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The Pope takes a sip of tea! Extra Extra! Read all about it!!!
2005-02-26, 8:23 AM #1
I'm sorry, but even if The Pope is...well The Pope, why is it everytime I refresh USA Today it's something new about him? Yesterday it was 'Pope told not to speak' then 'Pope breathing on his own' then 'Pope back in hospital', 'Pope out of hospital', 'Oh wait, nevermind, he's still in the hospital!, and 'Pope to attend Sunday Prayers'!

The Pope is in his mid 80's! He is going to have health problems like any other person! He has parkinsons! He was shot. I mean, all these health problems etc... The guy is old and he is sick. It sucks yeah, but I don't need to be updated everytime this man blinks. I'm not bashing the pope or anyones religion, I'm just saying why is his live turning into The Truman Show 2?!
Think while it's still legal.
2005-02-26, 8:29 AM #2
Because he's the spiritual leader of more than a billion people...
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2005-02-26, 8:30 AM #3
Wasn't there a time when these very forums were a rodnog err I mean Truman Show 2 as well?
2005-02-26, 8:31 AM #4
Useless spam and posting everytime I go to the bathroom are two different things.
Think while it's still legal.
2005-02-26, 8:39 AM #5
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2005-02-26, 8:45 AM #6
Oh shut up. The man's the most important person in the world to over 1 billion people. That's 1 out of 6.

No effing wonder he's going to have so much coverage when... GASP! HE'S THE POPE!
D E A T H
2005-02-26, 8:48 AM #7
Oh god they took the pope off the front page of USATODAY for a second! AH AH!!!..Oh wait, just an advertisment. Phew.

/hits refresh

Okay, the pope is going to sip his cup of tea now..

/refresh

Holy crap! No way! He's going to put sugar in his tea! HOLY CRAP!!!

/refresh

Oh, it's sweet n' low. Phew, nevermind.
Think while it's still legal.
2005-02-26, 8:56 AM #8
I think we should take a poll and see how many people actually give a damn, and then place a 0.01 gram weight on Yoshi's chest for every person who doesn't. I'll be glad to see him go.
2005-02-26, 8:57 AM #9
Stop whining already. If you don't like the coverage the media is giving to one of the most important figures in the world that's your problem. Deal with it.
2005-02-26, 8:58 AM #10
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I think we should take a poll and see how many people actually give a damn, and then place a 0.01 gram weight on Yoshi's chest for every person who doesn't. I'll be glad to see him go.


How would you balance such small weights on a persons chest?
Think while it's still legal.
2005-02-26, 9:01 AM #11
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2005-02-26, 9:03 AM #12
Atleast this is better than the repetitive stories about Paris Hilton (sp?) and her cell phone troubles. Damn, I hate Paris Hilton.
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2005-02-26, 9:06 AM #13
Not to go slightly off topic, but the pope was shot at one point?
2005-02-26, 9:07 AM #14
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Originally posted by Echoman
Atleast this is better than the repetitive stories about Paris Hilton (sp?) and her cell phone troubles. Damn, I hate Paris Hilton.


That was funny.
My friend tryed to prank call lindsay lohan, off of something we saw on the CAD forums, and we still got her answering machine.
:(

But yeah, if you dont want to see news about a very important person to about a billion people, then turn of the tv.
As simple as that.
2005-02-26, 9:09 AM #15
He was shot by Mehmet Alì Agca in 1981. Then the pope even visited the criminal in jail afterwards. Now, the pope rides in that "pope-mobile."
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2005-02-26, 9:11 AM #16
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Originally posted by Wolfy

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2005-02-26, 9:16 AM #17
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But yeah, if you dont want to see news about a very important person to about a billion people, then turn of the tv.


I don't watch TV...Plus since when was USAToday.com on the T.V.?
Think while it's still legal.
2005-02-26, 9:19 AM #18
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Originally posted by SAJN_Master
I don't watch TV...Plus since when was USAToday.com on the T.V.?


Then don't go to usatoday.com.
2005-02-26, 9:20 AM #19
Yes, from now on I shall get my news from The Onion...
Think while it's still legal.
2005-02-26, 9:54 AM #20
I get my news from the Daily Show.
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2005-02-26, 10:00 AM #21
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Originally posted by Mikus
I think we should take a poll and see how many people actually give a damn, and then place a 0.01 gram weight on Yoshi's chest for every person who doesn't. I'll be glad to see him go.


