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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 05:40 PM Original message |
I'm sorry but this spectacle of a dead old guy lying out in the sun |
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tubbacheez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is there any SPF rating for embalming fluid? n/t |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Have they embalmed him yet? |
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tubbacheez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. I don't know. But if there's power to be had in being preserved w/o any |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Wouldn't shock me. |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
165. I saw a program about "Incorruptibles" |
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tubbacheez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. Don't be surprised if the Vatican has an R&D project to create the |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
129. WHAAA? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. who knows? I heard one report he wasn't embalmed at all... |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why is it bizarre? |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
108. Why is it bizarre? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:19 AM Response to Reply #108 |
131. but dragging him around for a WEEK?? |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 07:49 AM Response to Reply #131 |
156. A week is not long. |
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ohioliberal (458 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. With no disrespect |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Thats you..... |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Same here |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. I'm sorry to hear of your loss n/t. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
133. When my Dad died... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #133 |
147. I bet you're fun at parties! |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. A ritual--remember the crowds that went to see JFK? |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Viewing bodies seems to be popular. |
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CarefullyLiberal (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
63. Totally off topic, but... |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why is he not in a casket? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. It's Catholic tradition. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Different strokes for different folks. nt |
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Randi_Listener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Then why the fuck are you sorry? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. I'm sorry he has to be subjected to this idiotic indignity. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm guessing none of you were raised Catholic? |
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newsjunkie (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think the whole thing is bazarre |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Jews and Muslims bury their departed - unembalmed - w/in one day |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 02:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
152. On the other hand, the girls are not invited.. |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #152 |
170. Since I was never at a Muslim funeral - I can't respond |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Actually he is not out in the sun |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, he's actually inside the basilica. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not everybody's as squeamish about death as white middle-class Murkins. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. If he was in a casket |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I hope the little block of wood doesn't come loose. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That staff he's holding |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. ROTFLMAO....."emergency brake" |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Emergency brake.... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. laddie, Irish are famous for lay'n 'em out in the front room! n/t |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Not in my family..... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Well now days I suppose, hehehe Only time we get together is for funerals |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. At my father's funeral nearly 13 years ago.... |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Sounds like my family, except we go out to eat |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. We went to a restaurant after the funeral. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
101. Dead body is nutt'n ...we alllll gona be one LOL |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
105. For drinks and dessert, appropriately! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. LOL. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. LOL |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
73. there's no place like home |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
103. But he's obviously not going home to Kansas, Toto! n/t |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. I agree - it's barbaric |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. All religious trappings are barbaric......and weird. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. How very tolerant of you. |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. All our cultural death rituals are bizarre |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. I find your post and those who agree with you |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Excellent post! n/t |
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femme.democratique (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Good reply. I understand people being somewhat shocked... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I have spent a significant proportion of my 63 years in other countries |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I appreciate your response/clarification-- |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. And yet, there are a number of posts that can't get enough |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. I'm Catholic. We have viewings all the time. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Yours is a good reply. It is SUUM CUIQUE in fact. |
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cidliz2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
82. I don't like the media whoredom on most events, but if they are going to |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Well said |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
89. Well said |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
135. I agree on the media saturation |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. Even the Neanderthals had rituals for the dead. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. The few pictures I've seen APPEARED to be an outside venue. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Speaking as someone who has lost THREE husbands, |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Thank you for the well written post. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Thank you. It really means alot that someone understands. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. How sad. Thank you for sharing. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. Thank you for sharing also. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. A hug to you, too... |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
136. A legacy can... |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. I think they did some modified embalming, but who knows |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes but it is |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. it is disgusting |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Hey, let's go see the pyramids! |
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tinonedown (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. Freedom of religion |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Thank you. You've gotten to the heart of matter -- Freedom of Religion. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. This is history, a tradition. I find it fascinating. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Thank you. |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 08:14 AM Response to Reply #65 |
161. Just because something is steeped in tradition, it doesn't demand respect. |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #56 |
157. There's a difference between being offended and finding something bizarre. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
138. Speaking of freedom... |
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liberalpress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 08:28 AM Response to Reply #138 |
163. ..a Polish Guy it Italy.. |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 07:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
