I'll compile my thoughts and post later
The Pope's Passing
Created 19 years ago2005-04-03 16:55:45 UTC by
satchmo
Created 19 years ago2005-04-03 16:55:45 UTC by
satchmo
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-04 17:24:47 UTC
Post #101593
I wrote a response that took my over an hour to write, but the server logged me out and I lost it all
I'll compile my thoughts and post later
I'll compile my thoughts and post later
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-04 17:29:02 UTC
Post #101594
Dude, why didn't you hit "back" and copy it all?
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-04 18:36:51 UTC
Post #101609
hehe, thats the thing.
After it logged me out, I clicked back, forgetting to log back in, and because of the new "No anonymous posting", the reply box was not even present.
woopsy...
Anyway, all I commented on was something Unbreakable said...
Yes it took that long to reply
After it logged me out, I clicked back, forgetting to log back in, and because of the new "No anonymous posting", the reply box was not even present.
woopsy...
Anyway, all I commented on was something Unbreakable said...
Yes it took that long to reply
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-04 20:20:34 UTC
Post #101630
Losing a long post has happened to everyone before, that's why I compose my reply in notepad and copy and paste the text into the box whenever I write something long.
After losing it all, you sort of lose interest in writing your thoughts over again. It's highly painful.
After losing it all, you sort of lose interest in writing your thoughts over again. It's highly painful.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-04 21:03:21 UTC
Post #101638
if its something important that i took a long time to write, i always hit ctrl+c to copy it before i post. and its saved me a few times before.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 04:50:57 UTC
Post #101677
If you used Opera, I know for sure it woulda saved it, and probably Firefox too ;).
Anyway, look forward to it.
This is not directed at anyone in particular, just from experience: if anyone starts flaming, this thread will be closed. You have been warned.
Anyway, look forward to it.
This is not directed at anyone in particular, just from experience: if anyone starts flaming, this thread will be closed. You have been warned.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 05:30:52 UTC
Post #101684
I wrote a response that took my over an hour to write, but the server logged me out and I lost it allYou should make it a habit to always copy long texts when you are posting. Allthough it isn't as bad as it was before, the server logs you out sometimes. :
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 05:33:54 UTC
Post #101686
ya depends how many people are on
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 05:56:02 UTC
Post #101688
Erm, no it doesn't. It depends on how pissed the evil three-headed server administrator is.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 06:55:22 UTC
Post #101692
Losing a long post has happened to everyone before, that's why I compose my reply in notepad and copy and paste the text into the box whenever I write something long.I thought I was the only one! I'm not mad! Although I've had notepad 'causing an illegal operation' before, which is quite humourous, so my posts aren't even safe there!
An extension that backs up form text would be a valuable addition to firefox methinks.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 07:07:28 UTC
Post #101698
im prodestant but i still have great respect for Pope John Paul II and im glad his death was peaceful... And it is amazing how someone his age can work up to 3 days before he died!
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 07:27:49 UTC
Post #101703
Man, have you guys seen the news lately? There parading the popes body around like it's some kind of object. I'm not catholic or anything, but don't you think they went a bit too far?
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 07:51:23 UTC
Post #101721
i think that is a bit disturbing. :
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 09:39:46 UTC
Post #101757
Yesterday I was watching a bit of 'this morning' on it, that royal 'expert' guys charles whittaker or whatever his name is said that the royals had announced that IF the popes funeral was on Friday then they would, as a mark of respect, postpone the royal wedding. It just so happened that the cardinals announced that it would be, but had came to the decision in the morning time. The "IF" was just them saving face, since all cameras would be in vatican city, and all dignitaries would be there too. I thought it funny anyways.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 11:53:36 UTC
Post #101788
They say that a little over 2,000,000 people will pass him over the next 3 days.. |He's on display, for f#@ing sakes.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 12:12:01 UTC
Post #101797
Yeah, but thats like any wake for a huge public figure, its pretty acceptable for people to pay there respects to him. I see nothing wrong with that, but I do think news cameras is a bit much.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 12:13:57 UTC
Post #101798
Ya Definetly.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 13:34:47 UTC
Post #101821
I think it's sick that the pope's body is on display. As for prince charles, he can shove camilla up his arse.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 13:35:56 UTC
Post #101823
hahaha, i hear that! 
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 14:05:48 UTC
Post #101841
...And I am definately not religious, yet do sympathse for the Pope's passing. Poor sod.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 14:50:26 UTC
Post #101861
I'm not religious but still....... WHY ?????
