Catholic persecution complex

eviltwin

PopePalpatine wrote: »

According to Twitter, today's episode of the Sean O'Rourke Show on RTE Radio 1 discussed the alleged discrimination against Catholics in universities in Ireland. Naturally, the usual figures of the Catholic Right have had a circlej - sorry, can't use that word, it implies either homosexual acts or fornication, I mean echo chamber meeting - over this.

It was a interesting debate. Basically one priest giving out about pro life groups not being allowed to open up in colleges and how its unfair and that was his entire argument. Apparently if you are against far right pro life groups you're now anti Catholic :rolleyes:

nozzferrahhtoo

RikuoAmero wrote: »

Last I checked

Preaching to the choir here But you can rest assured I pointed such details out to the person who made the rant.

Vivisectus

eviltwin wrote: »

It was a interesting debate. Basically one priest giving out about pro life groups not being allowed to open up in colleges and how its unfair and that was his entire argument. Apparently if you are against far right pro life groups you're now anti Catholic :rolleyes:

Hang on! Should we not have included a member of some anti-catholic organisation? Perhaps someone who is campaigning to repeal the catholic emancipation laws, but based on some flimsy excuse like the protection of children?

You know. For the sake of balance.

And no-one better call that person bigoted either. That would be oppressive silencing of the opposition.

Brian Shanahan

robindch wrote: »

Here's a related story - this time from Kenya where the country's catholic bishops claimed last month that the anti-Tetanus vaccine is actually a population-control program targetting women of child-bearing age. In Kenya, the RCC claims to control "58 hospitals, 83 health centers, 311 dispensaries and 17 medical training institutions" so this kind of paranoia can have a real-world impact.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/12/kenyas-catholic-bishops-warn-tetanus-vaccine-is-di/



The "Catholic Health Commission" of Kenya released a statement on the topic last month:

http://www.kccb.or.ke/home/news-2/press-statement-5/

And people are wondering eslewhere in A&A why some of us are saying that religion shouldn't be allowed as a valid reason for refusing medical treatment. The mind does seriously boggle.

PopePalpatine

eviltwin wrote: »

It was a interesting debate. Basically one priest giving out about pro life groups not being allowed to open up in colleges and how its unfair and that was his entire argument. Apparently if you are against far right pro life groups you're now anti Catholic :rolleyes:

Hmm...it reminds me of the rantings of another far-right Catholic on t'udder forum.

vibe666

robindch

^^^ Wasn't Michael Palin whinging about being oppressed, rather than repressed in that scene?

robindch

bluewolf wrote: »

robindch wrote: »

Here's a related story - this time from Kenya where the country's catholic bishops claimed last month that the anti-Tetanus vaccine is actually a population-control program targetting women of child-bearing age.

Didn't that actually happen somewhere else? I can't remember the details

With Polio in Pakistan and Nigeria:

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/02/22/polio_reemerges_amid_paranoia_in_pakistan.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22307412

Meanwhile, ten years back, the WHO reckoned it was about to eradicate Polio:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3854533.stm

Assholes.

coffee_cake

No I meant wasn't there an actual sterilisation cover up somewhere. Was it israel or something??? I don't remember.

Vivisectus

Isreal gave Ethiopian immigrants birth control injections, often without their knowledge or consent.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gave-birth-control-to-ethiopian-jews-without-their-consent-8468800.html

Hotblack Desiato

Amazing really how many countries were involved in this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilization