Comments on: Come in Spinner: tale of two Catholic clerics, 50 years apart http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/06/come-in-spinner-tale-of-two-catholic-clerics-50-years-apart/ now with extra source Wed, 22 May 2013 23:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AR http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/06/come-in-spinner-tale-of-two-catholic-clerics-50-years-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-231259 AR Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:43:50 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=335277#comment-231259 Johndal - did you intend to paraphrase the opening line of Anthony Burgess's "<i>Earthly Powers</i>" ? Johndal - did you intend to paraphrase the opening line of Anthony Burgess’s “Earthly Powers” ?

]]> By: johndal http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/06/come-in-spinner-tale-of-two-catholic-clerics-50-years-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-231106 johndal Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:24:37 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=335277#comment-231106 oh so that's how old I was. 13. I watched Mannix funeral on tv in bed with a bishop. Special treatment. always enjoy telling the yarn..I was surrounded by nuns... all above board though ...had just had my appendix out and it was a Catholic hospital bed....wouldn't happen today. oh so that’s how old I was. 13. I watched Mannix funeral on tv in bed with a bishop. Special treatment.

always enjoy telling the yarn..I was surrounded by nuns…

all above board though …had just had my appendix out and it was a Catholic hospital bed….wouldn’t happen today.

]]> By: Paddy Forsayeth http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/06/come-in-spinner-tale-of-two-catholic-clerics-50-years-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-231089 Paddy Forsayeth Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:47:05 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=335277#comment-231089 You are right about Abbott. His ilk are convinced of their correctness in many if not all things. I can only speak of Catholics (having been one) and the true blue catholics see themselves as on a higher moral plane than the rest. Abbott's ruthless quest for the top job is motivated by the belief that he will "improve" the morals of this country and facilitate the influence of the catholic religion. You are right about Abbott. His ilk are convinced of their correctness in many if not all things. I can only speak of Catholics (having been one) and the true blue catholics see themselves as on a higher moral plane than the rest. Abbott’s ruthless quest for the top job is motivated by the belief that he will “improve” the morals of this country and facilitate the influence of the catholic religion.

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