><BR/>:-)WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-38723375595985149962008-07-06T16:37:00.000-05:002008-07-06T16:37:00.000-05:00Gosh, you don't ask much, do you?! We're working o...Gosh, you don't ask much, do you?! We're working on it, mate, but it might take a while :PStacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-58791075301995018182008-07-06T08:43:00.000-05:002008-07-06T08:43:00.000-05:00Dinahmow:No, it's perfectly OK to disagree, if you...Dinahmow:<BR/><BR/>No, it's perfectly OK to disagree, if you had. I just wondered if it was tact I took or phrase I used.<BR/><BR/>Personally, D, I've been blogging less and less. But I might try wordpress and experiment a bit...<BR/><BR/>Nutters: The morality police exist everywhere. Still far out-numbered by the reasonable, but driven to be louder against the silence of the sane and sentient.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-32288011879237426752008-07-06T04:20:00.000-05:002008-07-06T04:20:00.000-05:00Yes, I should have said that I'm moving to "the op...Yes, I should have said that I'm moving to "the opposition." Apologies.<BR/>And it's not that I disagree; I'm with you on this.But had I not been familiar with your blog...<BR/><BR/>If you're thinking of making a swith, do give Wordpress a try. It's really good for the techno-dunces(aka me)and it looks good, too.<BR/><BR/>Back to nutters: recently, a gallery down south was raided by the police (yes!) because it featured photographs of a naked 13 year old girl.Tomorrow, we hang a show of "Nudes" in a local cafe. We have 16 pieces going on show (3 are mine)and we don't expect any problems.<BR/>But we also have some vocal religious folk in town...dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-57627067174178170682008-07-05T20:33:00.000-05:002008-07-05T20:33:00.000-05:00Stace:NO! You and Aidan have to SAVE the world. Mi...Stace:<BR/><BR/>NO! You and Aidan have to SAVE the world. Minor task, I realize, but don't retire...WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-62677200760911671712008-07-05T20:30:00.000-05:002008-07-05T20:30:00.000-05:00Aidan and I just want to retire from the world.Aidan and I just want to retire from the world.Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-52135194843271312552008-07-05T20:27:00.000-05:002008-07-05T20:27:00.000-05:00MoreIdleThoughts (aka Dinahmow):I was trying to fi...MoreIdleThoughts (aka Dinahmow):<BR/><BR/>I was trying to figure out, who IS this person? The person who might have pressed delete on me?<BR/><BR/>Your new site looks gorgeous. I might just consider opting out of Blogger too because I can't get all this html spacing stuff right and I've given up on it.<BR/><BR/>So you so disagree with what I've said that you might have called someone else saying the same thing a nut job?<BR/><BR/>Hey, no problem if that's the case...everyone's got their opinions...<BR/><BR/>America is the land of the strong and free, supposedly, so that allows extremes to flourish.<BR/><BR/>At times, though, I'm shocked at the power those extremes seem to wield.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-42732785948899602512008-07-05T18:32:00.000-05:002008-07-05T18:32:00.000-05:00Shoot! If this were the first post I read on your ...Shoot! If this were the first post I read on your blog I'd think"another nut job!" and hit delete.<BR/>But I've been here before and I know that you and I are often singing from the same hymn sheet.<BR/>Yes, that land to the south of you does seem to be home to more crack-pots (called psycho ceramics here!)than most other places. <BR/>Andrea's point is a good one: we all need to check the mirror before sounding off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-14193728664130381942008-07-05T17:40:00.000-05:002008-07-05T17:40:00.000-05:00Toasty:If only...Eroswings:Hey man, yeah, hate to ...Toasty:<BR/><BR/>If only...<BR/><BR/>Eroswings:<BR/><BR/>Hey man, yeah, hate to say it, but Texas does seem to be popular with some of the world's wingnuts (in addition to the intelligentia like you).<BR/><BR/>I remember Strom...and all those other guys. Surprised how much some of us Canajuns know your politicians?<BR/><BR/>And good question...would they be who they are if they didn't live in America? Yuk. Nope.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-61858259298220640232008-07-05T16:21:00.000-05:002008-07-05T16:21:00.000-05:00P.S. Sorry...Meant "Then" and "homophobe", not th...P.S. Sorry...Meant "Then" and "homophobe", not then and homophone...eroswingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678990077292314028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-66195636223257345372008-07-05T16:18:00.000-05:002008-07-05T16:18:00.000-05:00As if we don't all ready have enough religious nut...As if we don't all ready have enough religious nut bags in Texas, Jesus is now coming this month?! Will he be visiting the polygamous cult ranch as well?!<BR/><BR/>Thank god for illegal immigrants! Cheap labor! I must round some up at the local Home Depot to construct a wooden crucifix to hang, I mean, welcome this Jesus!<BR/><BR/>I've always found it hilarious that the most vocal and staunch conservatives against civil rights are usually closeted freaks...Like Strom Thurmond, who passed away, a champion of segregation who made Jesse Helms look like small fries...come to find out, as much as he spewed against racial integration, Thurmond had jungle fever and had a black daughter! Than there's homophobe Sen. Larry Craig, who lost his seat when busted for trying to get a bj in a men's airport bathroom; not to mention that Rep. Foley from Florida, another homophone who lost his job when it was revealed he was sending sex emails to underage teenage boys in Congress! That John Baker...cheating on his wife with a prostitute...mmm..mmm...mmm...<BR/><BR/>I laugh at these idiots...though, I wonder, would they be as vocal if they weren't in America?eroswingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678990077292314028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-31874846091336500762008-07-05T10:31:00.000-05:002008-07-05T10:31:00.000-05:00We should all just love each other and all get on ...We should all just love each other and all get on :) peace and love and all that bollocks.......<BR/><BR/>xMarmiteToastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536695634856882487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-42935865003052451102008-07-04T14:54:00.000-05:002008-07-04T14:54:00.000-05:00Andrea:I don't think he was ever convicted on the ...Andrea:<BR/><BR/>I don't think he was ever convicted on the molestation, was he? Nevertheless, neither was OJ.<BR/><BR/>Cast no stones is an apt and apropos saying in this context, coulda been the post title...WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-66153067873770856972008-07-04T14:23:00.000-05:002008-07-04T14:23:00.000-05:00I saw the priest being interviewed on TV on yester...I saw the priest being interviewed on TV on yesterday's morning news. Meantime, more has come to light about his molestation conviction. Has he never heard of "cast no stones..."?andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364011769128646998noreply@blogger.com