SemiOT: Uh-oh! First Louisville, now Freaky Deaky Irish?
Unbelievable if true.
October 31st, 2015 at 12:05 AM ^
8 million dead in the 30 years war alone. Never mind every other war fought in the name of the church.
And the number you cite for Vietnamese dead is high, but that doesn't really matter.
October 31st, 2015 at 12:17 AM ^
Singling out just Catholics seems a bit simplistic.
The numbers for Vietnam are more accurate than those of The Thirty Years war--unless, you really believe that early 17th century demographic estimations are really as accurate as mid-20th century estimations.
The US invented a weapon that can literally end the human race and used it. I mean, really. You can't get anymore brutal than that.
October 31st, 2015 at 12:22 AM ^
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October 31st, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
Yes, you can get more brutal than that. You can use the doomsday weapon then choose to stop using it. Many did and still do argue that atomic weapons reduced worldwide conflict from what it would have been (I don't necessarily agree with this).
But religious dogma is a constant subjugation of human freedom and intellect. It cannot take a break from suppressing us.
Nobody "singled out" the Catholic church, at least I didn't. I simply denied your attempt to minimize the church's role in the destruction of human life vs. the role of the US government. We still have a long way to go.
And you are just nit-picking over nonsense on the casualty issue, without supporting your point at all. It's not even close.
October 31st, 2015 at 12:55 AM ^
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From McNamara in the documentary "The Fog of War", quoting Curtis LeMay: "If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals."
The atomic bombs and the firebombing were completely justified by the way the war was being prosecuted by both sides, and by victory.
October 31st, 2015 at 12:25 AM ^
not dropped.
But I won't pretend that it was anything other than an extreme act of brutality. It's use disturbs me morally as do the firebombings.
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If you haven't seen the documentary, it's fascinating.
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October 31st, 2015 at 12:23 AM ^
That's why I hate singling out any one group whether it is the US, the Catholic Church, or Islam. No one group owns wars, genocide, or oppression. These are traits exhibiting by all major civilizations.(So too is creativity and humanity).
I don't see any difference between what DoubleYost is doing and what Islamophobes do.
October 31st, 2015 at 12:30 AM ^
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October 31st, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
It isn't a religion or political structure that is the problem, it's people with far too much power concentrated in their hands.
The US has a long track record of anti-Catholicism that stems from it's English roots. Hell yea, I am offended. My ancestors had anti-Catholic Klansmen burning crosses in their yard because they were Catholic. The hate was real.
October 31st, 2015 at 12:43 AM ^
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October 31st, 2015 at 9:21 AM ^
I have them read about what the Japanese did in all their conquered territories, as well as to the captured POWs, and then how every Japanese person on Okinawa fought to the last person, not to mention the mentality of the Kamakzis raining down on the fleet. If we hadn't dropped those two bombs way more people would have died period.
Besides, as horrible as firebombing seems in todays world, in both the German and the Japanese case, if you don't want your people killed, don't start a war and kill other countries civilians. They brought total war upon themselves.
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"...Efforts were made to entice the student to become Catholic."
Become a Catholic-the sex is great!
Maybe... but then there's the guilt.
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I don't think anything could be weirder and more out there than the Manti Teo stunt.
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I still don't believe ND didn't have some idea what was going on and they definitely tried to cover it up. I still remember those screen shots of the ND players laughing when Teo talked about her at a pep rally.
October 30th, 2015 at 11:42 PM ^
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I believe any story I hear about ND until proven false
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October 31st, 2015 at 9:01 AM ^
My god--this thread is one long clusterfuck.
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October 31st, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
First we start with a bizarre story about a ND employee whoring out her daughter and then somehow jumped into genocide, nuclear war, and the nature of evil.
I really just wanted to read the salacious sex scandal allegations. But MGoReaders insisted on educating me about deeper stuff ...