I think it is sad, the pope was a good guy
May god bless him
I think it is sad, the pope was a good guy
May god bless him
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 15:04:52 UTC
Post #101867
You're not religious and still you end your post with may god bless him?
Omfg, contradiction.
I'm agnostic, and I don't give a shit.
Omfg, contradiction.
I'm agnostic, and I don't give a shit.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-05 17:37:15 UTC
Post #101903
After losing it all, you sort of lose interest in writing your thoughts over again. It's highly painful.yeah, I know...
I'll get my inspiration back soon.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-06 17:04:01 UTC
Post #102087
Who said the 9/11 terrorists bombed us because of religion? You are way off. They bombed us because we constantly piss people off with our trade deals and dishonsesty and whatnot because our government is a bunch of fools. Why do you think the Iraqis bombed the world trade center?
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-06 17:10:59 UTC
Post #102088
Coz Bush is a dick... ('scuse me french!)
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-06 19:36:22 UTC
Post #102108
all polaticians are dicks. except arnold of course.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 08:39:41 UTC
Post #102209
Erm, excuse me, but Arnold is a dick, he is unAmerican and a threat to the Constitution.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 08:49:20 UTC
Post #102210
Arnold pwns. Dont insult Arnold or he's going to eat you.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 08:58:55 UTC
Post #102212
Arnold is a scary moron.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 09:00:35 UTC
Post #102214
Arnold wants to be a dictator ( dicktator more like), Arnold is a homosexual, Arnold admires Hitler, Arnold is a racist scumbag whom I couldn't care less about.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 09:56:27 UTC
Post #102222
I'd expect a guhly man like you to say that Jahz. My current beef with the Pope-based shenanigans is that nothing else seems to matter elsewhere in the world. Again with my Princess Diana comparison; Mother Theresa passed away in the background without so much as a nod from the media, whereas everyone was telling you us on TV that Diana should be made a Saint! You can only be remembered it seems on an otherwise slow news day. If the media were reporting like proper journalists we would actually be hearing what else is going on in the world, rather than as a simply news round up between Pope-Watch 24 bulletins. People are capable of caring about lots of things, the media isn't it seems.
Historic moments like this is the best time for us to take a look at the way information enters our homes and lives through the media. That they are incapable of reporting all the news instead of focusing on this one dead issue (no pun intended) merely shows us that they don't care about anything they report, just ratings and whatever sells newspapers.
Historic moments like this is the best time for us to take a look at the way information enters our homes and lives through the media. That they are incapable of reporting all the news instead of focusing on this one dead issue (no pun intended) merely shows us that they don't care about anything they report, just ratings and whatever sells newspapers.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 11:22:31 UTC
Post #102229
s'pose i have to agree with Jahzel on dis one... All polititians are dicks but George Dubyah most of all. And FFS! Tony blair is his bloody lapdog... George W. says lets nuke Iraq Tony says, "sure, got nothing better to do with this shitty country"
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 12:08:01 UTC
Post #102234
"But Tony, at least 3/4 of the general population think the war is illegal and wrong!"
Blair: "...We are above the law."
Blair: "...We are above the law."
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 12:37:21 UTC
Post #102249
"Yeah and you're still gay enough to go to fukin war..."
(Tony) "But...But... but i love bush...
waaaaaah
(Tony) "But...But... but i love bush...
waaaaaah
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 12:43:10 UTC
Post #102259
Bush: "Our enemies are resourceful; And so are we. Our enemies will never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country; And neither will we."
(He actually said that)
(He actually said that)
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 13:36:05 UTC
Post #102277
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 14:01:16 UTC
Post #102286
i know he did... and he cant say anything unless it is written in blocks of stone for him!
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 15:18:14 UTC
Post #102313
thats kinda sad that celebrities get more attention than the real heros do.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 15:23:08 UTC
Post #102316
It's not sad, It's obvious!!! The moment a real hero gets attention, he becomes a celebrity!! 
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 15:28:14 UTC
Post #102321
not really. it seems more people care about what brand of tampon pamila anderson buys then they do about that guy who got the medal of honor.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 15:32:53 UTC
Post #102325
I'm not a Christian, and I don't know much about the pope. I was still slightly saddened to hear of his death, but no more than when I hear of people being blown up in Iraq or wherever else. He did some good things, no doubt. He was the first pope to appoint black archbishops, for example. But some of his ideas were just plain stupid, and someone in a position of power should be expected to research issues properly instead of being judgemental. To quote the director of Christian Aid:
"We were disappointed that he did not realise the Roman Catholic policy on condoms actually contributed to many deaths in the fight to control HIV/AIDS." Daleep Mukarji, 4th April
And Jahzel, why are you against one form of prejudice ("Arnold is a racist scumbag") but not another ("Arnold is a homosexual"). Perhaps it was just a flippant comment, but even so it doesn't help.
