# Is the Catholic Church smoking crack?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 11, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382 "2002-08-11T07:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382/61 "2002-08-13T14:57:22Z")
Sailor’s post parodied the OP of this very thread, elf6c. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382/62 "2002-08-13T15:10:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bricker \* > \*\*Sailor’s post parodied the OP of this very thread, elf6c. \*\* Wasn’t sure if it was that post, or later posts made in this thread. I noticed that **Sailor’s** tongue appeared to be in cheek, but it obviously wooshed \*\*SUPERKARLENE \*\*. After all the fuss about parodies lately- better to link or quote. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382/63 "2002-08-13T16:01:29Z")
If you read a post and you are not sure you understand it, the next step should be to read the entire thread preceding it and very especially the OP so you may know WTF is going on. If you are posting to this thread I expect you to know what this thread is about. Now, (1) read the OP and (2) read the post at the top of this second page. If you do not see a connection you need new eyeglasses. The idea that I need to link to the _same_ thread is plain silly. Isn’t it assumed posts are related to the object of the thread as expressed in the OP? Or do we have to explain that too? What bothers me is those that repeat (quote) a very long post in its entirety just to add a one line observation which does not need the long quote in the least. ---
**Author:** ![SUPERKARLENE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@SUPERKARLENE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUPERKARLENE)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382/64 "2002-08-13T16:03:25Z")
Thanks, elf6c. You’re right - I was totally whooshed! It’s a habit of mine. Unfortunately, I take everything seriously! ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382/65 "2002-08-13T16:51:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WV\_Woman \* > **Why SHOULD I take the time out of my day to explain myself to a group of people who ridicule and insult me at every turn? It’s not that their opinions MATTER, it’s simply that it gets old. If I knew that it might make a difference, maybe I WOULD explain myself … but I already know the replies will be more of the same (“fuck you, you inbred toothless freak, etc.”) — so what’s the point?** Bullshit. You may have a reason for not responding, but that ain’t it. See, I recall directly asking you a question over in GD. Had I been ridiculing and insulting you, that thread would have been shut down mighty quick. As it turns out, it went on for quite some time. I never did see a response from you. Seems to be fairly common. * * * He had a lot to say - he had a lot of nothing to say. –Tool, Eulogy ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382/66 "2002-08-13T17:28:20Z")
I have never seen her follow the logical discourse of a thread. She drives by, spouting whatever emerges from her keyboard and never bothers to support or explain her spoutings or address what others may have said. In a recent thread she said she _knew_ for a fact Sweden will not extradite those accused of molesting children. When I asked her to support that assertion she never bothered to address it. That is what I find irritating. Gawd knows I disagree with people in GD but I try to make a coherent argument for my position and I respect those who do the same for theirs even if different from mine. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382/67 "2002-08-15T02:13:39Z")
Maybe only liberal New York atheists cite in her world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-catholic-church-smoking-crack/123382.md?page=3)