Catholic fanatic Waters rants against government decision

dilbert2 · 13-12-2011 03:14AM #1

Did anybody catch this article from back in Novemeber from Irish Times columnist John Waters, I'd imagine it went largely unnoticed outside of the Irish Catholic newspaper readership. Yet more predictable sensationalist bull from Mr. Waters, does he actually believe what he writes half the time I wonder.

The closure of the Irish embassy in the Vatican is further evidence that we are now governed by the most bigoted, anti-religious administration in the history of the State.

http://www.irishcatholic.ie/site/content/view-government-bigots-john-waters

Haelium · 13-12-2011 03:17AM

If we just ignore him, he will go away.

mikom · 13-12-2011 03:19AM

The closure of the Irish embassy in the Vatican is further evidence that we are now governed by the most bigoted, anti-religious administration in the history of the State.

Makes a change from the blasphemy law I suppose....

TeddyTedson · 13-12-2011 03:20AM

The church is and has been dying a slow death for years now. It's inevitable. I'm not against it, I just want to leave it and they won't let me.

JupiterKid · 13-12-2011 03:22AM

Ah, John Waters.:rolleyes:

He was seen as a groovy liberal back in the 1970s when he was young and idealist. It shows how much Ireland has moved on as a country that he is now seen as a backward and bitter old dinosaur.

Suck it up John!:pac:

Biggins · 13-12-2011 03:36AM

Ignore the sod, Waters is full of antiquated, old crap and best left by the road side moaning to himself.
Sooner he kicks the bucket, the world will be a better place.

Killer Pigeon · 13-12-2011 03:39AM

"most bigoted, anti-religious administration"

First time in a long time I've heard these two description put in one sentence to describe one thing.

I think it's just Waters messing about again with words and phrases he doesn't understand...

Ordinary Joe Soap: "But..."

John Waters: "No, no, no ... *long, verbose and diffuse sentences full of heterogeneous amalgamations of intricate, elaborate and ostentatiously framed locutions; an exertive venture to confound, perplex and encumber one's adversaries and also to masquerade one's pedantic, fallacious and specious nature with an illusive likeness of oneself being the quintessential crux of human rationale* ... so you're wrong."

billybudd · 13-12-2011 04:09AM

So what? should devout catholics not have a voice within the media? i am sure a lot of devout catholics feel the same as him.

Plautus · 13-12-2011 04:17AM

billybudd wrote: »

So what? should devout catholics not have a voice within the media? i am sure a lot of devout catholics feel the same as him.

Since when did finding his opinion to be disagreeable (or stupid and hysterical - that too) mean to say that he couldn't have it? There he is, writing in the Times, wasting column inches. I surely wish he wasn't, but we couldn't conscionably censor him either. Nobody has any interest in doing so: only John's handmaidens in the one true faith were carrying on with that bolloxology.

Jaysis. You'd think it'd be taken as read ... rather like a lot of Waters' imagined persecution of Catholics actually.

billybudd · 13-12-2011 04:41AM

Well he obviously has some talents if he has been around so long. he gets a reaction, job done.

Seanchai · 13-12-2011 04:45AM

dilbert2 wrote: »

Catholic fanatic Waters rants against government decision

Trying to box somebody into a "Catholic fanatic" label because you disagree with them should be embarrassing for any fair-minded person. I don't think I'll hold my breath.

stupid, inaccurate personal attack ==> stupid thread.

Plautus · 13-12-2011 05:00AM

Seanchai wrote: »

Trying to box somebody into a "Catholic fanatic" label because you disagree with them should be embarrassing for any fair-minded person. I don't think I'll hold my breath.

stupid, inaccurate personal attack ==> stupid thread.

I repeat, it's John Waters. Trappist monk isn't the half of it with him.

Some labels we have for people whom we disagree with are accurate

13-12-2011 05:27AM

And we need to know about this in After Hours because............?

13-12-2011 05:29AM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

"most bigoted, anti-religious administration"

First time in a long time I've heard these two description put in one sentence to describe one thing.

I think it's just Waters messing about again with words and phrases he doesn't understand...

Ordinary Joe Soap: "But..."

