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This is how close they come to shore.http://www.capecodsharkhunters.com/752_500_csupload_49064100.jpg?u=221114999
Agree that this is a sign of not being able to debate properly, but let's look at how the Left reacts. I just think the Right is sick of it and is just giving back in the same way. The collapse of civility is definitely related to the collapse of civilization. Sadly, I think this is just he way it is now.
Even 1884 seems early for South Africa. After Willie got rid of Bismark and started German imperialism, it was mostly in northern Africa and the Congo region. The Union of South Africa wasn't until 1910 which the British administered. Still thinking the Germans didn't really get there until at least WWI until proven wrong.Voortrekkers - this is where I think the Germans come into the picture. They never colonized it like the Dutch and British, but I'm wondering if the demographics of this group consisted of a lot of Germans. (this is what I've been trying to find all weekend)
The discoveries and colonization of Africa, India/Asia, and the Americas. All of the major European nations really flexed their power with this.
American Colonies: The Settling of North America by Alan Taylor – used it in class. Very good, and very thorough. Covered all the areas, European settlements and colonies. Manufacturing Revolution by Lawrence Peskin - another one we used (and I've it read twice so far). Unlike what the title suggests, it is not about the Industrial Revolution or anything like that. It is more about how early Americans came to live and support themselves autonomously without the help of a Mother country. Covered from about the 1600's up until the Revolution. Very helpful and informative explaining the creation of American currencies and early financial institutions.The Oxford History of the British Empire, vol 1, Origins of Empire - multiple authors and essays. Didn't just cover the British colonies. One of my favorite books.
BTW, here's the transcript if anyone's interested.http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/speeches/2013/july/documents/papa-francesco_20130728_gmg-conferenza-stampa_en.html
Personally, I think it was stupid of him to allow himself o get enmeshed in the debate/discussion of homosexuality at all. The Chruch's position on such acts is clear and has been clear for a long time.
And he verified this with the first question asked of him
Patricia Zorzan:Speaking on behalf of the Brazilians: society has changed, young people have changed, and in Brazil we have seen a great many young people. You did not speak about abortion, about same-sex marriage. In Brazil a law has been approved which widens the right to abortion and permits marriage between people of the same sex. Why did you not speak about this?Pope Francis:The Church has already spoken quite clearly on this. It was unnecessary to return to it, just as I didn’t speak about cheating, lying, or other matters on which the Church has a clear teaching!
As for the second question about the "gay lobby" in the Vatican or gays in general, he also took the church's stance on forgiveness of sin.As Jesus said (paraphrase): I did not come to save the righteious, but to save the sinners.So if a church doesn't accept the sinners, then what good is a church? In no way and no how did he say churches have to accept the sin of homosexuality. How the media even spun that to imply the same is utterly ridiculous. His comments weren't in any way ambiguous nor in anyway re-evaluating anything.
I just don't think he should have gotten involved in the first place.
Why not? Why should he avoid the topic? He's the Pope, that's his job. If a church member goes to a church leader with a sin problem, is the priest just supposed to avoid the subject? Absolutely not!
Start one. I think this is one the worst examples I've ever seen of the media taking something completely out of context.
People who don't put their weights back or even worse, they will split up the pair of dumbbells with a 30 lb one on one side and the other one is way down the other end. I don't care if they are not in numerical order, but at least keep them together. And those ones who take like 4 or 5 sets of dumbbells. What are you doing, dude? Lifting them all at once? It's to those people I don't really act polite or couteous. I'll just take whatever set I need. (and say something like “um, there are other people here”) And this isn't really a pet peeve, but I think it's funny - those who wear weight belts and aren't really lifting all that much (or have their weight belts on incorrectly)However, the funniest (stupidest?) thing I ever saw was some moron on his cell phone WHILE DOING A BENCH PRESS. Now that's an injury waiting to happen.
Yeah, pretty much all of them do. If I remember correctly, each emperor had an imperial biographer so of course they would make whomever they were writing about bigger than life. Then you have the other side of those who were critics or opponents, some were kind of nasty.
