Pickup Carries Peace Activist, Fr. Berrigan's Coffin

Yahoo News ^ | December 9, 2002 | Foster Pflug

[wideawake]

``Arm the world with hugs''

Remember - these people claim to be grown-ups.

[Norman Conquest]

Why six pallbearers? Most trashcans only have two handles.

[NYer]

The Berrigan brothers have always symbolized what went wrong with the church when it opened its seminaries to left wing, liberal, radicals.

[FreedomWarrior]

I wonder if he died for peace, and would the rest of this human refuse kindly join him??

[stanz]

That was the best. LOL
I remember the Berrigan brothers well.

[Tijeras_Slim]

LOL!

[cubreporter]

Yeah, tell that to Sadaam. Martin Sheen there? Of course. :))))

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Berrigan, a former Roman Catholic priest who staged some of the most dramatic anti-war protests of the 1960s, died of cancer Friday at age 79. He staged some of the most dramatic anti-war protests of the 1960s and was arrested at least 100 times, serving a total of 11 years in prison for his anti-war activities.

The AP's copy editor is getting lazy. Is this the guy Doonesbury's hippie priest is based on?

[Little Bill]

Should have been a garbage truck.

[Little Bill]

I think that it was based on William Sloan Coffin(sp), he was a Yalie, an other remant of the 60's like the Berrigans'

[Aquinasfan]

In the church, mourners held signs reading ``Arm the world with hugs,'' ``Wage Peace,'' and ``Plowshares versus Depleted Uranium,'' a reference to the name of Berrigan's Plowshares for Peace.

Pathetic. I'd be more impressed if they waved their banners in Saudi Arabia.

[Catspaw]

A pick-up? You mean a vehicle with one of those internal combustion engines that emit all kinds of noxious & toxic fumes? Why not a cart & an oxen?

[BikerNYC]

I didn't agree with a lot of what he said or did, but I always thought that he was a man of integrity. He stept up to the plate and spent 11 years in jail for his beliefs, trying to make the world what he thought would be a better place. He and I might have disagreed on a lot, but that doesn't make him an evil person. He seemed to be an honoest person and always seemed to say what he believed. I wish more people were like that.

[madprof98]

Thanks for a thoughtful response to the death of a person who tried to live out his faith. I doubt those calling him "garbage" have tried to do as much.

[Redbob]

Berrigan's dead? WONderful!

The news just keeps getting better and better!
First Wellstone, now Berrigan!

(How ya feeling 'Puff'? Got a fever at all?)

[Redbob]

"Why six pallbearers? Most trashcans only have two handles.">

LOL!
Bears repeating!

[mg39]

RIP, Father Berrigan.

He was a man who lived by his faith and strove for peace and love. Apparently, that's anathema to some cretins here.