The laziness of the people ??I for one am tired of hearing the Pope’s attack on wealth generation and accumulation. People earn wealth to take care of their families and provide for themselves in retirement. People want to live in comfort.
What the Pope needs to address instead are those who prefer to live off the work of others. Women who have baby, after baby with no marriage and no husband, preferring to live off the money the government gives them.
Why is there no focus on WORK and taking care of yourself? I never hear the Pope address the laziness of people. Look at Greece, his own country Argentina, Italy where he lives now, where people rather take government assistance than work.
Why is nothing said about this? I see the Catholic bishops support the illegal immigrants but why doesn’t he condemn the countries like Mexico who are corrupt and fail to provide for their own citizens?
Seems like the Pope is misdirected in his attacks.
Have to avoid our friendly neighborhood gun shop that is! I’ve been noticing all the military vehicles frequent around there, and oh yes the gangs! Forgot too they’re responsible for all the murders here in this state. Good old Brownings museum here too should be avoided as they certainly had a hand to all of this including wars! Sure hope Congress shuts the 2nd Amendment down too. Hate people that have guns, and so glad that Pope Francis warned us about this. It’s much more dangerous than abortion, ISIS murders, and immorality in general.Maybe you are not familiar with documentation with regards to the complicity of arms dealers in the commission of war crimes. Human Rights Watch has looked into it.
Here is a good read.
But you are right, I don’t know of any weapons merchants that have been convicted of crimes. But that doesn’t mean they are not guilty. It seems that the justice system favors the rich and powerful.
In most every case of modern war, one of the parties to the war is NOT a civilized nation. Nazi Germany, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Imperial Japan, etc. are/were not civilized nations. If one nation is using rape, killing of civilians, killing prisoners, beheading people, killing because of religious beliefs, etc. then they should be attacked with the same brutality. The only thing brutal, tribal, barbarian understand and submit to is brutal unrestricted warfare.In war, there are standards of behavior to which civilized nations should adhere, even when fighting barbarians. If rape, torture and mutilation of 1000 civilians shortens a war, is it moral for a commander to order it?
Look at Greece as an example of what is happening with countries who have taken a Socialist direction. They are crumbling. People not working. People claiming disability without having a disability. People not paying taxes and living off government handouts for generation upon generation.The laziness of the people ??
Who do you think you are to state that we do not work?
Describe in detail what goes on,what the Church has promoted in the countries you cited,describe in detail how we sunbathe while you toil , and explain exactly how we get assistance while playing golf swimming in abundance or back off.
I take you have no clue of how aggressively our Pope has struggled against corruption. Read,listen,learn.As you said.
You are using civilized in a very peculiar way. What was so remarkable about Nazi Germany was that it was so civilized. Brutal, yes, but in a very legal and civilized way. One might say it is uncivilized to launch a war of aggression or to commit genocide but that is not the usual meaning of the word.In most every case of modern war, one of the parties to the war is NOT a civilized nation. Nazi Germany, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Imperial Japan, etc. are/were not civilized nations. If one nation is using rape, killing of civilians, killing prisoners, beheading people, killing because of religious beliefs, etc. then they should be attacked with the same brutality. The only thing brutal, tribal, barbarian understand and submit to is brutal unrestricted warfare.
Gossip, I don’t think so. Read the article. Perhaps you should take your own advice on “basic reading comprehension”.What you are quoting is gossip. Quote what Pope Francis actually said to be credible.
Basic reading comprehension.
My understanding is that the profitability depends on the type of weapon. Handgun/rifle makers are small fry; essentially a commodity. So the Colts of the world should be left out of it.Wasn’t the pope talking about greed, not profit?
Profit at the expense of the poor. Profit at the expense of unnecessary violence and killing. Indifference due to profit-seeking. etc
Do people profit off of war? Do people want more war to sell more products?
Colt recently filed for bankruptcy, proof positive that the arms business is not exactly a high profit margin business. So the Colts of the world should be left out of it.
