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Mariana

(15,138 posts)

12. Now Trotsky, you know this takes time.

Reply to trotsky (Reply #7)

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 06:26 PM

Sep 2018

It all has to be carefully scripted, you see.

In Raleigh, the service was carefully scripted, with clarion bells, a full choir and a long litany of supplications with the refrain: “Out of the depths, I cry to you, O Lord.” Zarama and his entourage of priests wore purple vestments, the color of penitence, typically worn during Lenten season.

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In a show of contrition, Catholic dioceses begin long road of healing [View all] guillaumeb Sep 2018 OP

BFD Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2018 #1

Actions speak loudly. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #2

He held a mass. Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2018 #3

Perhaps he is sorry, and sincere. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #4

Perhaps pigs will fly out of his ass, too, to coin a phrase. Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2018 #5

Let us revisit this in a year. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #6

A year? trotsky Sep 2018 #7

Simplistic. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #10

Is there a global organization that racists belong to? trotsky Sep 2018 #18

More simplicity. eom guillaumeb Sep 2018 #21

I guess you can't counter the facts that illustrate how your comparison fails. trotsky Oct 2018 #37

Now Trotsky, you know this takes time. Mariana Sep 2018 #12

It's always about the PR. trotsky Sep 2018 #19

"Sorry" doesn't un-rape the children. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #20

This The Genealogist Sep 2018 #22

Go directly to jail. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #8

"In Raleigh, the service was carefully scripted..." nt. Mariana Sep 2018 #9

Why did you not quote the full passage? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #11

I consider the details of the performance to be irrelevant. nt. Mariana Sep 2018 #13

So quick to judge? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #14

They wrote a script (carefully!) and put on a show. Mariana Sep 2018 #15

What is important, as I said in the post, is the actions taken. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #16

Yes. Agreed. Mariana Sep 2018 #17

What is more important, however, are the failures to act. MineralMan Sep 2018 #23

How insightful. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #24

Oh, thanks. MineralMan Sep 2018 #25

How uninsightful marylandblue Sep 2018 #27

Understanding requires thought, not simply reaction. MineralMan Sep 2018 #29

Another... Major Nikon Sep 2018 #26

And given that these are your best responses, guillaumeb Sep 2018 #28

Granted yours are far superior Major Nikon Sep 2018 #30

Oh no, yours are far superior. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #31

You really should work on your repertoire of canned responses Major Nikon Sep 2018 #32

But it applies so often... guillaumeb Sep 2018 #33

Good to know Major Nikon Sep 2018 #34

And you provided that predictable response. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #35

'I'm rubber, you're glue' Major Nikon Sep 2018 #36