He's pegged it !!

Me. I now owe me 5 quid.

 

Jim Crowther wrote

Of course non of the leaders of the other religions played any part in
this at all, it was *all* the doing of some dead pope, nobody else gets
a look in do they?

Get fucking real, what you are seeing is called a Snow Job.

 

OK:

Because he was an old and fundamentally a good man.

Because he did not have an easy death. he had a protracted lingering
death, during which it seems he was compos mentis right to the last. He
knew what was happening.

Because that rather nasty death was in the full media blaze.

My comment has nothing to do with religion or politics. It's simply
because an old good man wasn't allowed to die in dignity.

 

<Makes Sign of Papal Pushrods>

 

OK:

Because he was an old and fundamentally a good man.

Because he did not have an easy death. he had a protracted lingering
death, during which it seems he was compos mentis right to the last. He
knew what was happening.[/QUOTE]

I thought he had severe Parkinson's?

 

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has stopped.

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Popey has pegged it!

Not a religious person then Ken?

BTW
Any news on the red dinosaur?
Could really use one at the mo, shop is taking off and K would like it to
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(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

Fairy nuff. Seems he deserves more sympathy than respect as an individual
to me though. Considering the downsides of the organisation he fronted in
the full knowledge of the pretty dodgy stuff done by it, he doesn't get my
respect anyway.

On the contrary, he died with a lot more dignity than the priests in
Nicaragua he refused to back.

 

Adrienne M Bonwick says...

Just look at Steve Auvache for proof

 

Which ones and how? Just curious to know what specific bad policies you
think were a direct result of the Pope himself, rather than his team of
advisors. Contraception's one obvious 'bad policy', but that's been the
Catholic church's line for a lot longer than the Pope's been around. Bit
like Bush / Blair really - in a lot of cases you get the impression they're
being told what to say, rather than making their own decisions (more so in
Blair's case I reckon). Reckon a new pope will make any difference if he has
the same advisors?

FWIW, regardless of what I think of the church's various policies, I think
the pope genuinely believed he was doing the right thing, and worked very
hard, in a peaceful manner [1], to achieve what he thought was best. That,
if nothing else, should be applauded.

[1] to avoid obvious comparisons with various dictators over the years, but
I'm sure they'll be made nonetheless.

 

It _really_ astonishes you? Many, many government could be described as
'secretive and corrupt', and look at the power they wield.

 

I thought he had severe Parkinson's?[/QUOTE]

Parkinson's is a lack of coordination of movement that often appears as
tremor, stiff muscles and joints, and/or difficulty moving. It doesn't
mean that one loses ones mental faculites.

A friend of mine had Parkinson's and he was in his 20's.

 

I never even implied that it did. But I think it's naive to be surprised at
the power a corrupt organisation can have - especially over poor people who,
by virtue of their situation, are often looking to a leader to help them,
and will try to believe what they're told, if it's told with enough
authority.

That's a bit of an unfounded generalisation, which doesn't really help any
attempts to create a reasoned argument. How does being Catholic
automatically make you stupid? Holding one (to you) unfounded belief does
not a moron make.

 

Ditch the leader and see if the policies change. Other than that, pretty
much informed guesswork. For example, based on what I've seen in the media
(which, I admit, is a bad thing to base anything on, but WTF), Bush seems to
have a large hand in the party's policies ('cos he strikes me as a
warmongering fuckwit), whereas Blair seems to be more acting on peer
pressure ('cos he seems a bit too dim to do anything else).

Should, yes, but if bad policy can be traced to an individual, then one can
have hope that by replacing that person, the policies might be replaced with
better ones. I'll be curious to see if the church's stance on all manner of
things will be affected at all by the change in leader.

So close....

 

Ah, I thought it affected the memory and mind as well.

 

It often does in the more advanced stages.

 

OK, 'easily led' then.

 

You're entitled to your views, of course, but if you're trying to argue a
point, 'arguments' such as this don't really help. Still, if you're just
having a rant, carry on.

Actually, this is UKRM. Carry on anyway.

 

Maybe they'd placed a bet that he'd push up the daisies a bit sooner, and
have lost a few quid?

Now that's just paranoid.

And while on the subject of the pope, don't you think it's strange that,
according to the BBC website, 'Rome is in shock'. How the **** can anyone be
'shocked' by the death of an 84-year-old who had been suffering for ten
years, and whose heart gave out a week ago?