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catscradle Apr. 18th, 2005 02:18 pm)
catscradle Apr. 18th, 2005 02:18 pm)I remember sitting on the floor with my sister and waiting for the Papal white smoke at grandmas house back in 1978 when John Paul II was elected. For a 6 year old kid it kind of has all the excitement of watching slush melt (you all know this takes days and days and weeks, right?), but it was important to grandma, so we ate our cookies and coped. We were probably just watching a replay on the news, because the actual event, I believe, happened in the wee hours of the morning EST. But grandma was excited because we had a POLISH Pope. Grandma is actually Croatian, but I suppose any Eastern block country was close enough. Anything but another Dego Pope, please, seemed to be the thought of the day. I lived in a very ethnic community where ethnic good natured ribbing (read: slurs) was all a part of growing up. Slovaks were called "Hunkies." No, I don't know why. I'm sure it was all hilarious fun then. John Paul did a LOT to quell the ever popular Polock jokes. You could tell one and then get a "Are you making fun of the Pope?!" comeback, which to me was just taking the easy way out.
Anyway, the Pope election - I've made my choice, I just can't find out were I go to vote. The most progressive guy I could find was this guy:
A Jesuit and the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio, 68, is one of the few cardinals whose background is not in philosophy or theology. He trained as a chemist before deciding to become a priest. Ordained in December 1969, he was elected the Jesuit provincial for Argentina in 1973 and held the position for many years. Bergoglio is today close to the Comunione e Liberazione movement. Bergoglio is known for simplicity and humility. In Argentina, for example, he takes public transportation rather than a chauffer-driven limousine. He was elevated to cardinal in February 2001.
My next choice is
Kasper, 71, is one of the few prelates recognized outside the College of Cardinals as a serious theologian. He served as dean of the theological faculty in Münster and later in Tübingen in Germany. Doctrinally, he would be in the Reform Party camp on many issues. In 1993, as a diocesan bishop in Rottenburg-Stuttgart, he joined then-Bishop Karl Lehmann of Mainz and another German prelate in issuing a pastoral letter encouraging divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to return to the sacraments. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger rejected the letter. In 1999 he moved to Rome to take over as secretary, and eventually president, of the Vatican's ecumenical affairs office. He was elevated to cardinal in February 2001.
There was another one that wanted to give women a stronger voice in the church and put them in high postitions at the vatican, but then screwed it all up with fucked up ideas on birth control and homosexuality. Oh well. I'm holding out for the Jesuit Chemist from Argentina.
And I need to post this here because I think it wonderful that someone took the time to find all of them and put them in a database: Racial Slur Database - I am trusting that if you are on my friendslist you are adult and responsible enough to use this for academic purposes only. But if any of my non-American friends start referring to me a Puckstop or Bushmen, we may have words.
Anyway, the Pope election - I've made my choice, I just can't find out were I go to vote. The most progressive guy I could find was this guy:
A Jesuit and the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio, 68, is one of the few cardinals whose background is not in philosophy or theology. He trained as a chemist before deciding to become a priest. Ordained in December 1969, he was elected the Jesuit provincial for Argentina in 1973 and held the position for many years. Bergoglio is today close to the Comunione e Liberazione movement. Bergoglio is known for simplicity and humility. In Argentina, for example, he takes public transportation rather than a chauffer-driven limousine. He was elevated to cardinal in February 2001.
My next choice is
Kasper, 71, is one of the few prelates recognized outside the College of Cardinals as a serious theologian. He served as dean of the theological faculty in Münster and later in Tübingen in Germany. Doctrinally, he would be in the Reform Party camp on many issues. In 1993, as a diocesan bishop in Rottenburg-Stuttgart, he joined then-Bishop Karl Lehmann of Mainz and another German prelate in issuing a pastoral letter encouraging divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to return to the sacraments. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger rejected the letter. In 1999 he moved to Rome to take over as secretary, and eventually president, of the Vatican's ecumenical affairs office. He was elevated to cardinal in February 2001.
There was another one that wanted to give women a stronger voice in the church and put them in high postitions at the vatican, but then screwed it all up with fucked up ideas on birth control and homosexuality. Oh well. I'm holding out for the Jesuit Chemist from Argentina.
And I need to post this here because I think it wonderful that someone took the time to find all of them and put them in a database: Racial Slur Database - I am trusting that if you are on my friendslist you are adult and responsible enough to use this for academic purposes only. But if any of my non-American friends start referring to me a Puckstop or Bushmen, we may have words.
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I have a Dictionary of Slang & Euphamism. There's probably one of racial epithets too... and I bet the Slang & Euphamism book has them too.
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"Tuft" Many Greeks wear their hair high on the front of their head, apparently because they use it for protection when in a fight
LoL Just show me those "many" people! XD