Worst act of hypocrisy you've ever witnessed?

Dan133269 · 14-10-2011 11:47am #1

This might be an interesting idea for a thread.

What's the most hypocritical thing you have seen yourself, not on the news.

I remember when my sister made her confirmation, we were in the Church, she had recently had a falling out with her friend, they were 12 years old fighting over something stupid. Anyway the confirmation went as normal, everyone saying prayers, including the friend's mother. Prayers included our father, "as we forgive those who trespass against us" etc.

After the mass had ended when people were still in the church talking, my sister went up to the friend with whom she had a fight to say hello and try to forget about them not talking. The friend's mother, the traditional Irish religious mammy, grabbed her daughter as she was about to speak to my sister and turned her away telling her not to speak to her.

So, what stories have ye got for us?

As much of a church-basher that I am, please not let this thread delve into a catholic church bashing one, my example was just about the woman herself.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 14-10-2011 11:50am

Charlie Haughey telling the country we need to tighten our belts.

phasers · 14-10-2011 11:51am

how is your story an act of hypocricy?

Kylo Ren · 14-10-2011 11:51am

OMG typical fecking Catholic hypocrites! Who they think they are eh? Bloody Catholics always doing this sort of stuff it just gets me so angry. I think we should turn this thread into a church bashing one!

I'm sure the OP will agree with this.

Fecking Catholics..

hondasam · 14-10-2011 11:52am

We are all hypocrites sometimes,no one is perfect. You will see plenty of it on boards.

Dan133269 · 14-10-2011 11:56am

phasers wrote: »

how is your story an act of hypocricy?

Are you joking? 2 kids who are friends have a falling out over something silly. Then 1 kid tries to patch things up with the 1 by going over to her and saying hello. The mother of that friend, who was saying prayers about love and forgiveness less than half an hour beforehand, then physically stops her child from talking to her friend because they had a little childish tiff.

Rebel021 · 14-10-2011 11:57am

hondasam wrote: »

We are all hypocrites sometimes,no one is perfect. You will see plenty of it on boards.

Stop trying to ruin AH:mad:

phasers · 14-10-2011 12:00pm

Dan133269 wrote: »

Are you joking? 2 kids who are friends have a falling out over something silly. Then 1 kid tries to patch things up with the 1 by going over to her and saying hello. The mother of that friend, who was saying prayers about love and forgiveness less than half an hour beforehand, then physically stops her child from talking to her friend because they had a little childish tiff.

that's it? Maybe the child had tols her mother mad stories about what the other girl did? Maybe she just didn't want the day ruined by another argument?

What an insignificant event to get angry about.