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So who's going to see the Pope?

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    #2852
    Balanadan
    Site Banned Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Balanadan


    Irish Kings wrote: »
    at the very least to shame them and their families in the future
    Calm down m8, the internet isn't ready for a hardman like you.


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    #2853
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Irish Kings wrote: »
    at the very least to shame them and their families in the future

    How dare they freely chose to be actively religious and embrace a personal faith :rolleyes:


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    #2854
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Irish Kings wrote: »
    at the very least to shame them and their families in the future

    I didn't go and had no interest in going but the intolerance shown in this thread is astounding and, frankly, worries me when I consider the future for Irish society.


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    #2855
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,440 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Irish Kings wrote: »
    journal.ie claims 500,000 were booked out and 130,000 attended.

    Largest attendance of sheep anywhere in the world this year.


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    #2856
    RoryMac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭RoryMac


    iguana wrote: »
    Considering that in Limerick, a county with a population of 195k, had 120k turn out for an All-Ireland win. I'd say it's safe to say that an Irish men's soccer world cup win could see crowds way, way in (proportional) excess of anything seen in 1979.

    Pretty sure the crowd after the World Cups in 90 & 94 were higher than today but to be fair one of those also had the Saw Doctors


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    #2857
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Mike Loud Embryo wrote: »
    I didn't go and had no interest in going but the intolerance shown in this thread is astounding and, frankly, worries me when I consider the future for Irish society.

    This is an overstatement. Most people are just commenting on the events and the Catholic Church’s decline in the country. That’s not intolerant.

    Unlike you, I feel very positive about the future of this nation.


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    #2858
    1hnr79jr65
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭1hnr79jr65


    500,000 places, only 130,000 turn up, guess those of us protesting this event have struck a major success.

    https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/pope-visit-ireland-dublin-15074489


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    #2859
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    RoryMac wrote: »
    Pretty sure the crowd after the World Cups in 90 & 94 were higher than today but to be fair one of those also had the Saw Doctors

    The turn out in 94 was famously embarrassing.


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    #2860
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    Sour Lemonz wrote: »
    500,000 places, only 130,000 turn up, guess those of us protesting this event have struck a major success.

    We weren't the reason why only 130k turned up. There were tickets available all the way up to the window closing for those that wanted them


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    #2861
    iguana
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,915 Mod ✭✭✭✭iguana


    RoryMac wrote: »
    Pretty sure the crowd after the World Cups in 90 & 94 were higher than today but to be fair one of those also had the Saw Doctors

    Yeah well in Limerick we had to endure Bressie before the team showed up but we still soldiered on!:D


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    #2862
    1hnr79jr65
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭1hnr79jr65


    The high horse brigade wrote: »
    We weren't the reason why only 130k turned up. There were tickets available all the way up to the window closing for those that wanted them

    Any contribution that denies the RCC an audience is a success.


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    #2863
    iguana
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,915 Mod ✭✭✭✭iguana


    Look at these 500 guys at the Stand For Truth protest. They must have been walking past the camera, then running very fast around the block so they could walk back past the camera to inflate their massive numbers.

    https://www.facebook.com/100004589328097/videos/1042578915905076/?hc_ref=ARQwkpc1MLUj8b9YUMQcpX9BPZSTs9cNjULeQdWgX_poClK9YOXoLUjNqixrBcFQal4&__xts__


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    #2864
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    Mike Loud Embryo wrote: »
    I didn't go and had no interest in going but the intolerance shown in this thread is astounding and, frankly, worries me when I consider the future for Irish society.

    That's funny. I find the fact 130k turned up to support this farce astounding and, frankly, worries me when I consider the future for Irish society.

    Francis will be lucky to make Christmas if the allegations coming out this morning from the US get traction in the Vatican.


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    #2865
    Autochange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭Autochange


    Is he gone yet?


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    #2866
    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,482 ✭✭✭harr


    Some muppet on TV3 after claiming it could have been nearly 300,000 in the Park , Jesus some people don’t like hearing the truth.
    I wonder if they will even release the proper attendance all tickets were scanned so they will know.


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    #2867
    Dannyriver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Dannyriver


    Tzardine wrote: »
    In 79, over 1 million people turned up. About 35% of the whole country.

