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I sat about 10 rows behind President Bush at tonight's mass at the cathedral. He came even though there wasn't any security and he's not catholic. I appreciate that.
Cardinal McCarrick reminded us that the pope stared down facism as well as communism. Since he was pope ever since I can remember, I guess I just viewed him as as only a pope from my time. But there's a lot that that he did in 84 years as a student, priest, bishop, cardinal and Pope.
I'm happy to see him finally rest in peace, after a full life lived.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Originally posted by Pekka
rest in peace. I'm not a catholic and I don't agree with some of his stuff, but he was still a great man no matter what."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
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"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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....If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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He was a man who was exposed to great challenges throughout his life, responded superiorly to those challenges, and made the world a better place in the process. Rest in Peace Old Friend, and remember the world is forever in your debt for your accomplishments....
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People all over the world, despite their still maintaining differences with him and his Church on all sorts of political, medical, religious and ideological matters, lament the death of the Pope. I share their sentiment.
Rest in Peace, John Paul II.DULCE BELLUM INEXPERTISComment
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RIPJP"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005Comment
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I love him.Comment
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...Founder of The Glory of War, CHAMPIONS OF APOLYTON!!!
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RIPWhat?Comment
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Requiescat in pacem.
This person is truly a giant of our time, who had a profound impact on the Church he led and on the world around him. He was a great moral leader and will be missed."I'm moving to the Left" - Lancer
"I imagine the neighbors on your right are estatic." - SlowwhandComment
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I actually got to see him when he came to san antonio hope the catholic church can find a suitable replacement.When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
"It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.Comment
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He was a credit to humanity.Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
this man was a credit both to the church and his faith in all that he did.
RIP.(\__/)
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While I am not a Catholic nor did I agree with some of what he did, he left this world a *better* place than when he came into it. In my eyes, that's all that counts in the end.
Gatekeeper"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — ConfuciusComment
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I am also one of nthese people who aren´t catholics and don´t agree with many of the things he said and did.
But there were enough things to earn him my respect. For example that his communication with "ordinary people" and the youth, or his strict anti war stance (although his condemning of wars didn´t stop any war from happening)
May he rest in peaceTamsin (Lost Girl): "I am the Harbinger of Death. I arrive on winds of blessed air. Air that you no longer deserve."
Tamsin (Lost Girl): "He has fallen in battle and I must take him to the Einherjar in Valhalla"Comment
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