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Paris Mayor renames Notre Dame square after John Paul II, prompting protests (Sneering Leftists)
International Herald Tribune (AP) ^ | 9/3/2006 | n/a

Posted on 09/03/2006 12:43:14 PM PDT by Pyro7480

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To: Earthdweller

Look at the poor old man on the left, he was trying to help the old woman, it is a shame, the woman in black is younger and for her it is not a matter to maltreat an old person.


21 posted on 09/03/2006 2:29:04 PM PDT by Marie007 (La politique dénature et ruine l'amitié)
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To: The Old Hoosier

I think it might be the other way around, but in any case, the womyn in black looks moments away from a beat-down.


22 posted on 09/03/2006 2:32:23 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Marie007

The crazy one looks like one of our American left. What is wrong with these people?


23 posted on 09/03/2006 2:34:43 PM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: Earthdweller

I see, you have the same like us in USA.
I don't understand your question, you asked me what's wrong with left people or what's wrong with the left people prostested in front of Notre Dame in Paris ? Which one ?


24 posted on 09/03/2006 2:38:43 PM PDT by Marie007 (La politique dénature et ruine l'amitié)
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To: A CA Guy
What ever happened to the French naming it George Bush Square?

We'll see both Muslims and French on the streets. Burning each others' cars.

I bet there will have no problem if they naming it John Francois Kerry Square...

25 posted on 09/03/2006 2:41:00 PM PDT by paudio (Universal Human Rights and Multiculturalism: Liberals want to have cake and eat it too!)
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To: Marie007
We call some of the political types here "leftists".

Here the "left" are against Christians and hate Christians. They hate them so much they want to destroy the US and get very angry about it. We call them the crazy left.

26 posted on 09/03/2006 2:45:26 PM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: Pyro7480

I remember a sketch in a book I read as a child. It showed Noahs ark with the water almost over every mountain top with people piled up and in the water shaking their fists at God. These people look the same. They are blaming God instead of themselves.


27 posted on 09/03/2006 2:49:41 PM PDT by therut
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To: Earthdweller

We have the same in France, I hate them.
Good night ;-)


28 posted on 09/03/2006 2:52:25 PM PDT by Marie007 (La politique dénature et ruine l'amitié)
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To: therut
It showed Noahs ark with the water almost over every mountain top with people piled up and in the water shaking their fists at God.

Isn't it interesting that they use the rainbow as a symbol? It's as if they are using against God the fact that he's promised not to flood the world again, and taking it as an excuse for complete license.

29 posted on 09/03/2006 2:53:44 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: Marie007

Good night.


30 posted on 09/03/2006 2:53:58 PM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: therut
Sorry, repost:

It showed Noahs ark with the water almost over every mountain top with people piled up and in the water shaking their fists at God.

Isn't it interesting that they use the rainbow as a symbol? It's as if they are using against God the fact that he's promised not to flood the world again, and taking it as an excuse for complete license.

31 posted on 09/03/2006 2:54:15 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: Pyro7480

There's already a square on the other side of Notre Dame named in honor of Pope John XXIII. Of course he was not as controversial.


32 posted on 09/03/2006 3:50:24 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: B Knotts

LOL! I was CERTAIN that one was a feminine male and that you HAD to be referring to the one in pink!!!!!


33 posted on 09/03/2006 5:17:51 PM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: The Old Hoosier

LOL! I didn't see that one as a woman!


34 posted on 09/03/2006 5:18:36 PM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: The Old Hoosier
It doesn't matter. It's still: Notre Dame-14, Georgia Tech-10.............FRegards

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Wrong thread?

35 posted on 09/03/2006 11:38:26 PM PDT by gonzo (.........Good grief!...I'm as confused as a baby in a topless club!.........)
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To: Pyro7480
"Delanoe is honoring an assassin," some chanted, saying John Paul's opposition to condoms, along with other forms of contraception, was responsible for hundreds, even thousands of deaths to AIDS and other diseases.

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Such idiots! No, morons, perverted sex practices cause the spread of AIDS, and those responsible for the spread are such practitioners.
36 posted on 09/04/2006 11:46:37 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
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To: sgtbono2002

Now no matter what you thought of Pope John II his status in heaven is nowhere near that of the Mother of Christ.
It should not be on earth either.

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I think that, while the cathedral there was named for Our Lady (Notre Dame), the square was named for the cathedral rather than directly for Mary. So, changing its name to honor JPII is no disrespect to the Blessed Mother, IMO.


37 posted on 09/04/2006 11:55:29 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
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To: nmh
The architecture in France is amazing. Just wish the Parisians were more friendly. They are very ANTI American.

Yep! I also love gothic buildings. Being a architekt with a extensive education in building history I am into the issue. ;-)

Besides - There are many Parisians who are not anti-American. I have some family there and they are the friendliest people you can think of.

38 posted on 09/06/2006 5:32:23 AM PDT by Atlantic Bridge (De omnibus dubitandum.)
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To: Pyro7480

I was there. I was shocked by the excessive force used by the police against protesters - many of whom were merely holding up small signs objecting to the renaming, none of whom were doing anything that could be remotely interpreted as dangerous - merely an exercise in free speech. Police dragged off protesters, including middle-aged women, grabbing them by the hair, with police hands roughly forced over their mouths to prevent them from speaking. At the time, I wasn't sure what the protest was about, but I knew that the police action was seriously over the top.


39 posted on 09/08/2006 1:56:07 PM PDT by cath
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