tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409139071628002101.post4175068149380405838..comments2023-09-11T07:34:37.635-07:00Comments on Shared thoughts: World Youth DayAndrew Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685970347404504083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409139071628002101.post-31303580523183658922008-07-15T15:30:00.000-07:002008-07-15T15:30:00.000-07:00Quite right! They've got the luxury of free speech...Quite right! They've got the luxury of free speech here, so they attack something that will not attack them back. Credibility factor zero. <BR/>Good to hear from you. Visit again anytime.Andrew Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685970347404504083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409139071628002101.post-16149571105708847432008-07-15T13:23:00.000-07:002008-07-15T13:23:00.000-07:00I'd like to see these same demonstrate similar cou...I'd like to see these same demonstrate similar courage in a Muslim country. Perhaps then they'd appreciate the rights they have in free nations. Perhaps they'd be more appreciative of the efforts and sacrifices made that give them the right to protest. Perhaps then they'd be less crass and arrogant toward those they know will not retaliate in kind, or at all...<BR/><BR/>Perhaps if pigs had wings...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874712703862427318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409139071628002101.post-47930347096772150262008-07-14T23:37:00.000-07:002008-07-14T23:37:00.000-07:00Right on! That's just how it is! In the same way p...Right on! That's just how it is! In the same way people will slang off at Christianity and Christians in a manner that they would not DARE to deride Islam or Moslem commentators. Good to hear your comments, as always.Andrew Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685970347404504083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409139071628002101.post-50975843174437931522008-07-14T23:17:00.000-07:002008-07-14T23:17:00.000-07:00There's a sad feeling among some in the western wo...There's a sad feeling among some in the western world that manifests itself in such protests. They actually feel they are being courageous by "making their voices heard". Right. But they'd never do that if they thought they be eating knuckles for it. And that's what hacks me off so much about them. The Pope's not likely to tell them what a bunch of losers they are. They pretty much have carte blanche to say whatever they want as a result. They're typically weaklings who find someone to bully because they know they will not suffer any real repercussions, i.e. knuckle sandwiches and the like. <BR/><BR/>It's the same thing we have in the states with idiots like Cindy Sheehan and Michael Moore who like to sound off at Bush in a manner that they'd never dream of doing to a true tyrant or dictator. By treating benevolent figures as if they are malevolent, and then "standing up to them", they can pose as true heroes and patriots. <BR/><BR/>Who better than to stand up to the Pope, for whom the teaching of "turn the other cheek" is foremost. I guess they think they're sticking their necks out. The cowards.Marshal Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054268632726520871noreply@blogger.com