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Third World UK???
It seems if you don't subscribe to a set of religious fairy tales. Preferably Catholicsim, you are third world?
http://news.sky.com/s...s_Britain_Third_World
Personally I believe it's the other way round? Is agressive atheism a bad thing? Is His eminence out of line here?
http://news.sky.com/s...s_Britain_Third_World
Personally I believe it's the other way round? Is agressive atheism a bad thing? Is His eminence out of line here?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Living as I do in the West Midlands / Birmingham there are times when I think I am living in a third world country.
Drive throught Small Heath or Sparkhill and you may thing you have landed in Iraq or Pakistan.
Unfortunately uncontrolled, unmanaged immigration (by both parties but mainly Labour recently) have allowed unskilled, uneducated non-english speaking people to come here and live off the country while contributing almost nothing.
This guy is right, parts of this country have been dragged down to third world levels.
Drive throught Small Heath or Sparkhill and you may thing you have landed in Iraq or Pakistan.
Unfortunately uncontrolled, unmanaged immigration (by both parties but mainly Labour recently) have allowed unskilled, uneducated non-english speaking people to come here and live off the country while contributing almost nothing.
This guy is right, parts of this country have been dragged down to third world levels.
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Perhaps he meant the level of national debt.
Or the level of illiteracy.
Or the level of government corruption.
Or the level of childhood pregnancies and prostitution.
Or the level of S.TDs being at an almost pandemic state.
Or the level of waste and litter in the streets.
Or the state of the roads.
In the end he chickened out.
I agree with the first respondent, agressive anything is a bad thing, you believe in something I don't, I believe in something you don't.
Get over it.
Or the level of illiteracy.
Or the level of government corruption.
Or the level of childhood pregnancies and prostitution.
Or the level of S.TDs being at an almost pandemic state.
Or the level of waste and litter in the streets.
Or the state of the roads.
In the end he chickened out.
I agree with the first respondent, agressive anything is a bad thing, you believe in something I don't, I believe in something you don't.
Get over it.
The leaders of the Catholic Church have historically always seen criticism of their institution and faith as being aggressive. In fact, they have quite an interesting history in torturing and murdering people who have the temerity to disagree with their theology.
I actually find it quite refreshing that such a leading member of the Catholic Church has tacitly agreed that an increasing number of the British public are forsaking religion and starting to think for themselves rather than slavishly following religious dogma.
I actually find it quite refreshing that such a leading member of the Catholic Church has tacitly agreed that an increasing number of the British public are forsaking religion and starting to think for themselves rather than slavishly following religious dogma.
maybe, anneasquith, but it's hard to say. I don't really know what he means by 'third world' but it isn't self-evident that it means 'unchristian': many poor nations in Africa or Latin America, for instance, are strongly Christian, if not necessarily Roman Catholic. (One of the world's biggest cathedrals is in Ivory Coast.) But what he said (presumably in German) was "when you land at Heathrow you think at times you have landed in a Third World country"
I think the man must have a very distorted world-view if he honestly thinks that the UK is akin to a third-world nation. Once you have witnessed first-hand the squalor and deprivation of a true third-world country, you really do appreciate what you've got. Britain, for all its faults and annoyances, is as close to a third-world country as a burger van is to a Michelin starred restaurant.
Maybe Cardinal Kasper's world-view is so blinkered that he is comparing the UK with the finery of Vatican City. Who knows? The fact remains that Kasper's comments demonstrate just how out of touch certain members of the world's largest faith truly are.
His comments also show how careful a powerful and influential person has to be when making public statements in order that you don't insult an entire nation and make yourself look like a complete cretin.
Maybe Cardinal Kasper's world-view is so blinkered that he is comparing the UK with the finery of Vatican City. Who knows? The fact remains that Kasper's comments demonstrate just how out of touch certain members of the world's largest faith truly are.
His comments also show how careful a powerful and influential person has to be when making public statements in order that you don't insult an entire nation and make yourself look like a complete cretin.
Fancy being rude about Heathrow! From the quote it seems that he thought at times that he was in Bangladesh or Pakistan,which are both Moslem countries and seen as of the Third World,. Heathrow is largely staffed by such Moslems. The Pope himself is no fan of Islam.He's spoken out against Turkey joining the EU because it is Moslem country and he thinks its inclusion would upset the balance of our European (read 'Christian') culture. Must have been a shock to the Cardinal to see so many Moslems already here.