Get this through your thick skull: I have never called for the abolition of an entire religion, so stop putting words in my mouth, you retard.

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12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

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GO WINGS!

12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

The above is your post, correct? When you say things like "There is no place for the Vatican and the Pope in a civilized, modern society. **** 'em.", you are taking a gigantic dump on an institution that Catholics across the globe hold dear, as we have seen from the past few days. It's akin to telling a Muslim "We should just carpet-bomb Mecca. **** 'em."

Here's something you can get through your own thick skull: People aren't going to forsake their own closely-held beliefs and values just because they don't live up to your own arbitrary standards. That's simply the human condition, which you could stand to study a bit more before you burden the rest of us with your ill-considered and half-baked worldview.

I may be a "retard", but I can at least recognize an ignorant bigot when confronted with one.

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12 H2H w/ daily changes.
G,A,+/-,PPP,SOG,W,GAA,Sv%.
Keep 6 (5 F/D, 1 D/G) Start 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 3D, 2Util, 2G

C: Getzlaf, Bergeron, Roy, Boyes (RW)
LW: Kovalchuk (RW), Vanek, Lucic
RW: Gaborik, Callahan, C. Stewart, Tarasenko, Chiasson
D: Yandle, Doughty, Goligoski, Carlson
G: Fleury, Varlamov, Markstrom
IR:

What was the point of your post? My post still stands. Don't put words in my mouth.

Yes, I'm taking a dump on something a lot of people hold dear when I say that there is no place for the Pope and the Vatican in today's society. That's on purpose and I am 100% serious about it. The Catholics that revere the Pope and the Vatican (and I know plenty who either don't care about them or think they have played out their role and should go the way of the dodo) do that because of ignorance. Ignorance of the horrific deeds the Pope and the Vatican are responsible for, like shielding pedophiles and all the other shit already brought up in this thread. The alternative is that they know about that shit and still support them, in which case those Catholics are equally despicable and inhumane people.

I despise the Vatican and the Pope to the very core of my being. They are evil. Ordinary decent catholics are good in spite of the Pope and the Vatican. If they were to be removed, I am completely convinced that Catholics and the rest of the world would be better off and I don't give two shits if I step on a few toes speaking that opinion. I like it if a few ignorant Jesusfreaks get offended when I wax poetic about the wonderful institution that is the Vatican and the papacy.

But again, I have never said that the Catholic religion should be abolished, so do not ****ing dare to put words in my mouth. That is intellectually dishonest. Then again, if you insist you are more than welcome to go ahead and continue fighting straw men.

Also, if a world view that promotes life, liberty, equal rights to all, factual correctness and that also battles ignorance and unfairness... if that world view is ill-considered and half-baked, then I will GLADLY be called ill-considered and half-baked.

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GO WINGS!

12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

makes no sense at all

Huh. Well, just as long as you're not taking any extremist positions or anything. LOL

By your logic, Penn State should be closed and condemned because of the actions of Sandusky and Paterno, et. al. Nothing else that could have been accomplished in that institution during their tenure could possibly have any merit or value.

So, what will we do in a decade or so after another half-dozen Sanduskys are exposed at other institutions? (And mark my words, there almost certainly will be. Other pedophiles will observe Sandusky's example and figure that he was just the idiot that got himself caught.)

I suppose at that point we can simply demonize collegiate sports, right? Or perhaps skip that and demonize institutions of higher education altogether?

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12 H2H w/ daily changes.
G,A,+/-,PPP,SOG,W,GAA,Sv%.
Keep 6 (5 F/D, 1 D/G) Start 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 3D, 2Util, 2G

C: Getzlaf, Bergeron, Roy, Boyes (RW)
LW: Kovalchuk (RW), Vanek, Lucic
RW: Gaborik, Callahan, C. Stewart, Tarasenko, Chiasson
D: Yandle, Doughty, Goligoski, Carlson
G: Fleury, Varlamov, Markstrom
IR:

I've stayed out of this convo...but if someone has posted this I apologize!

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

I for one never would have imagined that a thread about the Pope would ever have devolved in vitriolic mud throwing.

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12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G