Comments on: Perpetual is as Perpetual does http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lakelobos http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-69149 lakelobos Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:58:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-69149 Politics in the Vatican? "I'm shocked." Politics in the Vatican? “I’m shocked.”

]]> By: Bernie Nicholls http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-69123 Bernie Nicholls Sat, 23 Apr 2005 02:15:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-69123 If you're going to be irreverent and ridicule church officials, at least make sure your jokes are funny. All of the above are bombs. If you’re going to be irreverent and ridicule church officials, at least make sure your jokes are funny. All of the above are bombs.

]]> By: nofundy http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68991 nofundy Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:33:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68991 Someone expected the Cardinals to actually tell the truth about keeping a secret?? They don't know the church very well, do they? Someone expected the Cardinals to actually tell the truth about keeping a secret?? They don’t know the church very well, do they?

]]> By: tad brennan http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68962 tad brennan Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:57:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68962 I think it's pretty clear which Cardinal talked--the really short squeeky one in the ill-fitting Francis Arinze costume: http://fafblog.blogspot.com/ Giblets sneers at your oaths of perpetual secrecy! Stupid oaths! Perpetuity cannot outlast Giblets! I think it’s pretty clear which Cardinal talked—the really short squeeky one in the ill-fitting Francis Arinze costume:

http://fafblog.blogspot.com/

Giblets sneers at your oaths of perpetual secrecy! Stupid oaths! Perpetuity cannot outlast Giblets!

]]> By: Uncle Kvetch http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68961 Uncle Kvetch Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:54:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68961 <i>I know it’s impossible to properly conceive of eternity within the finitute of the human mind</i> This will come as news to George Bush's economic advisors. I know it’s impossible to properly conceive of eternity within the finitute of the human mind

This will come as news to George Bush’s economic advisors.

]]> By: tlr http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68941 tlr Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:53:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68941 Well, in some places, people are now hoping that unpopular archbishop-cardinals may get excommunicated for breaking their oath of silence. Well, in some places, people are now hoping that unpopular archbishop-cardinals may get excommunicated for breaking their oath of silence.

]]> By: Delicious pundit http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68929 Delicious pundit Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:56:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68929 But the R.C. brand Church stands for quality showbizz. Consider the morality plays. Or the shameless reworkings of pop tunes of the day like "L'Homme Arme." And when I married a Protestant and went to my first Methodist church service, I was stunned to find out they had no second act. It was all exposition. But the R.C. brand Church stands for quality showbizz. Consider the morality plays. Or the shameless reworkings of pop tunes of the day like “L’Homme Arme.”

And when I married a Protestant and went to my first Methodist church service, I was stunned to find out they had no second act. It was all exposition.

]]> By: Maria http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68926 Maria Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:26:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68926 I thought it was quite show-bizzy that Ratzinger's peers elected him in part because he gives good funeral. I thought it was quite show-bizzy that Ratzinger’s peers elected him in part because he gives good funeral.

]]> By: Barry Freed http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68924 Barry Freed Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:46:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68924 Yeah, the voting procedure is pretty fascinating. But they left out the part where the Cardinal who casts the decisive vote has to cry out "Bingo!" Actually Security maven and Crypto-Guru Bruce Schneier had a very interesting analysis of the voting procedure from a security standpoint: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/04/hacking_the_pap_1.html Yeah, the voting procedure is pretty fascinating. But they left out the part where the Cardinal who casts the decisive vote has to cry out “Bingo!”

Actually Security maven and Crypto-Guru Bruce Schneier had a very interesting analysis of the voting procedure from a security standpoint:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/04/hacking_the_pap_1.html

]]> By: nick http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68904 nick Fri, 22 Apr 2005 02:23:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68904 Heck, they can go to confession and get off with ten Hail Marys and a Glory Be. Actually, I think the cardinals have kept to the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4457939.stm" rel="nofollow">letter</a> and most of the spirit of the oath, and there's a fair amount of (well-informed) reading between the lines from the press reporters. And in keeping with the earlier thread, bending the rules? Tch, that's Catholicism in the real world. Heck, they can go to confession and get off with ten Hail Marys and a Glory Be. Actually, I think the cardinals have kept to the letter and most of the spirit of the oath, and there’s a fair amount of (well-informed) reading between the lines from the press reporters.

And in keeping with the earlier thread, bending the rules? Tch, that’s Catholicism in the real world.

]]> By: riffle http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/comment-page-1/#comment-68903 riffle Fri, 22 Apr 2005 02:12:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/21/perpetual-is-as-perpetual-does/#comment-68903 I was taken by another quote from that Washington Post piece: "Following centuries-old procedures revised by John Paul in 1996, each voted by writing the name of his preferred candidate on a folded piece of paper, <b>then held it up to show the entire assembly that it was a single ballot</b> before depositing it into a urn." I'm not sure I'd trust a cardinal since they don't even trust each other, even during an event they apparently feel is so incredibly holy. riffle I was taken by another quote from that Washington Post piece:
“Following centuries-old procedures revised by John Paul in 1996, each voted by writing the name of his preferred candidate on a folded piece of paper, then held it up to show the entire assembly that it was a single ballot before depositing it into a urn.”

I’m not sure I’d trust a cardinal since they don’t even trust each other, even during an event they apparently feel is so incredibly holy.

riffle

]]>