Britain a third world country

[Lady Whistledown]

Will he be bringing the Swiss Guards with him, I would like to know?

 

[Elvis]

so are they all German at the moment?

Like when the new pope won his audition, does he get to pick all his mates on his team.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

so are they all German at the moment?

Like when the new pope won his audition, does he get to pick all his mates on his team.

Yeah, they do a live televised show called The Vatican's Got Talent.

Paul: "I like you, so it's a yes"

Augustine: "You've preached that with so much passion. Yes"

Pontius: "You've touched me, somewhere deep inside. It's a yes from me"

Benedict: "Well Pontius has swung it for me. That's exactly what we're looking for here in the Vatican. One MILLION percent yes!"

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Is that the new Palace strip?

 

[GNF on Tour]

Read again please, I said Indian sub continent, thats not just India, it includes Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Sometimes also includes Afghanistan and Maldives.

The International Monetary fund calls India a LEDC (less economically-developed country), which supposedly means it is in the Third World.

Have you been to LHR recently?

What do you expect in a major international airport arrival lounge, lots of beautiful white people queuing orderly to get their passports stamped - black people are allowed to travel as well.

You post smacks of overt racism.

 

[manilaseagull]

What do you expect in a major international airport arrival lounge, lots of beautiful white people queuing orderly to get their passports stamped - black people are allowed to travel as well.

You post smacks of overt racism.

overt racism?

Tosser.........

 

[manilaseagull]

Maybe he was just having a dig at the fact most LHR employees appear to be from the Indian Subcontinent?

Who knows what he was thinking......

 

[8ace]

Will he be bringing the Swiss Guards with him, I would like to know?

No, they've been replaced:

 

[ATFC Seagull]

No, they've been replaced:

When was the last time the Vatican's soldiers illegally invaded and occupied a foreign country??

Edit - I am talking about much more recently than the Nazis, btw...

 

[Dandyman]

Why do people make so much fuss about this German twat anyway!?

Didn't he say that the Holocaust didn't exist or something!?

He invited a Holocaust denier back into the Church of Rome:


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bishop-on-the-run-holocaust-denier-back-in-britain-1632397.html


and will try and make a saint out of Pius XII who helped Hitler into power and stayed silent about the Nazi genocide:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler's_Pope

 

[Beach Hut]

If he was talking about Glasgow airport I could understand it.

I go there around 3 times a year and it is very pleasant.

 

[Gully]

Maybe he was just having a dig at the fact most LHR employees appear to be from the Indian Subcontinent?

Who knows what he was thinking......

Not sure that he was thinking...though he was certainly talking out of his arse.

If he was implying that Heathrow was like the third World because many people who work their are non-caucasian, then that was one hell of an insult...bordering on racism...I for one am glad he isn't coming here.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

According to the BBC, the cardinal's comparisons between England and a third world country are based on the "aggressive atheism" that he associates with the third world.

Judging from some of the comments on NSC, he's certainly right about the aggressive atheism. I'm not sure whether it's a third world phenomenon, though.

BBC News - Pope aide pulls out of trip after Third World jibe


In dem Interview in der aktuellen Ausgabe des FOCUS hatte Kasper auf die Frage, warum so viele Briten Unmut über den Papst äußerten, geantwortet: „England ist heute ein säkularisiertes, pluralistisches Land. Wenn Sie am Flughafen Heathrow landen, denken Sie manchmal, Sie wären in einem Land der Dritten Welt gelandet.” Kasper bejahte außerdem die Frage, ob Christen im Königreich benachteiligt würden, und erläuterte: “Vor allem in England ist ein aggressiver Neu-Atheismus verbreitet. Wenn Sie etwa bei British Airways ein Kreuz tragen, werden Sie benachteiligt. Wir wollen aber unseren Glauben öffentlich zeigen. Jeder, der England kennt, weiß, dass es dort auch eine große christliche Tradition gibt. Europa wäre nicht mehr Europa, wenn es diese Tradition nicht bewahren könnte.”

Walter Kasper: Irritationen über Kardinal überschatten Papst-Reise - Papst - FOCUS Online

 

[Billy Mays]

So we get that he's racist and intolerant of any religion other than the "true" one but where does he stand on child abuse?

 

[bhaexpress]

So one of the Pope's staff is a bigot, no great surprise there. However it's not as though Christians are any better, what about that idiot in Florida who wanted to burn the Koran last week ? Of course we also have the likes of Abu Hamza don't we ? I have met more than a few 'Good Christians' who hate Islam although they have a pretty low opinion of the Catholic church as well.

Let's face it, religion is a load of bollocks at the end of the day.

 

[Return of the Rev]

So one of the Pope's staff is a bigot, no great surprise there. However it's not as though Christians are any better, what about that idiot in Florida who wanted to burn the Koran last week ? Of course we also have the likes of Abu Hamza don't we ? I have met more than a few 'Good Christians' who hate Islam although they have a pretty low opinion of the Catholic church as well.

Let's face it, religion is a load of bollocks at the end of the day.

looks like our catholic education was worth it full agreement though .

 

[Gwylan]

According to the BBC, the cardinal's comparisons between England and a third world country are based on the "aggressive atheism" that he associates with the third world.

Judging from some of the comments on NSC, he's certainly right about the aggressive atheism. I'm not sure whether it's a third world phenomenon, though.

BBC News - Pope aide pulls out of trip after Third World jibe


In dem Interview in der aktuellen Ausgabe des FOCUS hatte Kasper auf die Frage, warum so viele Briten Unmut über den Papst äußerten, geantwortet: „England ist heute ein säkularisiertes, pluralistisches Land. Wenn Sie am Flughafen Heathrow landen, denken Sie manchmal, Sie wären in einem Land der Dritten Welt gelandet.” Kasper bejahte außerdem die Frage, ob Christen im Königreich benachteiligt würden, und erläuterte: “Vor allem in England ist ein aggressiver Neu-Atheismus verbreitet. Wenn Sie etwa bei British Airways ein Kreuz tragen, werden Sie benachteiligt. Wir wollen aber unseren Glauben öffentlich zeigen. Jeder, der England kennt, weiß, dass es dort auch eine große christliche Tradition gibt. Europa wäre nicht mehr Europa, wenn es diese Tradition nicht bewahren könnte.”

Walter Kasper: Irritationen über Kardinal überschatten Papst-Reise - Papst - FOCUS Online

Makes one proud to be British doesn't it?

 

[beorhthelm]

Makes one proud to be British doesn't it?

yes, finally moving on from centuries of superstition.

 

[bhaexpress]

looks like our catholic education was worth it full agreement though .

You know Catholics, some believe it but the wiser ones run away from it. I wonder if said Cardinal would be interested to know that the Catholic Church is the main reason why I'm an atheist ? I'm sure I'm not alone there as I formed my opinions at an early age having seen the sheer hypocrisy of so many Catholics. Subsequently I realised this attitude was not confined to one sect of one religion.

 

[Common as Mook]

Bit of devil's advocate here: there are, according to the last census, approximately 4 million Catholics in the UK, which out of the population of about 60 million, makes it a minority religion by anybody's standards, with absolutely no offence intended to those Catholics on here or anywhere else.

The leader of the Catholic church turns up in the UK and announces his intention to hold masses or whatever and various major public appearances.

So, knowing how very vociferous the likes of the English Defence League are against foreigners- particularly those of a different religious persuasion to the UK majority- coming here to preach their holy messages, I presume they will be holding marches and rallies in protest at the Pope's arrival?

Or do those rules only apply when the protagonists are darker skinned and worship a god called Allah?