tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062692702190792942.post1312795213350627280..comments2024-03-20T10:42:44.550+00:00Comments on ROMAN CHRISTENDOM: Colonel Bigot rides again...Tribunushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17330137792269530812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062692702190792942.post-37590363411926209172008-08-31T20:51:00.000+01:002008-08-31T20:51:00.000+01:00Oh, well done, Fred!And doubtless you think it was...Oh, well done, Fred!<BR/><BR/>And doubtless you think it was the fault of the Mexicans that Yankee governments financed their destruction?<BR/><BR/>And perhaps you think the Jews were responsible for their own deaths in Nazi camps?<BR/><BR/>And no doubt you often wonder why thousands of Germans didn't clamour to be allowed into the concetration camps, either?<BR/><BR/>But then any Yankee who thinks that Haiti, Mexico or the Domincan Republic are Catholic countries deserves to be considered the original dumb ass Yank!<BR/><BR/>Go, Fred!<BR/><BR/>You are the winner of the dumb ass Yank of the year award!<BR/><BR/>Please be sure to display it proudly on your mantelshelf next to your Bart Simpson prize for mental agility and retention!<BR/><BR/>Doh!Tribunushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17330137792269530812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062692702190792942.post-26538882377516706662008-08-26T02:00:00.000+01:002008-08-26T02:00:00.000+01:00I still think that New England is a much better pl...I still think that New England is a much better place to live, in every way, than New Spain, New France or New Portugal/Brasil.<BR/> I don't see thousands of Vermonters leaving on boats to go to Haiti, Mexico, the Dominican Republic or any other Catholic country, either.Fred Preusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06438368833909384043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062692702190792942.post-81229516049905098022008-08-15T13:48:00.000+01:002008-08-15T13:48:00.000+01:00Thanks, Jeff!Thanks, Jeff!Tribunushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17330137792269530812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062692702190792942.post-33784853632801300592008-08-08T12:22:00.000+01:002008-08-08T12:22:00.000+01:00It's a subject that I don't know much about except...It's a subject that I don't know much about except in terms of general impressions, so I'll be glad to read what you have to say about it. Making distinctions--as you do interestingly about Pizzaro and Cortes--is a sure sign of the kind of mind one can trust.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362705229107017257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062692702190792942.post-8800543103895338632008-08-08T10:39:00.000+01:002008-08-08T10:39:00.000+01:00Dear Jeff,Thank you for your kind comments!I would...Dear Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your kind comments!<BR/><BR/>I would not dream of "lighting into" you since you make your points so politely. I reserve "lighting" for the likes of Colonel Bigot (blog name "Colonelalp") who is merely rude and abusive and bigotedly anti-Catholic.<BR/><BR/>You can see his contrbution in the comment boxes for the previous couple of posts.<BR/><BR/>Karen "Gem-of-the-ocean" is another such semi-literate, abusive and - frankly - obscene poster of illogical rants. Sadly Karen is worse since she is Catholic. The Colonel is not and so has more excuse.<BR/><BR/>I shall answer your very reasonable question about the conquest of Perus and Mexico in a separate post as it is an interesting subject.<BR/><BR/>However, to put it shortly for the present there was a world of difference between the approach of Hernan Cortes and that of Francisco Pizarro.<BR/><BR/>Cortes was a Christian gentleman who freed the Aztecs from a most terrible and diabolical tyranny. Pizarro was a freebooter and adventurer - a bad Catholic - who brutally invaded and raped the culture of the Incas which was far less brutal than that of the Aztecs.<BR/><BR/>If you look a the index to my blog you will see that I have dealt with these issues and the issue of slavery in Latin America before. You might find some of that of interest, too.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/><BR/>Tribunus.Tribunushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17330137792269530812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062692702190792942.post-64657492910913985082008-08-07T14:51:00.000+01:002008-08-07T14:51:00.000+01:00Interesting blog! I loved reading the posts about...Interesting blog! I loved reading the posts about American imperialism in Mexico. I am afraid I don't ENTIRELY agree, but then again I don't entirely disagree.<BR/><BR/>Certainly there is a bloody and selfish side to what we did in many places in Latin America. But then again, there was a bloody and selfish side to the original conquest of Peru, Mexico and other places by Catholics. Yet there was a redeeming side also.<BR/><BR/>Who in the world, though, is "Colonel Bigot"?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks so much for the interesting posts. I don't mind at all if you light into me for my comment....Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362705229107017257noreply@blogger.com