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| Topic Started: Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 12:27 (2,140 Views) | |
| OsullivanB | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 19:35 Post #16 |
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On the altar the Gospel side was always on the left of the congregation and of the ad orientem celebrant I don't think this was intended as a political statement. |
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| Mairtin | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 19:43 Post #17 |
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Seeing that I was the one who referred to extreme right wingers and "pro-life" movements in the other thread, here are just a few examples:
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| Anne-Marie | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 19:44 Post #18 |
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To be fair to anyone's hurt feelings, of course, Martin (in his first response) is obviously not alone in realising that I was, indeed, pointing out the stupidity of such labelling - and Rose obviously registered my choice not to explore the other part of the topic: moderate v. extreme. I recall in my youth a wonderful philosophical case being made by Douglas (later Lord) Wade (yes, a Liberal) that you have moderate in the centre, but instead of wings at the extremes, the diagram should really show an oval, with Communism and Fascism meeting each other round the other side and being, in practice, all but indistinguishable. I suppose 'moderate' could be generalised as maximum freedom to your own ideas/actions provide they don't inpinge on the freedom of others; 'Extreme' might be generalised as restricting freedom to rigid rules or allowing total freedom regardless of the effect on others. But to return where we were... the idea that a particular view on many things is clearly right wing or left wing is ludicrous. And I was aiming my humour at no particular person - you're all lovely really What's more, I don't actually consider either Martin or Clare to be extreme - just having strong but different views... Provided they don't get in MY way
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| OsullivanB | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 19:55 Post #19 |
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The concept of right and left derives from the revolutionary National Assembly of 1789. Since it met in a tennis court, I conclude that if it is not a racket it is probably those other things you play tennis with. |
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| Anne-Marie | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 20:05 Post #20 |
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Oh, very funny, OSB - just look after yours
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| OsullivanB | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 20:27 Post #21 |
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Thank you for your kind thoughts about my nets. |
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| Rose of York | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 21:01 Post #22 |
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Hey this could lead to a diversion about extremists' opinions about mens' singles, mens' doubles and mixed doubles.
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| Clare | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 21:42 Post #23 |
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Putting the "Fun Dame" into Fundamentalist
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Who used abortion legislation as a transparent cloak for racism? And who says racism is extremely right wing? And what makes Tiller's killers' cheerleaders right wing? And what has right wing-ness got to do with that Roscommon case? |
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| Clare | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 21:44 Post #24 |
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You appear to have missed the fact that, as I said, I only mentioned the left wing in response to your mentioning of the right wing. |
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| Clare | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 21:47 Post #25 |
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Rose, Modernism is a condemned heresy (or synthesis of all heresies). So Modernists, whether left or right wing, are not fine! They are heretics. |
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| Angus Toanimo | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 21:50 Post #26 |
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...and of course, heretics cannot be Catholic. |
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| Clare | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 21:52 Post #27 |
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Yup, rightness or wrongness is what matters. |
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| Derekap | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 22:04 Post #28 |
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Stalin's regime was considered extreme Left Wing. Hitler's regime was considered extreme Right Wing. Both were evil. |
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| Rose of York | Tuesday, 1. June 2010, 22:16 Post #29 |
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Clare the post you quoted, was written lightheartedly, tongue in cheek. |
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| Mairtin | Wednesday, 2. June 2010, 10:23 Post #30 |
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Modernism being every single change in the Church that has taken place since 1914
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