# That horrible disgusting Abanian Dwarf is gonna be made a saint **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 15, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085 "2016-03-15T17:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/362 "2016-03-25T13:28:39Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And on a website devoted to fighting ignorance, what do you have to say about the architectural soundness of such castles? Well, presumably, if you _can_ build a castle in the air, there must be some soundness to it. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/363 "2016-03-25T13:39:04Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And on a website devoted to fighting ignorance, what do you have to say about the architectural soundness of such castles? I’m not sure what ignorance there is to fight. The coremelt in your version admits up front that there is no realism in his wish. What more do you want from him? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/364 "2016-03-25T13:55:31Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’m not sure what ignorance there is to fight. The coremelt in your version admits up front that there is no realism in his wish. What more do you want from him? To not rely on guessing, supposition, and assumptions when making his judgments would work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/365 "2016-03-25T14:10:38Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’m not sure what ignorance there is to fight. The coremelt in your version admits up front that there is no realism in his wish. What more do you want from him? He admits that his wish for a sovereign state to not be such is unrealistic. He still does not recognize his incredible ignorance about said state. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/366 "2016-03-25T14:14:04Z")
I haven’t read the whole conversation because I don’t really care about a slapfight over the RCC. I just saw Bricker’s little dialogue and to me, if someone wants a pony but recognizes they’ll never get that pony, what do I care if they continue to want it? If that’s not an accurate analogy to coremelt’s opinions, well, it’s not mine. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/367 "2016-03-25T14:35:51Z")
As I understand it the pit is for rants , not fighting ignorance. We have other places for that . And Mt is still a vile cretin that shouldn’t be honored with a gold stamp in high school , never mind a sainthood. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/368 "2016-03-25T17:37:34Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > As I understand it the pit is for rants , not fighting ignorance. We have other places for that . And Mt is still a vile cretin that shouldn’t be honored with a gold stamp in high school , never mind a sainthood. No, the entire website’s mission statement is fighting ignorance. And MT HAS been honored with a sainthood. None of your wishes are coming true, :sad face: ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/369 "2016-03-26T01:48:11Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And MT HAS been honored with a sainthood. None of your wishes are coming true, > > :sad face: Yes the RCC will saint a disgusting miserly sadistic hag. And the 500 year long decline of the RCC in the western world will continue. > **[A thinning flock of Catholics at all-time low](https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-thinning-flock-of-catholics-at-all-time-low-20130922-2u81i.html)** > > Daniel has attended Mass every week since he was a child, ''to keep myself real'' in a society he finds ''cares more for money, greed and selfishness''. Looks like one of my wishes is coming true, slowly slowly. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085/370 "2016-03-27T06:18:23Z")
[INDENT]…wishes are totally free. It’s like when you can’t decide whether to daydream about being a famous Hollywood star or having amazing magical powers. Why not – be a famous Hollywood star with amazing magical powers! Along these lines, John has developed an infallible way to improve any public policy wishes. You just wish for the thing, plus, wish that everyone would have their own pony! So, in Chafetz’ case, he should not only wish that Bush would say a lot of good things about democracy-building and fighting terrorism in a speech written for him by a smart person, he should also wish that Bush should actually _mean_ the things he says and _enact policies_ which reflect this, and he should wish that everyone gets a pony. See? [/INDENT] From [John & Belle Have A Blog: If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride -- A Pony!](http://examinedlife.typepad.com/johnbelle/2004/03/if_wishes_were_.html) riffing off of this Calvin and Hobbes strip: [http://chquotes.synthasite.com/resources/ch870113.gif](http://chquotes.synthasite.com/resources/ch870113.gif) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-horrible-disgusting-abanian-dwarf-is-gonna-be-made-a-saint/749085.md?page=18)