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The cross has been re-erected on Carrauntoohil. Hopefully the morons who vandalized it will stay away.

In reply to goatee:


If I were Irish, which I'm not, I'd be very tempted to chop it down again.

In reply to goatee:

It's a miracle.

In reply to goatee:


Pity the morons putting it up didn't When will they start orange marches up their or masses around the cross? Then these morons could start fighting about it.

In reply to goatee:



Why should the followers of certain misguided beliefs have the right to disfigure such a beautiful place ?

I'm with Coel and Bruce, the morons are clearly those that reerected the bloody thing!

PS:


I've climbed Carrauntoohil on a number of ocassions. Each time I've been blessed with good views and the summit all to myself. The first time, in 1990 the cross was equipped with wind-powered illumination , which had been, of course vandalised

In reply to Bruce Hooker:

you will not find any orange men around kerry

In reply to squirrel00:


To be fair, Bruce's grasp of geopolitics and religion has always been sketchy. This was one of his better efforts.

Martin

In reply to maisie:
understood will not try and explain

In reply to squirrel00:


Or a hurler!

In reply to Clauso:

It's been cruci-fixed.

In reply to goldmember:

as I am told by my wife the only hurlers that count wear a "ath cliath" (Dublin) jersey, after speaking with a few country bhoys they tend to disagree

In reply to squirrel00:


Not yet

In reply to Bruce Hooker:

Ah yes the usual informed comment from a certain cohort on this site. This is my final comment on the subject.

In reply to goatee:

Look what you have to look forward to:

http://www.crossesacrossamerica.com/

They've already started in Europe, could this cross be the start of something bigger in Ireland?

In reply to Bruce Hooker:

me thinks the cross would lower itself at the first sign of a bowler hat banging his drum

In reply to Bruce:

Look, Bruce, a lifebelt. Cling to it with both hands and pretend that's what you meant all along. Everybody will be fooled.

Kind regards

Martin

In reply to maisie:

You do take yourself seriously, don't you? Lighten up a bit, take the broomstick out your arse.

In reply to Bruce Hooker:

Surely any pseudo religious organisation inspired by someone called 'Coffindaffer' is a joke, a parody?

In reply to Bruce Hooker:


Why, do you want it back? Is that why you're all over the place?

Thanks, Bruce, I needed cheering up. Your particular brand of muddle-headed petulance is proof enough that you were made, not evolved - I'm a convert; where should I put up a cross?

Where, Bruce?

Good luck.

Martin

In reply to Bruce Hooker:

It's also worth noting that the website you have pointed us all to, the most recent article is ... er ... 2000. As evidence that religious maniacs are taking over the US at a rate of knots that doesn't quite cut it, does it? Perhaps you ought to be a little more discriminating in your sources as you constantly say the rest of us should be?

In reply to maisie:

I'm not even in the top 10, perhaps it's you who are following me? Here's a tip, just don't read anything I write, it works for me, it could work for you.

In reply to Bruce Hooker:

All over the place refers to the fact that none of your arguments stand up: maybe a broomstick suppository would give them some support. Insert carefully to avoid brain damage.

Fortunately, UKC isn't voice-activated, or you'd be stuffed.

Who's a shining star? You are. Yes, you are.

Martin

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:

It says "Copyright © 2014 by Web.com Group, Inc" on one page but never mind, the problem is that you and maisie don't seem to realise humour when you see it, most of the posts on this thread are at least half joking and you react as if it was a serious discussion, is that broomstick up yours too?

In fact there are nutters putting these crosses up all over Europe, there are in France until they run into planning permission problems but they are just that, a nutty sect that no one takes all that seriously, especially if they are painted pink and have lights on them.

Some take it seriously though, or at least half so, this bloke's sawn off 48 crosses from Alpine peaks.... He's a guide and says he wants to start a debate. Maybe Irish atheists could club round and buy him a ticket to Ireland. (Use your browser to translate),

http://www.skitour.fr/actu/1778-le-scieur-de-croix-se-fait-pincer-en-gruyer...

PS. Just to be quite clear I don't really mean this it is a j o k e... got it? To add to the humour this is all going on in a Swiss region called Gruyere but I can't be bothered to make anything out of that.

