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trotsky

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26. Busted and humiliated again!

Reply to Rob H. (Reply #19)

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:06 AM

Sep 2012

She always slinks off and disappears for awhile after these smackdowns, but still comes back for more. Odd.

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My Take: The Mother Teresa you don�t know [View all] cbayer Sep 2012 OP

Somehow I'm not surprised okasha Sep 2012 #1

This is not the first negative piece done on her Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #2

It's not a negative piece. okasha Sep 2012 #3

No, Hitchens got her exactly right. onager Sep 2012 #4

+1 But don't expect an answer with any substance skepticscott Sep 2012 #8

"he was a drunk, an ass and a bully at times" - OK! Nice role model. Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #21

Who said he was a role model? skepticscott Sep 2012 #22

But he didn't say what okasha claimed him to say. Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #24

I seriously doubt that I am attacking fellow atheists. Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #27

Not surprised at all. cbayer Sep 2012 #5

"...the guy who defended waterboarding (even after experiencing it!)..." Rob H. Sep 2012 #12

Ah, the harsh sunlight of more facts skepticscott Sep 2012 #14

From The Guardian okasha Sep 2012 #17

The Guardian quote is incomplete and out of context Rob H. Sep 2012 #19

Are you surprised? Cherry-picking and quote mining is permissible in order to make a point. cleanhippie Sep 2012 #20

What, you expected intellectual honesty skepticscott Sep 2012 #23

Busted and humiliated again! trotsky Sep 2012 #26

Dear trots. okasha Sep 2012 #28

So you aren't going to admit that, best case scenario, that you were wrong? Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #29

Uhm, Goblinmonger, I wasn't lying. okasha Sep 2012 #30

From your post (#1 on this thread): Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #31

This particular quote, no. okasha Sep 2012 #32

Then you were just wrong. trotsky Sep 2012 #34

Because I'm right. okasha Sep 2012 #36

You sure are, kash. trotsky Sep 2012 #37

Dear kash, trotsky Sep 2012 #33

Glad to know you still have one. okasha Sep 2012 #35

Teresa is given a pass for a lot of things others are demonized..and even jailed for. Vehl Sep 2012 #6

How much of this do you think she was aware of? Do you think she was complicit? cbayer Sep 2012 #7

You just can't help but be an apologist skepticscott Sep 2012 #9

"Suffering" was an important... rexcat Sep 2012 #15

I'm sure she was very aware. unapatriciated Sep 2012 #10

I wondered about the degree of your first hand experience and very much appreciate your cbayer Sep 2012 #11

anyone who went to parochial school or attended catechism in the 60's knows the pain of a nuns ruler unapatriciated Sep 2012 #13

I think the accusations being leveled here go a step beyond rulers on your knuckles. cbayer Sep 2012 #16

Untrue. okasha Sep 2012 #18

She must have been fully aware, as she had an iron grip on her charity's governance Vehl Sep 2012 #25