I'm sure if that made sense, I would be stung, very very deeply by that horrendously insulting comment.

Or I'd brush it off because you're much worse than I am any day of the week.
D E A T H
2005-02-26, 10:22 AM #22
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Originally posted by SAJN_Master
Yes, from now on I shall get my news from The Onion...


Why is that? Is the rest of the media not biased enough or something?
2005-02-26, 10:28 AM #23
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Originally posted by phoenix_9286
I get my news from the Daily Show.


They were talking about the Pope the other day too.
"What's the Pope blessing today!?"
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2005-02-26, 11:21 AM #24
Sprok and Yoshi are right, despite your opinions on the matter. Just because you don't care doesn't mean a lot of other people don't.
Pissed Off?
2005-02-26, 11:22 AM #25
Yes. It's getting irritating. "OMQ BREAKING NEWZ!!! THE POPE MIGHT GO INTO SURGERY IN A FEW HOURS!! OMQ!!!"
I mean who the heck cares? He's just the stupid pope.
2005-02-26, 11:28 AM #26
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Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet
I mean who the heck cares? He's just the stupid pope.


HE IS THE POPE. THE POPE, PEOPLE, THE POPE.

C'mon, it's not that hard to understand. It really isn't. He is a hugely important public figure and just because a couple of you keeping saying 'Huh? What? I don't get it!" isn't going to change the fact that he is a hugely important public figure.
2005-02-26, 12:35 PM #27
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Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet
Yes. It's getting irritating. "OMQ BREAKING NEWZ!!! THE POPE MIGHT GO INTO SURGERY IN A FEW HOURS!! OMQ!!!"
I mean who the heck cares? He's just the stupid pope.


Just becasue you don't want to/are unable to understand doesn't make it any less important to these so called "stupid people". :rolleyes:
Pissed Off?
2005-02-26, 12:42 PM #28
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Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet
Yes. It's getting irritating. "OMQ BREAKING NEWZ!!! THE POPE MIGHT GO INTO SURGERY IN A FEW HOURS!! OMQ!!!"
I mean who the heck cares? He's just the stupid pope.

I for one do care about the Pope. I care what's going to happen should the Pope die. He may be stupid to you but he's important to me, my grandmother, Sister Paulea (sister at my grandma's church), and a helluva lot of other Catholics.
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2005-02-26, 12:42 PM #29
I never understood the big hubbub about important peoples' deaths. Like when Kennedy was assassinated. Who caares? Is it just me? The second they report the hobo living on the street's death is the second I'll care about the Pope's death.
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2005-02-26, 12:48 PM #30
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Originally posted by Avenger
Sprok and Yoshi are right, despite your opinions on the matter. Just because you don't care doesn't mean a lot of other people don't.


I would be very surprised to find that many people care about The Pope. Just because Avenger says it, doesn't make it true either.

I doubt more than 1/1000 actually care what The Pope has to say.
2005-02-26, 12:49 PM #31
the pope is the man.
2005-02-26, 12:51 PM #32
Well, there already was a Jarre 'Concert for the Pope' at Lyon in 1986, so everything else is irrelevant to me. :cool:
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2005-02-26, 12:52 PM #33
No, the pope is a man, just like everyone else.
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2005-02-26, 12:55 PM #34
he's more man at 80 than you ever will be.
2005-02-26, 12:57 PM #35
But not everyone's influence and impact on the world is the same. When JFK was assassinated, he was the president and elected leader of the US. He was voted by the millions of people to be in charge of the country, a more demanding role and higher figure in society than a hobo...
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2005-02-26, 12:58 PM #36
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Originally posted by Warlord
he's more man at 80 than you ever will be.


:confused:
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2005-02-26, 1:08 PM #37
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Originally posted by Freelancer
Is it just me?


Yup.
2005-02-26, 1:09 PM #38
It seems so shallow.
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2005-02-26, 1:15 PM #39
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Originally posted by Freelancer
It seems so shallow.


Welcome to the world of today's news and media broadcasting.
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2005-02-26, 1:29 PM #40
I'm willing to bet most people only attend the funerals of people they care about. How many hobos' funerals have you gone to, Freelancer? It is the same kind of idea.

It's simply natural for people to be concerned with the well-being of those they care about. A lot of people care about the pope, and thus are concerned with his well-being.
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