Re The Pope

Northraven · 04-07-2005, 03:58 PM

Okay I know that a lot of people are probably tired of hearing about the Pope so I'll be brief:

I've noticed on a bunch of game servers I play on (Everything from Free Internet Chess Server to Counterstrike) people bashing the Pope now that the man has died. Now I'm not overly religious and I'm certainly no Catholic (the Catholic church has IMHO done a lot over the centuries that it shouldn't be proud of...)but the kind of bashing I've been seeing going on over the last week is just unbelievable and quite frankly I need to rant.

The recently deceased Pope seemed a genuinely good man as far as I can tell, he was charismatic and honestly believed in the ideals of his faith. All this man deserves is our respect...you don't have to agree with his beliefs or religion but he certainly does not deserve anyone's scorn or derision and especially not after his death.

So even though I'm not a Catholic I am saddened by the Pope's passing, I hope he rests in peace and that whatever afterlife he believed in is all that he'd hoped it would be.

In short: please all you anti-Catholic people lay off insulting the Pope and show him some of the respect he deserves. :rant off:

Thoran · 04-07-2005, 04:10 PM

Game servers... populated by mostly ignorant teens.

nuf said. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Mack_Attack · 04-07-2005, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Thoran:
Game servers... populated by mostly ignorant teens.

nuf said. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Agreed I would not think any thing of it. So many young people that need to still grow up.

Harkoliar · 04-08-2005, 01:43 AM

whiney teeny kids .. they dont know any better.. they just want attention

Jorath Calar · 04-08-2005, 02:18 AM

One of my fave examples of how ignorant most of the people who bash the pope are is a girl in my friends class, 18 years old, after her rant on how nothing "fun" was on TV (during the newshour) she said

Quote:

I mean so what is the Pope died, I mean aren't there 2 of them?

After a bit of inquery my friend found out she thought so because she heard the popes name was John Paul THE SECOND!!!

Stratos · 04-08-2005, 08:34 AM

JC, is that a true story? She was a blonde, right?

Kakero · 04-08-2005, 08:53 AM

Don't be suprised, some people don't even know what a pope is.

Luvian · 04-08-2005, 10:42 AM

He had a cool car, so he had to be cool.

Jotin · 04-08-2005, 11:08 AM

Don't take it to heart, i'm sure they are just ignorant kids

Vaskez · 04-08-2005, 11:10 AM

There's a nice saying in hungarian, for which there is prob an english equivalent, but can't remember right now. It loosely translates as:

"...about the dead, say only positive things, or say nothing"

Also, yep the game servers, probably teens. While not all teens are ignorant, they're generally not such a good judge of information and ideas as they haven't lived long enough. They're quick to jump on the bandwagon after they hear something.

04-07-2005, 03:58 PM	#1
Northraven Manshoon Join Date: July 13, 2001 Location: Currently a land called Weyrth... Age: 45 Posts: 195	Okay I know that a lot of people are probably tired of hearing about the Pope so I'll be brief: I've noticed on a bunch of game servers I play on (Everything from Free Internet Chess Server to Counterstrike) people bashing the Pope now that the man has died. Now I'm not overly religious and I'm certainly no Catholic (the Catholic church has IMHO done a lot over the centuries that it shouldn't be proud of...)but the kind of bashing I've been seeing going on over the last week is just unbelievable and quite frankly I need to rant. The recently deceased Pope seemed a genuinely good man as far as I can tell, he was charismatic and honestly believed in the ideals of his faith. All this man deserves is our respect...you don't have to agree with his beliefs or religion but he certainly does not deserve anyone's scorn or derision and especially not after his death. So even though I'm not a Catholic I am saddened by the Pope's passing, I hope he rests in peace and that whatever afterlife he believed in is all that he'd hoped it would be. In short: please all you anti-Catholic people lay off insulting the Pope and show him some of the respect he deserves. :rant off: __________________ \"Before the world was bent but after the great contagion, there was a civilization built in the image of the First Age. It sought to emulate the splendor of the bygone Golden Age, but it was in all ways less. It was a time of sorcery and heroism, of fabulous wonders and treacherous betrayals. Ruled by a decadent empire, it slipped inch by inch into barbarism and darkness, until one last cataclysm blotted it out forever. Yet, in it\'s sunset, it was a splendid thing, and glorious were the deeds of the Exalted.\"<br /><br />[url]\"http://www.sloganizer.net/en/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style7,Severed-spc-Fist.png\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

04-08-2005, 01:43 AM	#4
Harkoliar Jack Burton Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney Age: 41 Posts: 5,556	whiney teeny kids .. they dont know any better.. they just want attention __________________ Catch me if you can..

04-08-2005, 08:34 AM	#6
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 43 Posts: 3,888	JC, is that a true story? She was a blonde, right? __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.

04-08-2005, 10:42 AM	#8
Luvian Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Age: 43 Posts: 6,763	He had a cool car, so he had to be cool. __________________ Once upon a time in Canada...

04-08-2005, 11:08 AM	#9
Jotin Zhentarim Guard Join Date: August 23, 2004 Location: Virginia Age: 43 Posts: 303	Don't take it to heart, i'm sure they are just ignorant kids __________________ I figured out how to put the signature in <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Smile]\" src=\"smile.gif\" />

04-07-2005, 04:10 PM	#2
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 56 Posts: 2,109	Game servers... populated by mostly ignorant teens. nuf said. [img]smile.gif[/img]

04-08-2005, 08:53 AM	#7
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	Don't be suprised, some people don't even know what a pope is.

04-08-2005, 11:10 AM	#10
Vaskez Takhisis Follower Join Date: April 30, 2001 Location: szép Magyarország (well not right now) Posts: 5,089	There's a nice saying in hungarian, for which there is prob an english equivalent, but can't remember right now. It loosely translates as: "...about the dead, say only positive things, or say nothing" Also, yep the game servers, probably teens. While not all teens are ignorant, they're generally not such a good judge of information and ideas as they haven't lived long enough. They're quick to jump on the bandwagon after they hear something. __________________ Too set in his ways to ever relate If he could set that aside, there'd be heaven to pay But weathered and aged, time swept him to grave Love conquers all? Damn, I'd say that area's gray

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