--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > > > He called you a cunt, Auth!!!
Badge of honour. > > Gee, that's nothing new. Where ya been? > > He has...uh...a limited repertoire of words referring > to women, especially those who push his buttons. And a mistaken notion that this does anything except make him look, er shall we say, kinda desperate. You know you've hit the Barry nerve when he trots out the old 'cunt' chestnut. It also means he has hit the limit of his perceived ability to be odious. Kind of like the last resort. I think we should all help him come up with something more cutting, more potent, more effective because he has clearly failed to discover the next level of retaliation. Shall we give him a hint? It begins with the letter 'D'. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m07ISfx_5b0 > > > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > See Barry. See Barry go crazy trying to prove himself > > > > > RIGHT, DAMNIT and make a fool of himself for our > > > > > amusement. :-) > > > > > > > > See dumb cunt. Digging herself in deeper. :-) :-) :-) > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > None of this rant, Barry, contradicts anything I've said. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sez the person who claimed: > > > > > > > For the record, this is not true. The Inquisition has > > > > > > > been in continuous operation since it was established > > > > > > > in 1542. > > > > > > > > > > > > The Inquisition was first formed in 1188. The > > > > > > running of the Inquisition was turned over to > > > > > > the Dominicans in 1232. > > > > > > > > > > Not the Inquisition that Ratzinger headed. > > > > > > > > > > There have been four major Inquisitions: the Medieval > > > > > Inquisition (actually a series of them that began > > > > > around 1188), the Spanish Inquisition, the Portuguese > > > > > Inquisition, and the Roman Inquisition. > > > > > > > > There has never been anything *other* than The > > > > Inquisition. Its basic nature and charter has > > > > never changed since 1188, and the people running > > > > it have never changed since 1232. All they did > > > > was change the name periodically. > > > > > > Au contraire, Pierre. The Spanish Inquisition was > > > established by Ferdinand and Isabella and was run > > > independently of the Holy See. The Grand Inquisitors > > > of the Portuguese Inquisition were members of the > > > royal family. The Medieval Inquisition, as noted, > > > was a series of local inquisitions that were run > > > by local Catholic authorities until the Dominicans > > > took them over. But these operations were phased > > > out once the heretical movements against which > > > they were directed were eliminated (Cathars, etc.). > > > > > > The first Inquisition run from the top down was > > > the Roman Inquisition, the one Ratzinger eventually > > > became the head of. It's said to have been the > > > "most benign" of all of them. > > > > > > Of course one can refer to "The Inquisition" for > > > the sake of convenience, as if it were one > > > continuous monolithic operation, when one is > > > speaking in the most general terms; but that > > > ignores the real (not artificial) historical > > > distinctions chronologically, regionally, and in > > > terms of control. > > > > > > When one is referring to a single individual in > > > modern times as having led "The Inquisition," it > > > behooves one to be more specific. It would be > > > correct to say that, as head of the Roman > > > Inquisition, Ratzinger brought back some of its > > > investigatory and disciplinary practices that had > > > been abandoned in the middle of the 20th century. > > > (Of course it's been awhile since the Inquisition > > > went after anything but heresy *within* the > > > Church.) > > > > > > It is *not* correct to say "Ratzinger brought back > > > The Inquisition!" as if all inquisitorial activity > > > had ceased and Ratzinger revived it single-handedly > > > (and as if, indeed, that activity included the > > > torture and executions that took place in earlier > > > inquisitional phases). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The supposed "different Inquisitions" Judy > > > > gloms onto above are artificial distinctions > > > > dreamed up by scholars to classify an ongoing > > > > organization into parts they could focus on in > > > > their dry historical papers. Only a person who > > > > believes that they can learn about the world > > > > by Googling would ever have thought otherwise. > > > > > > > > Nighty-night, Jude. :-) > > > > > > > > > >
