tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post835365718627905246..comments2024-03-28T02:22:35.857-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: The Leadership of the Maltese Order "Completely Unusually" Present Themselves Before the Pope in Civilian ClothesTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-32160526711082568072017-12-08T06:34:57.667-08:002017-12-08T06:34:57.667-08:00If only AAAnonymous had respect for proper languag...If only AAAnonymous had respect for proper language form. As the dictionary says:<br />"Do not hyphenate phrases originating form foreign languages, particularly Latin. a priori, post hoc, vice versa." joannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313479959447420783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-14455318583506114382017-07-19T18:20:23.738-07:002017-07-19T18:20:23.738-07:00Tancred hails from a Communist hell-hole where a m...Tancred hails from a Communist hell-hole where a minor disagreement could be punished in the extreme. That is the kind of culture he reflects in these vile and uncharitable tirades over minor issues. He should crawl back to the former Communist hell hole where human dignity means nothing---he still carries that mentality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-69493467856465264832017-07-13T16:18:58.457-07:002017-07-13T16:18:58.457-07:00It seems to me, Tancred, that anyone you arbitrari...It seems to me, Tancred, that anyone you arbitrarily decide to insult and malign is ipso facto sedevacantist. Talk about "tedious pettiness"! Robert C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-31266541562566463642017-07-06T18:22:59.601-07:002017-07-06T18:22:59.601-07:00Unimaginable tedious pettiness from the sede crowd...Unimaginable tedious pettiness from the sede crowd. Who knew?Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-82774135667341654822017-07-06T15:26:14.011-07:002017-07-06T15:26:14.011-07:00From the savagery and utter lack of charity toward...From the savagery and utter lack of charity towards someone who simply corrected a grammatical error on a post not even written by the blog master are simply unbelievable. I will never visit this site again, run obviously by a very strange kind of Christian. No wonder the liberals are winning when we have such stupidity going on at a time of disaster in our church. Lucy S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-36864491253619910792017-07-06T12:35:02.913-07:002017-07-06T12:35:02.913-07:00What an edifying example from a supposedly "C...What an edifying example from a supposedly "Catholic" blog master. Your vicious tirades and vulgar name-calling are a sign of very ill person---and all over a proper correction of verb usage. You truly are pitiful and ridiculous. Seek help soon, is my advice, both psychiatric and spiritual. You are a thin-skinned little man consumed with hatred. I pity you---and fear for your troubled soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-21257750920362998392017-07-06T06:05:41.175-07:002017-07-06T06:05:41.175-07:00You're a moron. I know what the lay, lie rules...You're a moron. I know what the lay, lie rules are. They're simple. I never said grammar was unimportant, or the province of liberals, but I am fairly well convinced that you, whoever you may be, are a vile and pathetic humanlike insect.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-8731694494881320182017-07-06T05:55:26.969-07:002017-07-06T05:55:26.969-07:00You are quite a madman, Tancred. Aiming for good ...You are quite a madman, Tancred. Aiming for good grammar and style makes one "spiteful, petty and arrogant"?! An unbalanced person like you should not be spending his decrepitude pretending he is contributing to the Church and humanity by running a blog and then being oh! so very offended when someone makes a correct observation about English writing. Talk about petty, spiteful, and arrogant---you exhibit these faults (typical of arrogant liberals, by the way) to an exquisite and worrisome degree. Yes, the verbs "lie" and "lay" have different grammatical functions and one should employ them correctly, arrogant know-it-all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-32415833060413897882017-07-06T03:20:41.231-07:002017-07-06T03:20:41.231-07:00So you're spiteful as well as petty and arroga...So you're spiteful as well as petty and arrogant.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-52173951817900268252017-07-05T20:56:32.155-07:002017-07-05T20:56:32.155-07:00Exactly, John the Sane.Exactly, John the Sane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-83429683761531772452017-07-05T20:54:41.843-07:002017-07-05T20:54:41.843-07:00And how do you determine one's "superiori...And how do you determine one's "superiority" is undeserved, Tancred? Do you know the contributor, who clearly has better grammar than you? Are you subscribing to the leftist notion of egalitarianism, where all---literate and illiterate, polished and sloppy---are the same? That seems to contradict the essence of the article on the Knights's shameful obeisance to Egalitarian Frnacis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-21452958658833256042017-07-05T20:47:21.118-07:002017-07-05T20:47:21.118-07:00Oh, so attention to good grammar and style are the...Oh, so attention to good grammar and style are the province of leftists now? Best not to concede that higher ground to the snakes, Tancred. By the way, take your medication: your paranoia seems to be kicking in and are again rebelling against reason and lashing out on minor matters which do deserve both attention and correction. Nothing "smug" about aiming for correct grammar; much wrong when pridefully not accepting correction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-5881077314578438052017-06-29T07:24:05.602-07:002017-06-29T07:24:05.602-07:00Anon @ 1:38, Are you a frustrated ecclesiastical o...Anon @ 1:38, Are you a frustrated ecclesiastical outfitter or something?Blottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646938871019017846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-47489983847783272052017-06-29T07:20:53.293-07:002017-06-29T07:20:53.293-07:00STOP PRESS!
