Re: PESO - Evening Paddlers

2021-08-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Aug 15, 2021, at 6:28 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Just back from two weeks beside a New Hampshire lake. I did less shooting > than usual; in fact the photo-muse has been rather quiet all summer. > > This is from early in our trip: > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/August-2021/New-Ham

PESO - Evening Paddlers

2021-08-15 Thread Rick Womer
Just back from two weeks beside a New Hampshire lake. I did less shooting than usual; in fact the photo-muse has been rather quiet all summer. This is from early in our trip: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/August-2021/New-Hampshire/i-pxRL7cF/A (K-5, DA17-70) Comments most welcome! Rick --

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nope. It’s obvious. I’m not a practicing Catholic and don’t really care, but anti-Catholic sentiment in the media and elsewhere is evident. Even my paper, the Times, is tougher on the Catholic church than it is on Islam or Evangelicals. I think it’s historical. It goes back to the days when Iris

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
We all have our shortcomings. Evangelical Protestants are by and large uncompromisingly racist. Muslims in many Middle East countries routinely dismember lawbreakers and stone women who have been raped. A 14 year old is scheduled for execution in Saudi Arabia. But we dare nit disparage Protestan

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-15 Thread Bill
On Sun., Aug. 15, 2021, 5:42 a.m. Paul Stenquist, wrote: > In an era where all are given the benefit of the doubt, and speaking Ill > of any religion or ethnic group is considered vile, disparaging Catholics > and the church is politically correct. > Come on Paul, you know better than that. bil

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
In an era where all are given the benefit of the doubt, and speaking Ill of any religion or ethnic group is considered vile, disparaging Catholics and the church is politically correct. Paul > On Aug 15, 2021, at 1:13 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Well, my mother spent her whole school career at St

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-15 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 15.08.21 um 13:42 schrieb Paul Stenquist: disparaging Catholics and the church is politically correct. They've done their best to earn it. The local cardinal is still trying to weasel out of a situation where he should have stepped down months ago. He has demonstrably protected a notorious c

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-15 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 15.08.21 um 07:12 schrieb Alan C: What I am trying to say is you can't generalise & say all Nuns are "Mafiosi". The vast majority on Nuns are certainly not. Maybe not all, but there's an old saying in our local dialect: Paafe sin nit wie se klaafe un bejinne sin nit wie se schinge. Cleri