    If it is 130,000 today then thats 2.7%, and that includes everybody involved in the event.

    That says it all really. What would it be in another 40 years when the current group of older people die off. The Pope could probably not fill a Starbucks then.

    Dont forget also that 400000 turned up in Limerick

    350000 in Drogeda

    300000 in Galway

    450 000 at Knock

    Plus 750 000 lined the streets of Dublin on his way back from Drogeda

    These are recorded facts.


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    #2868
    EdgeCase
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    It looks to me about 80,000 or so based on similar images of concerts. Roughly one Croke Park load or two and a half Leitrims.


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    #2869
    billyhead
    Registered Users Posts: 9,641 ✭✭✭billyhead


    So much bitterness on this thread against the church
    It was a very small minority of priests whom abused their position. You would swear they were all at it the way some clowns here go on.


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    #2870
    uptherebels
    Registered Users Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭uptherebels


    billyhead wrote: »
    So much bitterness on this thread against the church
    It was a very small minority of priests whom abused their position. You would swear they were all at it the way some clowns here go on.

    And it was the church that covered it up


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    #2871
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,296 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Oh Jeepers is that all, poor COG will be crying into his cornflakes.

    Well given that he's a victim of abuse you'd understand the occasional cry no?

    Or maybe you think an upset abuse victim is hilarious...


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    #2872
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    billyhead wrote: »
    So much bitterness on this thread against the church
    It was a very small minority of priests whom abused their position. You would swear they were all at it the way some clowns here go on.

    It's the continued cover up people are mad over. I thought that's obvious to everyone, but obviously not to a clown like you (to use your own word).

    Francis will be lucky to make Christmas as Pope with the allegations coming out of the US against him this morning.


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    #2873
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,296 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    billyhead wrote: »
    So much bitterness on this thread against the church
    It was a very small minority of priests whom abused their position. You would swear they were all at it the way some clowns here go on.

    But it was all levels of the organization that conspired from the Vatican down to silence victims and cover it up.

    You might not want to admit that to yourself but that's the reality.


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    #2874
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    billyhead wrote: »
    So much bitterness on this thread against the church
    It was a very small minority of priests whom abused their position. You would swear they were all at it the way some clowns here go on.

    Wrong, every nun and priest in the country knew there were bad things going on the the laundries and industrial schools. They're all guilty of doing nothing


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    #2875
    Allinall
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Bubbaclaus wrote: »
    It's the continued cover up people are mad over. I thought that's obvious to everyone, but obviously not to a clown like you (to use your own word).

    Francis will be lucky to make Christmas as Pope with the allegations coming out of the US against him this morning.

    Who’s going to fire him?


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    #2876
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    All the Catholic Church defenders on here moaning about intolerance whilst mocking victims of child abuse at the same time. Muppets.


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    #2877
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,296 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Sour Lemonz wrote: »
    500,000 places, only 130,000 turn up, guess those of us protesting this event have struck a major success.

    https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/pope-visit-ireland-dublin-15074489

    You'd like that to be true but don't delude yourself


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    #2878
    Irish Kings
    Registered Users Posts: 494 ✭✭Irish Kings


    The high horse brigade wrote: »
    Wrong, every nun and priest in the country knew there were bad things going on the the laundries and industrial schools. They're all guilty of doing nothing

    why would criminals cease criminal activity if the state is still not going to ever prosecute them or uphold criminal justice then or now ?


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    #2879
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    Allinall wrote: »
    Who’s going to fire him?

    Same reason Benedict was made stand down. Too wrapped up in the cover up and the Vatican will hide them away before a Pope has a chance od getting an arrest warrant against them.


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    #2880
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    billyhead wrote: »
    So much bitterness on this thread against the church
    It was a very small minority of priests whom abused their position. You would swear they were all at it the way some clowns here go on.

    Those priests moved themselves to other parishes and kept them away from being subject to the laws by various means did They?


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    #2881
    1hnr79jr65
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭1hnr79jr65


    lawred2 wrote: »
    You'd like that to be true but don't delude yourself


    Me deluded ? :rolleyes:

    There were 500,000 spaces and only 130,000 showed up, we definitely contributed to that. the only deluded folks are the ones who support this corrupt organisation.


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