First of all, Japan was willing to surrender. Secondly, if the Allies accepted the surrender conditions of Japan on January 20, 1945, many more lives would have been saved.Japan was not willing to surrender even with the second atom bomb dropped if it weren’t for the intercession of the Emperor. A land invasion would cost more in lives lost, both for the Allies and the Japanese. .
There were more than two choices. There was a third choice to negotiate a surrender on the terms offered by Japan on January 20, 1945.So you have two choices, the atom bomb or a land invasion.
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No, they did send an envoy to the USSR to discuss matters, but even then it only had support Prince Konoe and one of the members of the “Team of 6” Ruling CouncilFirst of all, Japan was willing to surrender. .
I consider the Joint Proclamation a rehash of the Declaration at the Cairo Conference. As for the Government, it does not attach any important value to it at all. The only thing to do is just kill it with silence (mokusatsu). We will do nothing but press on to the bitter end to bring about a successful completion of the war
Two days before President Roosevelt left for the Yalta conference with Churchill and Stalin in early February 1945, he was shown a forty-page memorandum drafted by General MacArthur outlining a Japanese offer for surrender almost identical with the terms subsequently concluded by his successor, President Truman. - See more at: historynewsnetwork.org/article/129964#sthash.aWTTSxBd.dpufNo, they did send an envoy to the USSR to discuss matters, but even then it only had support Prince Konoe and one of the members of the “Team of 6” Ruling Council
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan#Supreme_Council_for_the_Direction_of_the_War
The Allies specifically called only for the unconditional surrender of the military, namely all armed forces personnel. This was diplomatic wording designed to exclude Hirohito and the civilian government.
When this became public ( via dropped leaflets) the Prime Minster announced to the public
Yes, I am aware, that came from the Japanese ambassador at the request of Prince Konoe, but without the support of the Japanese Government.Two days before President Roosevelt left for the Yalta conference with Churchill and Stalin in early February 1945, he was shown a forty-page memorandum drafted by General MacArthur outlining a Japanese offer for surrender almost identical with the terms subsequently concluded by his successor, President Truman. - See more at: historynewsnetwork.org/article/129964#sthash.aWTTSxBd.dpuf
Here are his words. I apologize if some articles were not translated,or not translated properly.Gossip, I don’t think so. Read the article. Perhaps you should take your own advice on “basic reading comprehension”.
I quoted verbatim from the BBC. You aren’t going to get more credible than the BBC as a general news source. How would I quote the Pope directly? If you had read the article you would notice the Vatican didn’t release an official statement!
The BBC has a source in the guard and they also obtained information from the L’Osservatore Romano.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=m5WqTOOHEvMWhy is there no focus on WORK and taking care of yourself? I never hear the Pope
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Start a company with what capital? Banks going to give a business loan with no collateral? To a person who doesn’t have a pot to pee in?Then you do want so many others have done over the years. You start your own company, create something people need be it a service or a product.
Sitting around waiting for a job is not always going to be productive.
As has been said, “Jesus helps those who help themselves.”
The entire country and its population was involved in the war effort. There really was not real civilian population in Japan. Everything was a military target.Because in Japan the USA dropped the bomb on the areas which had great numbers of civilians, not troops or military targets. When U.S. military forces dropped atomic bombs on Japanese civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 275,000 men, women, and children were killed. About 95% of the people killed by the blast were civilians. The lucky children in Hiroshima were those who died immediately at the time of the blast, while the unlucky children were the survivors who developed horrible radiation sickness and died in terrible agony and suffering a while later.
Capital can be raised through human effort. In other words, hard work, results in receiving capital, capital can then be used to build a business.Start a company with what capital? Banks going to give a business loan with no collateral? To a person who doesn’t have a pot to pee in?
In the “old days” one could start a business on a shoestring, for instance start feeding people in your house.Try that now with all the regualations and libability concerns.
Its not impossible, but a lot harder to do these days.