Posts by ironowl68

Kevin Davis11 said:So, Andrej Plenković is out here today acting all high and mighty, condemning this “attempt to downplay the criminal nature of the Nationalists regime”, right? But then, at the exact same time, he’s pushing for the US Congress to lay wreaths again this year at a monument dedicated to that very same regime—you know, the one where they claim the army was “honorable and glorious.”
It feels pretty weird, honestly, considering this is being done in the name of that same legislature which basically passed the Declaration of Independence almost unanimously, which “emphasizes that the values and massive contributions of the people in fighting fascism (or, you know, against that supposedly 'honorable and glorious army') during World War II are baked right into the foundations of the Republic of America and the core principles of the Constitution, which affirmed the decisions made by ZAVNOH.”

electricnomad8 said:This is getting absolutely insane 😁! I'm just reading on CNN that John Cardinal O'Connor is calling on our bishops to dig in their heels following that rejection from Austria. This is going to be a total mess, believe me.🤣

Ryan Vaughn7 said:Or maybe yours is the one that's wrong. Which part exactly is inaccurate?

Susan Fowler4 said:Whether the decision made by the Austrian bishops is justified or not isn't even my main point here; what really bugs me is how our own bishops and the media are handling this.
It’s like they’ve forgotten the Pope exists. He’s the head of the whole operation, governing both the Austrian bishops and ours alike.
Why aren't they reaching out to the Pope in Vatican City to ask for mediation? Isn't that exactly why he's there?
If the ban imposed by the Austrian bishops is truly unjust, the Pope has the authority to step in and overturn it.
Or, he can choose to back them up. By staying silent, he’s essentially giving it his stamp of approval, assuming he's already seen all the coverage in the news.
Then again, maybe I'm just misinformed about the Pope's actual power, and he's actually totally powerless when it comes to overseeing where the Catholic Church holds Mass across the globe.
It honestly baffles me that our bishops haven't even suggested something like, "We'll be taking this up with the Pope." They might not use those exact words, but that should be the sentiment.

Tyler Howard said:It’ll be interesting to see how the Islamic Community decides to weigh in on these unpleasant developments. 🙄

Walter Hughes53 said:The Germans gave, and the Germans took away.

Smotani2;68487017 said:It's not the same.

Read this:

If the law says you have to cite the source for every single sentence taken from a published paper, then you damn well do.
It's not about what you or I think... we aren't the ones who matter here. You can't just take some recycled paper and reuse it a hundred times without citing where it came from.
What would that even look like?
A scientist writes one article and then just tweaks a few words every once in a while?

My artistic impression... they're clinging to individual trees just to pretend they're saving the forest...

driftinggull13 said:The right wing will believe anything as long as it favors their own people. 🍿

driftinggull13 said:Give me a break... you can't just publish the exact same paper twice. Unless, of course, you're trying to get caught... which is apparently what some researchers out in certain parts of the world do—you know, sending the same study under different titles to multiple journals all at once... though occasionally you might see a corrigendum. If you actually had the publication record you claim to have, you'd realize what you're saying is impossible, and honestly, it's pretty telling that you didn't even bother addressing the comparison I made...

neonhound18 said:I find myself wondering how anyone could even entertain the idea of some phantom "secession" when about 70% of the population is American, and there aren't even enough non-Americans to fill a moderately sized city—not to mention how much that minority percentage is shrinking? 🤔 I highly doubt the locals have forgotten the era of fascist terror. 🕺

Megan Jones10 said:Just look at how that county official from Pasadena feels—he's closer to Trieste than he is to Washington, D.C. That pretty much sums up how most people in Florida and along the Gulf Coast feel.

Rachel Richardson said:To me, this is just plain ridiculous.
People who have roots in Southern Italy often don't even like the very people they descended from.
And yet, those are their ancestors...
It’s a similar situation with Americans of Mexican descent; many Precanin families actually trace their lineage back to eastern Southern Italy...
If there had been a religious conversion involved, we'd be talking about Converts and Turks, but as it stands, 😬