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It seems Pope Francis needs to brush up on his Tertullian!

It has been reported (in The ChristLast Media, I must note) that the current Pope does not like the phrase "lead us not into temptation...

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"Let no freedom be allowed to novelty, because it is not fitting that any addition should be made to antiquity. Let not the clear faith and belief of our forefathers be fouled by any muddy admixture." -- Pope Sixtus III

Friday, March 10, 2006

"Vicariously liable"

Does this mean I am "vicariously liable" to support Angelina Jolie's love child just because I thought she was hot in her last movie?

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Exxon Mobil Corp. said yesterday it will appeal the ruling by a U.S. judge allowing villagers to sue the oil giant for reputed abuses by Indonesian troops at facilities it operated in Aceh province.

The decision last week by U.S. District Judge Louis Oberdorfer was welcomed by human rights groups, but Exxon said it could set a precedent of companies abroad being held "vicariously liable" for actions by the government of the host country.

The International Labor Rights Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, filed suit in 2001 on behalf of 11 unnamed villagers in Aceh, on the northern part of the island of Sumatra, accusing Exxon's Indonesian subsidiary of allowing its facilities to be used by soldiers to torture and rape Acehnese villagers. (Thanks to The Washington Times for the heads up.)

Posted by TheChurchMilitant at 12:48 PM

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First of all, the word is SEX, not GENDER. If you are ever tempted to use the word GENDER, don't. The word is SEX! SEX! SEX! SEX! For example: "My sex is male." is correct. "My gender is male." means nothing. Look it up. What kind of sick neo-Puritan nonsense is this? Idiot left-fascists, get your blood-soaked paws off the English language. Hence I am choosing "male" under protest.

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