Cassette tape received anonymously th...STOP PRESS! <br />Cassette tape received anonymously through post this very morning. Here is a transcript:<br /><br />POPE: Greetings, gentlemen. Was your re-education successful?<br /><br />KNIGHTS (in unison): Yes, Your Humbleness!<br /><br />P: Have you learned your lesson?<br /><br />K: Yes, Your Kindness!<br /><br />P: Will you give my friend Albrecht your full support in future?<br /><br />K: Certainly, Your Benignity!<br /><br />P: Very good! You can all go now but don't forget to look visibly moved as you leave and especially don't forget that *I* am *near* to you!<br /><br />K: Oh no, Your Harmlessness! Er, no....we mean Oh yes, Your Kindness!<br /><br />TAPE ENDS.<br /><br />I thought the 'visibly moved' comment was a bit gratuitous. Anyone who's been morally eviscerated in public is bound to show signs of obvious physical discomfortBlottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646938871019017846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-11844469358307691412017-06-29T01:38:58.625-07:002017-06-29T01:38:58.625-07:00I wonder how Cardinal Burke was dressed for the oc...I wonder how Cardinal Burke was dressed for the occasion?Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-31432813725567970772017-06-28T17:04:37.643-07:002017-06-28T17:04:37.643-07:00It is fitting that the members of the Condom Order...It is fitting that the members of the Condom Order of Malta, having meekly accepted their public gelding from Francis the O' So Merciful and Progressive Pontiff now cease wearing uniforms associated with their noble predecessors' military valour and courage. Geldings must not masquerade as men.John the Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899858119936750764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-67309514850210938662017-06-28T16:38:58.618-07:002017-06-28T16:38:58.618-07:00You're hired!You're hired!Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-36931963081856918632017-06-28T14:51:58.518-07:002017-06-28T14:51:58.518-07:00O the humanity!O the humanity!Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-36172832211675868082017-06-28T14:26:10.327-07:002017-06-28T14:26:10.327-07:00The glorious SMOM who vanquished half a million tu...The glorious SMOM who vanquished half a million turks when they besieged 20000 knights, has shamefully surrendered to the Pope in the same way as it surrendered Bonaparte's fleet on it's way to Egypt: They didn't fire a single cannonball.<br />Their Grand Master Jean de Lavalette has turned upside down in his tomb.jachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650477732170495698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-16235898276333981972017-06-28T13:11:33.319-07:002017-06-28T13:11:33.319-07:00It is well said: humility is not mediocrity and me...It is well said: humility is not mediocrity and mediocrity is not humility. They are reverse. Humility hides the glory of achievement from the deserving person, to focus on that achievement. Mediocrity prevents or obstructs the achievement of glory to honor the banal person. Such is the case of clergy, artists and musicians who are put on the pedestal for garbage, while the good and brilliant ones are denounced as out of touch, not creative or not understanding the social messages people need to hear.Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957650751915614843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-13754450099746962922017-06-28T12:34:58.256-07:002017-06-28T12:34:58.256-07:00If the job can accommodate the services of a '...If the job can accommodate the services of a 'smug rightist' I'll post my CV asap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-16071184607345587322017-06-28T11:40:26.048-07:002017-06-28T11:40:26.048-07:00We're looking for a smug leftist to edit the t...We're looking for a smug leftist to edit the typos and lend an air of underserved superiority.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-5451678971738295512017-06-28T10:37:10.170-07:002017-06-28T10:37:10.170-07:00And so advances the levelling mediocrity of egalit...And so advances the levelling mediocrity of egalitarianism. Francis the Mediocre adores it and thinks he is being humble like Jesus. Talk about self-delusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-1670877187760959312017-06-28T10:35:11.572-07:002017-06-28T10:35:11.572-07:00It should be "lay" their heads down, as ...It should be "lay" their heads down, as "lay" takes an object. Respect the language---as George Orwell states in the famous "Politics and the English Language": bad language is the cause of bad politics, and vice-versa. In the Christian tradition we refer to Our Blessed Savior as the "Logos" or the "Word"; language has a certain sacrality, so let us not fall into the revolutionary (read "radical liberal") abuse and/or dismantling of language. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-86283270260728838062017-06-28T07:34:16.999-07:002017-06-28T07:34:16.999-07:00Bankers' attire is quite appropriate to the Va...Bankers' attire is quite appropriate to the Vatican's money launderers.<br /><br />http://www.sven-giegold.de/2017/malta-money-laundering-fair-and-thorough-investigation-urgently-needed/Jonahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918094399162119798noreply@blogger.com