John Waters: "No, no, no ... *long, verbose and diffuse sentences full of heterogeneous amalgamations of intricate, elaborate and ostentatiously framed locutions; an exertive venture to confound, perplex and encumber one's adversaries and also to masquerade one's pedantic, fallacious and specious nature with an illusive likeness of oneself being the quintessential crux of human rationale* ... so you're wrong."

That could also be used to describe so many posters in so many forums who scare away the Joe Soaps from boards.ie back to living their real lives.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-12-2011 05:35AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

The church is and has been dying a slow death for years now. It's inevitable. I'm not against it, I just want to leave it and they won't let me.

Just walk away then, they don't have you chained to the altar rails.

Ellis Dee · 13-12-2011 06:56AM

John Waters sounds like he is desperately in need of several things: a good ride, which he probably hasn't got since he poked that singer wan who tears up pictures of the Pope, and then, most urgently, a cop-on transplant ---:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::D

Sunnyisland · 13-12-2011 07:01AM

He is in bad form as his ex got married again.

Sunnyisland · 13-12-2011 07:03AM

Deleted User wrote: »

And we need to know about this in After Hours because............?

Because this is after hours and you can post the most useless news and almost any info you want

Did I say good morning to everyone ?

Sunnyisland · 13-12-2011 07:03AM

Good morning.

Captain Darling · 13-12-2011 08:10AM

Seanchai wrote: »

dilbert2 wrote: »

Catholic fanatic Waters rants against government decision

Trying to box somebody into a "Catholic fanatic" label because you disagree with them should be embarrassing for any fair-minded person. I don't think I'll hold my breath.

stupid, inaccurate personal attack ==> stupid thread.

Aye, I don't know about this guy, but all catholics are fanatics, yadda yadda yadda.

Benny_Cake · 13-12-2011 08:14AM

John Waters being Joihn Waters to be honest. To describe hime as a "Catholic fanatic" is probably pushing it a bit - he is that incoherent about everything. I think he must be paid by the word.

Akrasia · 13-12-2011 08:36AM

Benny_Cake wrote: »

John Waters being Joihn Waters to be honest. To describe hime as a "Catholic fanatic" is probably pushing it a bit - he is that incoherent about everything. I think he must be paid by the word.

Did anyone hear him moaning about paying too much tax yesterday. He declared that everyone earning less than 60000 grand a year pays practically no tax while people like him were being crucified. Sad when you think about it

padd b1975 · 13-12-2011 08:41AM

realies wrote: »

He is in bad form as his ex got married again.

The article was written last month, long before his ex announced that she was getting married.

monkeypants · 13-12-2011 08:54AM

Did he manage to make it to the end of his article before bringing up Fathers rights? Normally he doesn't. Doesn't matter what the subject is, he shoehorns it in.

WindSock · 13-12-2011 08:55AM

Build a bridge over it, troubled Waters.

padd b1975 · 13-12-2011 08:58AM

monkeypants wrote: »

Did he manage to make it to the end of his article before bringing up Fathers rights? Normally he doesn't. Doesn't matter what the subject is, he shoehorns it in.

Good for him I say, and good for all the single fathers who have virtually no rights whatsoever.

Poor Uncle Tom · 13-12-2011 08:59AM

Just maybe he's right.

galwayrush · 13-12-2011 09:04AM

Maybe he just wanted to stimulate a debate on the subject on Boards....:pac:

Sunnyisland · 13-12-2011 09:48AM

padd b1975 wrote: »

The article was written last month, long before his ex announced that she was getting married.

:eek: Last months news :eek: Dont like reading last months news so so much has happened since then and with that reason I am out

Lapin · 13-12-2011 10:02AM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Just maybe he's right.

Maintaining a fully staffed embassy, for a place the size of a small golf course, with a population the size of Kilbeggan, at a cost of hundreds of thousands annually, when we have another embassy in the same city is not right.

Its sheer idiotic lunacy.

I Heart Internet · 13-12-2011 10:47AM

Biggins wrote: »

Sooner he kicks the bucket, the world will be a better place.

Nice. Wishing death on someone. Sweet.

Catholic fanatic Waters rants against government decision

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