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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:37 PM Original message |
Why are we watching an entire MASS on the News?...MSNBC |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. remote control |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. write a letter to the editor about the "scathing" WMD story of yesterday |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because a head of state and leader of 1.1 billion people is dying. |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Oh...I believe the Pope"s illness and impending death is BIG news..I |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. If it were Bush, or someone else of similar stature, the would do the same |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. true, but that does not make it right. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Fluff to you. n/t |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. No. It is fluff. The mass is not informing me of his updated condition. |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Then turn the channel, and watch something else. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Yes, and I'm so very certain that you would feel the same |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. No, I'd change the channel. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Uh-huh |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. In your *opinion* |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. And in *your* opinion a mass is legit news |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. What 'ridiculous argument'? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Deleted message |
Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. A 'crime'? |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
78. why? you miss the 24/7 Terri Schiavo coverage? |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. but is the mass news? If the 1.1 billion want to watch a mass, have them |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. If it wasn't news, it wouldn't be on. |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Are you kidding me?! |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. You don't think other factors go in to what's on the news? |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. And again, you are entitled to *your*opinion. |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Aren't all posts people's opinions? That is not a counter-argument. |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. It is educational. |
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Lone Pawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. The Catholic Channel? I haven't heard of one. |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Eternal World Television Network |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. The 'Catholic Channel'? |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Agreed, Cuban_Liberal! n/t |
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Dying Eagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. I personally believe |
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Lone Pawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Well, most fundamentalist Christians in the US believe that the Pope is |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. To me |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Fundies support Catholics when it suits their purpose |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. and then calls them heathens, this amazes me most n/t |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Actually some of the fundies think he's the Anti-Christ |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Let's hope they are correct and we can then focus on real issues... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. That makes absolutely no sense |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because there is a global epidemic of religiosity. |
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Lone Pawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Epidemic? |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I DID NOT SAY THE POPE'S DEATH WAS UNIMPORTANT....I SAID |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. In your opinion. n/t |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
59. An entire Mass is not news |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. It's educational. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. A Mass is not the death of the Pope |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. It is educational. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Definition of news |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. You're entitled to your opinion. |
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annarbor (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. The mass may not be educational... |
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Catt03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. I agree |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. The practice of sex is not a symptom of illness, therefore |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. Brilliant. Thank you (nt) |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
74. I like that |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Please do. I've been trying to get people to realize that |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. because it is cheap tv |
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Lone Pawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because the leader of a sixth of the world is dying, and |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. You don't have to. You can change the channel. The pope dying is |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. How does it affect Non-believers? |
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BBradley (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. It doesn't. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. And yet, here are a bunch of non believers posting in a thread about |
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BBradley (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
72. I see a disconnect in your argument. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. They're posting about it enough here. |
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sundancekid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. because we should enrich each other's spiritual lives by getting to know |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. beautfiul beliefs? |
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RoundRockD (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think the mass is beautiful. |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Wow..I was thinking the same thing..I've been trying to explain to my kids |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why are YOU watching an entire mass on the news? |
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Meowser (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. I too think it's over the top |
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bilbobaggins (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Wow. Only on third.... |
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Meowser (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. You certainly read your own agenda into my words |
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DARE to HOPE (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
52. I found it comforting and a serious accompaniment to what is happening... |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. Why did we watch the natural death of an unconscious women for two weeks? |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm not Catholic but think |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. Easy! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Hardly accurate. |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 09:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
79. for some reason some have decided religion is the source of all evil |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
69. If I remember correctly all news was suspended for Princess |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Yep |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
73. Damn it...And I wanted to see Michael Jackson's outfit today... |
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