Posted on 04/01/2005 4:26:00 PM PST by Poohbah
Radical Catholics who trash other Catholics.
did the FBI really make arrests?
I admit it isn't good to call your spouse a nazi but sometimes it helps to consider that any time someone is intensely emotional they are also insane.
I am sorry that anyone treated you so rudely. I too saw some of the hyperbole and name calling flying around and thought it terribly inappropriate.
I still hate to see you go and wish you would reconsider.
You know it's like a kid who cries every night after being put to bed. If you go pick them up every time for every whine, they'll never be quiet and go to sleep. Same thing goes for those that spout nonsense or can't stay relatively on topic. Pay too much attention to hysterical people and you give their spew too much credence.
Right now I've of the opinion that an opus for leaving because 'the fringe has taken over' or 'it just isn't like it used to be' is rather self-indulgent and counter-productive. And this is coming from someone who'e read Poohbah's and many other "old timer" posts and feel they are a vital part of FR.
And as for the TS stuff, it pained me a great deal to see many people behaving in a very unChristian manner.
Not in the last two weeks. It's been at least 65% Schiavo tripe.
When I left the first time, that was not nearly as toxic and vicious as this time.
Frankly, saying it's always like this is not really a solution.
Click on your name under a post, then on the top section marked "In Forum." Your number is in the html link to the page. You are #1262 (though I had to translate it from Sanskrit *wink*).
Oh, dear God! [sniff] I cannot believe you just viciously, savagely attacked me!!!
What has happened to this place?!?! I remember back in '98 we never would have had this kind of personal language abuse!! [sob] JimRob and the mods are obviously aligning themselves with the grammar police. Goodbye, cruel forum!
Well the silver lining is that I learned a lot from all of that internecine bashing. But then I had much to learn; I'm not Catholic.
What the hell does that mean? You're a cat?
I stated quite clearly that I never saw the posts in question.
I've been working on another rant for you, but I've been too busy to finish it up. I did receive via email many kind messages while I was gone, and they helped a lot to improve my spirits.
As you can see, I still have my temper. I wish Pooh was still around to defend himself, but I respect his decision. Lets hope my temper does not get me banned upon my recent return?
Chad, you better not!
That should have been your first clue that it wasn't written by anyone with even a passing knowledge of Christianity (or ANY religion). That is someone attempting to appear to be a member of the religious right by acting according to their own personal opinion of how a religious person acts.
Funny!
No way, jack. You are staying right here. We all need to decompress from the recent Schiavo mess. I stayed off those threads because that was a no-win situation, top to bottom.
I hope poohbah and hchutch are going to reconsider things as well.
Yet you didn't let that stop you from responding witlessly.
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