Antip0p3 blesses the taxes :O

[caballero]

He says the cheeky one who sits atop one of the richest institutions in the world. As a good thief, you have to pay attention to what he says and not what he does, if he'd followed the postulates that have led him to where he is, he should give away everything the Church has among the poor, and only then could he open his mouth to keep talking n0ns3ns3. Perhaps the real postulate is that others share their wealth with me, but that others do not expect the same from me.

If this offends anyone, admin, please feel free to remove this post.

[hutch--]

I would have to understand the post to worry about it but if I recollect correctly, the historical church takes the view,

"Render Unto Caesar, that which is due to Caesar". which translated directly to "Pay your taxes".

The real problem is what the bastards (governments) do with your tax money.

[hutch--]

I have always held the view that the French were a population of impeccably good taste but when they voted for that shifty little bastard Sarko, they botched it when they could have had Sego. Now I know she was supposed to be a bit "Mumsie" but she had far better legs that Sarko which probably couns for something in this world.

Now with many of the population backing the "Yellow Vests", the solution would be to find an old rusty and blunt Guillotine and feed Macron through it feet first at about 200 mm each slice. Now if the screaming was a problem, someone could shove a sock in his mouth, preferrably one of his own that had been worn for a couple of weeks, and then take bets on how long he would last OR how high up it would take for him to croak silently. 

[Gunther]

Steve,

Now with many of the population backing the "Yellow Vests", the solution would be to find an old rusty and blunt Guillotine ...

why use an old rusty? There are interesting building instructions circulating on the net.

[caballero]

 

[jj2007]

I would have to understand the post to worry about it

Pope Francis on redistribution of wealth

Pope Francis on Monday urged members of Italy's taxation authority to implement Gospel values as they work to favor the redistribution of wealth and support public services for society's neediest members

Of course, that's blasphemy for those who believe in Ronnie Reagans trickle-down economy

[caballero]

> Taxes to redistribute wealth for health service
If he'd say "tax to sit my ass on a golden throne" it wouldn't look so good.



https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordato_entre_el_Estado_espa%C3%B1ol_y_la_Santa_Sede_de_1953

The Spanish state and the Vatican have a concordat that grants multiple benefits, including important public money (from taxes). I understand that Popeye likes taxes so much. Why, instead of having thrones of gold, does he not redistribute more the money that takes us away in taxes?



https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/opinion/2019/11/20/subsidios-cocaina-putas/0003_201911G20P15995.htm

The Spanish community with the highest levels of unemployment saw how for years an organized plot made up of directors, general managers, Administration technicians and accomplice businessmen profited from hundreds of millions of euros that should have been used to cover the bleeding of unemployment and that, in reality, they ended up spending money on cocaine, whores and shellfish. A pilgrimage of unjustifiable private parties. And more when Spain bled to death in the worst crisis of the last decade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUktLX5gQVQ

This guy is a Spanish youtuber, and they take 70% of what he earns (according to him), in taxes. Can we already start calling it robbery? The rest of youtubers have already gone to Andorra to pay less.



JJ, you have a quota to pay according to your income, but nobody prevents you from contributing more, why don't do you?


In Spanish, taxes have a very descriptive name, they are called "impuestos", which literally means "imposed" because nobody wants them, but are mandatory.

[daydreamer]

Steve,

Now with many of the population backing the "Yellow Vests", the solution would be to find an old rusty and blunt Guillotine ...

why use an old rusty? There are interesting building instructions circulating on the net.

agree,if you want it rusty,just leave it outside in the rain a while

"when in Rome,do as Romans do"
one Roman emperor only lost one chariot race,after that he never lost a race ,because he executed everyone that dared to pass him and win
"when in Rome,do as Romans do"

[jj2007]

I understand that Popeye likes taxes so much.

That's roughly the opposite of what Bergoglio says, but never mind

How is it that the right wing fanatics hate this pope so much? Because he doesn't believe in reaganomics?

[caballero]

What is really surprising is that anti-capitalist fanatics like capital so much, including that of others. 

[hutch--]

While I do not come from a Catholic background, I have long had an understanding of the plus side of the Catholic church over its long history and I have seen it in action at what was the best hospital in Sydney, Saint Vincents Hospital. I have only ever ended up there due to injuries, bike prangs etc ... but I have always got on well with the old Nuns, many of whom spent their entire life serving others with no gain and lived the life of poverty.

During one stay, an old Nun came to visit and old fella across the ward but he was incoherant so she wandered over and talked to me instead. She had come from Ireland at the age of 16 and spent her whole life in her particular order serving other people. When the previous Pope, Ratzinger visited Australia, these old Nuns responded to him being here in OZ like kids used to do with rock stars.

I don't miss the other side of the Catholic church when it comes to abuse of children, shifty money handling at the Vatican, colonial history in South America, religious wars in Europe and so on but I try to balance this against a long history of selfless service to others by many of the Catholic orders over time.

[jj2007]

Thanks, Hutch, for a thoughtful post. I am agnostic (if God exists, he should give me a sign, but so far he hasn't done so), raised in a protestantic family. My direct experience with the catholic church is very limited, but there was one catholic priest at school who impressed me with his warmheartedness and positive attitude.

Later on I learnt, of course, about abuse stories, why choir boys have such magnificent voices, and why "Mother" Teresa should have ended in jail, not as a "saint". John Paul II was a pretty disgusting pope, with his backwards Polish style of catholicism.

Then came Ratzinger, "our" German pope. I still vividly remember the day when he was elected, and grinned into the camera. My utterly spontaneous thought was "oh well, Satan has arrived in the Vatican". No joke. Now, today, it turns out that he protected abusers while he was a bishop. And he denies it, and he lies to the public, until he can no longer lie because there are records that nobody can deny.

Then came Bergoglio, and after a while I realised that this guy really tries to modernise the catholic church, with all his forces, and taking the full risk to end like Albino Luciani alias John Paul I.

Bergoglio has made incredible efforts to overcome the ugly legacy of Wojtyła and Ratzinger. Inter alia, his encyclica Laudato sì has been the most influential book that a pope has written in the last 50 years at least. The man is fantastic, fullstop.

That's why I am not at all surprised that right wing fanatics hate him so thoroughly.

[NoCforMe]

Mother Theresa: don't get me started on her. Instead, get ahold of Christopher Hi.,., dungu .,.,.,'s book, The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa In Theory and Practice, which exposes her as a charlatan, a fraud and someone worthy of scorn, not beatification.

Here's H1.,., dungu .,.,.,s himself defending his book. He may have turned into a right-wing bastard later in life, but his book on her is spot-on.

(I don't know why this won't post properly. I'm referring to C h r i s t o p h e r   H i t c h e n s   here. Why does his name cause problems?)

[hutch--]

Hmmmm, Christopher Hi..... is being trashed by a forum script I was forced to put in place to block Indonesian spammers who insisted on posting an Indonesian K word manufacturer where they made cabinets for the room in the house where you prepare food. Phuked 'em over big time.

[NoCforMe]

Wow; at one point when trying different ways to format that post I was seeing things like "that link doesn't work, you IDIOT!". Is that in your script?