Comments on: Liberal Sicily http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 03:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1581351 wysinwyg Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1581351  You don't know very many Catholics, do you?  You don’t know very many Catholics, do you?

]]> By: JontKopeck http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1581131 JontKopeck Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1581131  ..and a fine job he did of it too.  ..and a fine job he did of it too.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580928 That_Anonymous_Coward Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580928 The fail to follow the rules, they put on the hat and still walk in straight lines! That and I think there is something disgusting about a group massing wealth and not using it to actually help the poor and starving unless they convert.  Well that and covering up the rape of children... and a multitude of other sins. The fail to follow the rules, they put on the hat and still walk in straight lines!

That and I think there is something disgusting about a group massing wealth and not using it to actually help the poor and starving unless they convert.  Well that and covering up the rape of children… and a multitude of other sins.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580926 That_Anonymous_Coward Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580926 And thankfully you found your way back out.  :D And thankfully you found your way back out.  :D

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580818 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580818 The church leaders probably wear Armani, too. He designs all kinds of things like police uniforms. The church leaders probably wear Armani, too. He designs all kinds of things like police uniforms.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580783 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580783 I've been in Liberace's closet.  The clothes were gone, but the round sofa thing was still there.  Seems like there was a lot of zebra skin, too. I’ve been in Liberace’s closet.  The clothes were gone, but the round sofa thing was still there.  Seems like there was a lot of zebra skin, too.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580754 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580754 Many devout Catholics are openly gay, pro-contraception, pro-choice, pro-euthanasia, support women priests, etc. The Catholic Church dropped the ball on social control a couple of decades ago. Did you know that Italy ranks 209 out of 222 countries for birth rate? Many devout Catholics are openly gay, pro-contraception, pro-choice, pro-euthanasia, support women priests, etc. The Catholic Church dropped the ball on social control a couple of decades ago. Did you know that Italy ranks 209 out of 222 countries for birth rate?

]]> By: info http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580737 info Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580737 Are you sure there is any difference? You don't know Italy very much, it seems... Are you sure there is any difference? You don’t know Italy very much, it seems…

]]> By: rhodian http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580730 rhodian Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580730 He's not exactly alone in this.  Here are a couple of links to and about James Alison:  http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alison He’s not exactly alone in this.  Here are a couple of links to and about James Alison:  http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alison

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580599 Boundegar Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580599 You really don't like Catholic vestments, do you?  They're not masculine enough for you? You really don’t like Catholic vestments, do you?  They’re not masculine enough for you?

]]> By: Luca Lucakiss Calabrese http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580595 Luca Lucakiss Calabrese Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580595 Mussolini got rid of the Mafia in Sicily, there's one for ya. Mussolini got rid of the Mafia in Sicily, there’s one for ya.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580528 Preston Sturges Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580528 It's alleged Sicily fell under the control of the Mafia because Lucky Luciano cut a deal with Ike to get out of federal prison in return for making the Mafia the Resistance against the Nazi occupiers.  After the war, the US was happy to have the Mafia push out the Communists.  http://www.timnewark.com/books/lucky-luciano.shtml It’s alleged Sicily fell under the control of the Mafia because Lucky Luciano cut a deal with Ike to get out of federal prison in return for making the Mafia the Resistance against the Nazi occupiers.  After the war, the US was happy to have the Mafia push out the Communists. 

http://www.timnewark.com/books/lucky-luciano.shtml

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580522 That_Anonymous_Coward Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580522 He is openly gay and anticorruption, he is like a nightmare for them. To excommunicate him would draw way more attention when a well placed bullet. He is openly gay and anticorruption, he is like a nightmare for them.
To excommunicate him would draw way more attention when a well placed bullet.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580519 That_Anonymous_Coward Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580519 The Maffia wears Armani, the Catholic leaders wear things purchased at a drag queen yard sale. The Maffia wears Armani, the Catholic leaders wear things purchased at a drag queen yard sale.

]]> By: LinkMan http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580488 LinkMan Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580488  There's a difference?  There’s a difference?

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580482 Christopher Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580482 Why would the church go to the trouble of trying to assassinate him when, for a devout Catholic, excommunication is a fate worse than death? Why would the church go to the trouble of trying to assassinate him when, for a devout Catholic, excommunication is a fate worse than death?

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580466 Boundegar Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580466 Technically, that's called a Protestant. Technically, that’s called a Protestant.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580457 That_Anonymous_Coward Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580457 and the follow up of are you sure its the Mafia and not the church? and the follow up of are you sure its the Mafia and not the church?

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580456 That_Anonymous_Coward Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580456 You start by ignoring the leaders of the church and read the words "written" by god. You make your peace with people ignoring the words in the book and passing judgement twisting the words to support their position. You only need to answer to god, not some old man dressed in leftovers from Liberace's closet. You start by ignoring the leaders of the church and read the words “written” by god.
You make your peace with people ignoring the words in the book and passing judgement twisting the words to support their position.
You only need to answer to god, not some old man dressed in leftovers from Liberace’s closet.

]]> By: gypsyspacemuffin http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580435 gypsyspacemuffin Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580435 I think the real question here is: Only three times? I think the real question here is: Only three times?

]]> By: Dan Burton http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580424 Dan Burton Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580424 Someone please educate me.  How is it possible to be both openly gay and devoutly Catholic? Someone please educate me.  How is it possible to be both openly gay and devoutly Catholic?

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/liberal-sicily.html#comment-1580406 Boundegar Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193591#comment-1580406 I bet he's really from Kenya. I bet he’s really from Kenya.

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