"We were disappointed that he did not realise the Roman Catholic policy on condoms actually contributed to many deaths in the fight to control HIV/AIDS." Daleep Mukarji, 4th April
And Jahzel, why are you against one form of prejudice ("Arnold is a racist scumbag") but not another ("Arnold is a homosexual"). Perhaps it was just a flippant comment, but even so it doesn't help.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 15:37:23 UTC
Post #102327
maybe he just thought terminator was a bad movie :
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 16:23:05 UTC
Post #102341
We can hear this things in the news everywhere these days. People are saying that...
...
For example:
The best way not to die jumping from a plane is not using a parachute, but not jumping at all. It's so simple
...
the Roman Catholic policy on condoms actually contributed to many deaths in the fight to control HIV/AIDSWhich in my opinion is just wrong. If the Roman Catholic church says people shouldnt use condoms, it's up to the people to use them or not. There isnt an inquisition force making sure people dont do so, people are more or less free in that respect. The Roman Catholic says that the best way to prevent the spreading of HIV/AIDS is abstinence, not condoms. We may or may not agree with that way of life, but hell, they are right!!!
For example:
The best way not to die jumping from a plane is not using a parachute, but not jumping at all. It's so simple
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 16:47:28 UTC
Post #102351
I know full well the church didn't force people to abandon condoms, but they still spread misinformation which people have believed and contracted HIV as a result. The people who this affects the most do not have access to such a range of knowledge as ourselves. If you were in an African village and the only information available to about contraception was from the Roman Catholic church, and you suffered as a consequence, how would you feel? And as for your parachuting analogy, if we all practised abstinence in order to defeat HIV the human race would soon be extinct. Simple, huh?
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 17:15:34 UTC
Post #102353
in case you dont know (and so it seems) the abstinence is refered to intercourse with different partners, not in a marriage or equivalent social union. Human race would not be extinct.
I wonder what kind of desinformation we are talking about...
Roman catholic church tells the people in the village that using condoms will not guarantee a 100% protection from AIDS, but abstinence most likely will.
So they decide to mantain intercourse and not use condoms... Is that really doing what the Church says? I dont think so
Human race would not be extinct.I wonder what kind of desinformation we are talking about...
Roman catholic church tells the people in the village that using condoms will not guarantee a 100% protection from AIDS, but abstinence most likely will.
So they decide to mantain intercourse and not use condoms... Is that really doing what the Church says? I dont think so
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 17:30:22 UTC
Post #102359
Main Entry: ab?sti?nenceNothing to do with different partners.
Pronunciation: 'ab-st&-n&n(t)s
Function: noun
1 : voluntary forbearance especially from sexual intercourse or from eating some foods
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 17:39:55 UTC
Post #102364
come on guys... Doctors are saving peoples lives and footballer get paid millions more for kicking a damn ball around a footbal pitch. JEES!
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 17:59:52 UTC
Post #102375
Seems abstinence was not the word they used... The exact word or definition has nothing to do with it, the idea is fairly simple to understand. They say that if you stick with your partner, chances of getting AIDS wil be reduced.
Now this, while being true, can lead to mistakes as you guys mentioned, since usually many african women cant control who their partner is with, if they dont use condoms they end un being victims of AIDS.
So everyone is wrong.
Condoms would greatly reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS
Refraining from sporadic intercourse would also reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS
So the Roman Catholic Church is wrong by not supporting this method.
At the same time, people are wrong when saying that practising this sort of abstinence (kasperg covers his head because of a large evil dictionary patrolling high above) is causing deaths. Intercourse with infected people causes infection and death, not lack of intercourse.
Now this, while being true, can lead to mistakes as you guys mentioned, since usually many african women cant control who their partner is with, if they dont use condoms they end un being victims of AIDS.
So everyone is wrong.
Condoms would greatly reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS
Refraining from sporadic intercourse would also reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS
So the Roman Catholic Church is wrong by not supporting this method.
At the same time, people are wrong when saying that practising this sort of abstinence (kasperg covers his head because of a large evil dictionary patrolling high above) is causing deaths. Intercourse with infected people causes infection and death, not lack of intercourse.
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 18:01:44 UTC
Post #102377
Whats that got to do with footballers and doctors?
Posted 19 years ago2005-04-07 18:02:49 UTC
Post #102379
Yeah. It's sick :.
Down with capitalism!
Down with capitalism!
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