158. Has anyone been advocating that you not practice your religion? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. It used to be Catholic tradition to kiss the dead body |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. For some, seeing the body dead, helps with closure and the grief process. |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. Although it's not something we like to think about, or discuss, |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. How hard is it to "get" that people are trying to capture for themselves |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. While I've never taken the picture of a dead person, |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Wierd rituals? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I must be on the wrong site. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. "...respectful of others beliefs, religions, and values." |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Please understand, |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. True. Not part of any *Catholic* rite. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Up through the 19th century it was a common Western practice to make |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:38 AM Response to Reply #61 |
141. My mother in law |
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jmcon007 (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
70. The Pope's getting a little ripe, isn't he? |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I read they "prepared him for burial," but didn't embalm |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
77. Just as many of us lurk on the freeper site, they come here, too. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #77 |
97. If you're worried about freepers |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. I'm not "worried." |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #100 |
109. Thanks for answering my question. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. My family is the same way. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Yeah, once somebody gets offended |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. You're in KY? What a small world! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:18 AM Response to Reply #119 |
130. Your dad sounds like a great man. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #130 |
134. They are outside the city, in a "bedroom community." |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:37 AM Response to Reply #134 |
140. Oh, no. That site is heartbreaking. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:44 AM Original message |
OMG Your brothers going? How horrible. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
150. Thanks, I will. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #100 |
142. I agree absolutely |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #77 |
106. "THat is what makes the left far superior.........." |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #106 |
143. DITTO |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
81. Well, I never |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
83. Over the years, I've come to one conclusion. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Mind their own business? |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Yes, I do. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Unfortunately, people tend to become what they hate, |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Why are you bringing up freepers? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #95 |
110. Because lately it's getting harder and harder to tell the difference |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #110 |
132. I'll have to take your word for it. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Actually it's a place where liberals are free |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #93 |
104. And I am also fond of freedom of speech |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:13 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. Ah, but he did not opine that |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:26 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Ah. Gotcha. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #115 |
126. then please, ask them to stop showing it on every news network |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:47 AM Response to Reply #126 |
145. I wish they didn't show it on every news network. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 08:20 AM Response to Reply #145 |
162. It's not even just that. They see something like this |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #115 |
148. The Vatican Guard is coming... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. Bravo! (or, Brava! -- as the case may be...) Excellent post! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. Boy you guys must really hate the liberal |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Deleted message |
beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:39 PM Response to Reply #102 |
118. Nice response you made: " "fuck you" for your stupid post." |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. Well, I obviously found the right level to get your attention, didn't I... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. No, when a tolerant person tells me "f*ck you" I pretty much |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #102 |
149. Gosh |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #99 |
107. I love liberal cartoonists, and all forms of satire and political comment |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Self-delete |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #111 |
116. Maybe "common decency" isn't considered a "liberal" value? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #107 |
120. As I said, you wanted people to mind their own business, |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:17 PM Response to Reply #99 |
113. Sometimes people get so wrapped up... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:58 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. Actually, I don't go over there, but since you know so |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #122 |
125. I never said I "go over there"... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:10 AM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Willow, I've never had a problem with you. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #127 |
137. Wasn't meant as an attack... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #137 |
146. I knew I liked you! |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #83 |
159. It's difficult not to "look" at something that's covered in the media 24/7 |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
85. For Catholics under 30, he is the only Pope they have known |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. "most Americans must have felt when FDR died" |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. wow. your right... |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
88. It's neither bizarre or grotesque. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. My family practically crawls into the casket with them |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
98. Each to their own i guess |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #98 |
123. I grew up with "viewings..." |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
128. OMG! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
139. I was shocked at first by how they had laid the Pope out... |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
144. mini statue of a crucifixion around their neck... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #144 |
151. ROFLMAO!!! |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 02:36 AM Response to Reply #144 |
153. there is much to admire |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 06:36 AM Response to Reply #153 |
154. Yeah. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #153 |
168. I saw his interview in "Bowling for Columbine" |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #144 |
172. The sad thing is, most RC in the US use to be Dems b/c of the . |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
155. Funerary customs vary widely. |
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Snivi Yllom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
160. Lenin has been on display since 1924 if you want to talk about grotesque |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #160 |
169. He's got to be SERIOUSLY embalmed. |
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DARE to HOPE (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
164. We saw a National Geographic show about elephants a few years ago... |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
167. Which is why I'm not watching any news on TV and haven't |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
171. oh you are just so so jewish and when they put him outside........ |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
173. He's not in the sun. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
174. FAR less "bizarre, grotesque" than Rabbi ordered to stop oral circumcision |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-05 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
175. And I think it's time for a break from this thread too. |
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