In reply to Bruce Hooker:


Except yours, Bruce - your posts are vacuous, post-rationalizing and devoid of humour. I think it's beyond you.

But you're right - my posts on here are *way* too serious in tone.

Er, hang on. They're not, are they? I see what you did there, you scamp: you misrepresented the situation in the vain hope that you wouldn't look such a half-wit. You nearly had me, too.

Not really. If you remember, this all started because you didn't actually know that the Orangemen are associated with Northern Ireland, not its southern neighbour - but didn't let that stop you from letting your guff spill out. Yet again.

How's that for serious, you rambling buffoon?

Martin

In reply to goatee: That's tragic. Don't you think the real morons are actually the ones who think there is a magic man in the sky who made the world in 6 days? Moronic, deluded, desperate, insecure...the list goes on.

In reply to Frank the Husky:


That seems a quite ridiculous amount of vitriol for a bunch of people who seem to be fairly harmless. Why on earth does it worry you so much?

In reply to Wiley Coyote: It worries me that people still use a magical being in the sky to justify all sorts of rubbish. Admittedly this is a minor example of the rubbish! People who believe in non existent beings and made up stories are not necessarily harmless.

In reply to Frank the Husky:

Yes as an atheist myself I do find religious faith a bit bewildering but down the years I've known a great many churchgoers and for the most part I have found them to be perfectly pleasant tolerant people. All in all I find militant secularists much more disturbing simply for their inability to just live and let live.

In reply to Wiley Coyote:

Those who preach tolerance are the most intolerant?

In reply to Skipinder:

Ironically, yes. I find that many people who consider themselves tolerant are actually very good at tolerating anything they agree with but seem to struggle with things they do not agree with.

In reply to Coel Hellier:

If I shag a sweet little catholic girlie with a condom on me knob underneath this cross, will I be struck down with a thunderbolt?

In reply to Wiley Coyote:

Life is a study in irony

In reply to Lusk:


I wouldn't hold your breath.

In reply to Skipinder:


But who's preaching tolerance on this thread? Most are either for or against or lost in their own little personal hang-ups, I don't see much tolerance. Do you think everything can be tolerated? Maybe at present in the world it's tolerating religious extremism that is the most dangerous?

It wasn't just a little cross, was it? It's a whopping great big one that says "Christianity rules, OK!" It's still a problem in Ireland, North and South and an important obstacle to unification of the whole country. Do you think everything should be tolerated?

In reply to Wiley Coyote:


While shagging few would be able to do this. Can you?

In reply to Bruce Hooker:


Of course I can. I mean it's only for five seconds, isn't it?

In reply to Lusk:

well the priests never got struck down after playing with their favourite alter boys so I think you should ok

In reply to Wiley Coyote:

you must be fit.

In reply to Bruce Hooker:


Conservation of energy, Bruce, conservation of energy

In reply to goatee:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/video-emerges-of-carrantuohill-cross-bei...

ha they even recorded themselves doing it

In reply to goose299:

Notice the "christian" replies to an atheist organisation.... loverly people!

"Atheist group Atheist Ireland condemned the act of vandalism, but did call for a non-religious replacement for the symbol.
In a statement this morning, the group said that they had received abuse since making the remarks.
"We have now been informed that we are going to burn in hell, are intolerant, pushing our views on everyone, seeking attention, gleeful, did not give the local people enough sympathy etc," the group wrote."

In reply to Bruce Hooker:

The atheists ought to declare a holy war on Christianity, if they're receiving that sort of abuse from them.

In reply to Clauso:

How can atheists start a holy war?

In reply to Clauso:

I suggested the local anarchists should, but they said don't tell us what to do.

In reply to Bruce Hooker:


How can theists?

In reply to Ste Brom:

You never learn, do you?... It's similar to that time when you tried to incite your local apathists, and they told you that they couldn't be arsed?

In reply to Clauso:

And when he tried to stir up the local nihilists but they wouldn't believe him...

In reply to maisie:

Having read his comments a few times, I can only conclude the man is thick as mince.

In reply to Cuthbert:

Well, in fairness to Bruce I would only tell him that to his face; I wouldn't say it behind his back. Not that he would care anyway.

I quite like mince, though.

Martin

In reply to maisie:

Me too. youtube.com/watch?v=jP9BtScBQaI&