Posts by giovanni tiso

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  • Hard News: The Engagement,

    ’Cos I love him on Tux Wonder Dogs.

    That's quite possibly the least ambiguous insult I've ever come across.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Engagement,

    Ed8

    The hip-hop king.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: Moving targets,

    China is expanding it’s power in the Pacific, through the pen rather than the sword.

    Which makes one hell of a change for the good, from a historical perspective, no?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Engagement,

    Her silence is damming

    A Dutch conspiracy, then, you reckon?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Engagement,

    Now to see if I can set AdBlock to recognise any mention of royalty as an ad and block it.

    There's always someone who has to go too far.

    If nothing else, this storyline has already produced the headline Unemployed English Girl to Wed Soldier from Welfare Family, so clearly it's not all for nought.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Engagement,

    are you really ready for the coming frenzy? And if not, hadn’t you better be booking that desert island?

    I can forecast with some confidence that - so long as you lot don't go apeshit - I'll actually be able to insulate myself from this thing without too much effort. Blame the new media environment.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!,

    My mother vividly remembers being tucked into bed by nuns when she was prepubescent, and the edict that her arms should stay outside the blankets, even in winter - of course she had no idea why.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!,

    Doesn’t Mitsubishi have a model of car called the Diamante? I always thought that was ridiculous.

    I love random Italian words on Asian cars and dream of one day owning a Suzuki Cappuccino.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!,

    Or you can put your children in a private church school if you insist on keeping them in the dark or throttling their human urges.

    Yes, because that works. Ahem.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to Tess Rooney,

    That is not true, and you know it. Catholics are perfectly allowed to plan their families as long as they use NFP, modern forms of which are highly reliable.

    It took Humanae Vitae to finally and very begrdugingly accept it - and still nobody uses it. I don't have the Italian numbers at hand, but this from Wikipedia:

    "Use of NFP in developed countries is low, even among Catholics. While Catholics made up 24% of the U.S. population in 2002, of reproductive age American women using birth control, only 1.5% were using periodic abstinence."

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

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