Comments on: One lives and learns

By: Manuel

Manuel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:53:39 +0000

@ Adrian Borg.

The whole point was making a song and dance about it. Otherwise it would have been meaningless,since auto-excommunication is practically a contradiction in terms. Still, as has been suggested, Ing. Attard and others who supported his gimmick would do well to find out exactly what the Pope actually said.

By: Adrian Borg

Adrian Borg — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:25:58 +0000

@David S
I can assure you that I am equally annoyed by heterosexual men giving blow-by-blow accounts of their conquests. I think I may have been misunderstood, I have absolutely no objection to a person being gay, and have many gay friends. What I dislike and find annoying is people, homo, hetero or bi, that flaunt their sexual preference publicly. It is not their sexuality that causes the derision and ridicule but their attitude. This was my point. As for this guy publicly excommunicating himself, well to me it is just a gimmick, and my response is “who cares!”. You don’t like the rules of the Catholic church then good for you for choosing to quit it. No need to make a song and dance about it though.

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:54:01 +0000

Gbid tas-saqajn!

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:25:57 +0000

@ Daphne : whether he minds working with me depends on other criteria, I do not gloat that I am heterosexual.He may not like looking up at someone tall. I am not working with gay persons at present.

[Daphne – “He may not like looking up at someone tall?” Are all homosexual men short, in your experience?]

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:39:31 +0000

@ Pat : In Malta we don’t have monarchy, we have the Catholic Church instead.
The Catholic Church is recognised by the Constitution. Whatever that may mean.
I cannot recall an instant when the Church used this part of the Constitution in its favour.Our politicians depend on the ‘Catholic’ votes.

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:24:34 +0000

@ A . Attard :The teaching of the Catholic Church says that sex is beautiful between husband and wife and when done with responsibility. People who flaunt their sexuality put me off. As I stated before on this blog, being a heterosexual I cannot stand a gay proud man by my side; he puts me off, I cannot stand his behaviour . I also avoid heterosexual men who never stop passing comments on every girl who passes by. I wouldn’t mind working with a gay person who behaves normally. Being subtle is not everyone’s virtue.

[Daphne – Yes, but the ‘gay person who behaves normally’ might mind working with you. Have you asked him?]

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:19:36 +0000

Jacques René Zammit

“deja vu. becomes boring after a while”

Tell me about it. Why do you think I stopped following your blog?

By: RJ

RJ — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:47:54 +0000

@ ‘Daphne – The Nationalist Party is a liberal party.’

Yes, I can see the PN pushing for divorce, civil gay unions … oh come on.

[Daphne – Unfortunately, you make the mistake of reducing liberal politics to matters of sex and the regulation of sexual unions. This may came as a surprise, but in liberal politics, those are side issues.]

By: Reuben Scicluna

Reuben Scicluna — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:28:31 +0000

@ Pat

The church does not wield any particular influence. If you don’t want to listen to it you don’t. end of story. It’s just as A.Attard said: people expect the church to change its teachings to suit their lifestyle. Quite stupid if you think about it. Regarding your point of what’s wrong or right, the church has every right to set out its “agenda”. You don’t have to agree with it.

By: A. Attard

A. Attard — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:14:13 +0000

@Pat
“as long as it remains there we all have to put up with being told what to do and not to do”

What are you suggesting total annihiliation of the Catholic Church? Freedom of speech applies to the church as well, even if it wasn’t costitutionalised the church still could freely voices its teachings. Even if the church tells us “what to do and not to do” it is up to individual choices to follow or not. The influence and power of the church is not as great as it used to be.