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Act_of_Reparation

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22. Most historians disagree.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 07:48 AM

Apr 2019

Including Raphael Lemkin, who invented the word. But whatever, we have long established words mean whatever the hell you want them to mean at whatever moment you happen to mean it. So go forth and heartily ice cream yourself.

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The Tragic Life of the Singing Nun [View all] Cartoonist Apr 2019 OP

I never knew that. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #1

That's so sad. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2019 #2

We had her LP. 3catwoman3 Apr 2019 #3

I didn't know the whole story. The Catholic church, as an institutions, too often falls short Karadeniz Apr 2019 #4

"...too often falls short..." Iggo Apr 2019 #7

Thank you!❤ I didn't want to upset our Catholics by cataloging the offenses against humanity. Karadeniz Apr 2019 #8

Dominique fought the Albigensians. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #5

"Faught the Albigensians" Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #9

Mass murder? Yes. Genocide? Not really. eom guillaumeb Apr 2019 #10

That makes your gaffe less offensive, I guess. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #11

It makes my response a reference to the actual lyrics of the actual song. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #12

Some people do find wholesale slaughter offensive. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #13

It's OK if they're heretics, though, see? MineralMan Apr 2019 #15

Are those pictures of the Chinese government persecuting theists? trotsky Apr 2019 #16

I know. Horrible! MineralMan Apr 2019 #17

And who said that? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #19

Popes said that. MineralMan Apr 2019 #20

Not killing heretics, apparently. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #21

As they should. eom guillaumeb Apr 2019 #18

I guess it's not about the lyrics Cartoonist Apr 2019 #14

Most historians disagree. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #22

Yes, a very sad story, indeed. MineralMan Apr 2019 #6