Things a man of the cloth might say when provoked by a mob of unruly teens:
a) 'Oh, I say. Do give it a rest'
b) 'I wish for you to depart this house of god immediately. And please be taking those modern-looking modes of wheel transport with you'
c) 'Your taunting fills me with unbridled rage, though I draw strength and comfort from my solid relationship with Mr. Jesus'
d) 'Unsubscribe'.
Things Monsignor Geoff Baron actually said when provoked by a mob of unruly teens:
a) 'Get off the property you fucking cunts'
b) 'Get back to where you come from you fool. You don't belong in Australia'
c) 'Little foreigner there, look at the sleepy eyes, black hair, sleepy eyes'
Things Monsignor Geoff Baron has said since aforementioned incident which pretty much makes being a racist man of the church okay:
a) 'They were laughing and carrying on, which made me even worse'
b) 'I have the impression that that particular gang of skateboarders, they take a particular delight and joy in reducing people to grovelling measures as I was, that's their goal, that's their aim, so I don't think I owe them an apology as such, I apologise to all who were scandalised by my behaviour'
c) 'All they were doing was provoking me'
d)'It might be linked up in some way that so many priests are considered to be pedophiles and here I was being called one'*
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There. I don't know what all the fuss is about, do you?
106 days til the next election.
*this one is my favourite. Next time someone suggests I may be a child molester I'm going to fire back a few outrageously racist zingers. IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE GOD-BOTHERERS IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR HEATHENS LIKE ME.
He's a fool and a racist moron. They're a pack of little shits that could use a dose of national service. It's a case of the pricks abusing the turds here.
ReplyDelete"reduced to grovelling measures"?
ReplyDeleteWas that when he called them c-nts or accused them of "having black hair"?
Must remember to incorporate more racist epithets and use of the word "c-nt" into my next wage negotiation.
So...
ReplyDeleteyou don't like religious people?
Hi Fitzy.
ReplyDeleteThis is a little bit of a tirade, but this fucker tweaked something in me (even if those little shits deserved a serve)when i saw it last night and i couldnt resist...
I cant for the life of me understand why there is such a strong mistrust of the church these days what with all the fiddling and swearing.I think im gonna sign up.
But really..
When you look at this "modern" world we live in and all the social and political hang-ups and problems there are,(from blowing up people to not shagging on a first date),how many of them stem from religious fools and their fucked principles and ideals?
Im still yet to find anything redeeming about any organised religion,as far as i can gather it is just the spreading of a diseased and spiritually stunted way of living.If i was looking for healing of the spirit i would not go anywere near a church.
Any organisation that controls through fear and consequence can get fucked as far as im concerned ..
Besides...Pretty much all the fun things to do in the world are on their list of no-no's..
Fuck that!
anon - what's to like about religious people? for all the 'love thy neighbour' stuff he's supposed to espouse, this guy obviously doesn't give a rats arse about people either. at least, not if they are 'foreigners'.
ReplyDeleteC'mon Fitsy,cut him some slack - although he acted appallingly, he has undone decades of community service through a single temper tantrum. These little pricks were baiting him to get a result on video, and unfortunately he was stupid enough to buy into it. Right now these little bastards are laughing about it, but they've effectively conspired to ruin his life.
ReplyDeleteI'm not excusing his language by any means - but why have these arseholes gotten off so easily? If they called me a paedophile I'd fucking kill them. They wont be the ones that have to live with this for the rest of their lives - unless, of course, they mature and grow a conscience, and realise they have destroyed a man who had dedicated his life to helping others. Maybe then they'll have lifelong regrets like this poor bugger. Honestly, I dont feel anything except sadness for this situation.
Let’s define roles here
ReplyDeleteMosignors=abuse the parish
Youth of today=abuse the parish
They are both right or maybe the kiddies are getting one back for there comrades.
On the other hand St Pats is a beautiful church that requires defending. I’m with the Melbourne building.
Or was it torment old people day,if it was I missed it, dam
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Why would a priest respond with anything but anger and mistrust toward people from the middle east?
ReplyDeleteNo one from there has ever had anything to say of any relevance to a priest in the catholic church, surely?
He was just relieved of his position and responsibilities as Dean.
ReplyDeleteTurn the other cheek, indeed, Monsignor.
Watching the vid, the kidz (skateboarders = spell it with a 'z') didn't seem THAT offensive. A couple were pretty obnoxious but a couple seemed to genuinely indicate they were leaving and seemed genuinely (and understandably) taken aback by the ferocity of the guy's reaction.
ReplyDeleteA million kidz have trespassed to find a good place for a railslide or ollie or whatever (note that use of names of skater moves = MAJOR credibility, thankyou v much), and most of them don't descend into a life of murderous criminality.
If they were seriously animalistic kidz, they would have probably beaten the shit out of him - he was nothing if not provocative; in the circumstances I thought they showed reasonable restraint.
Fine, get pissed off at kidz skating on your property, but - hey - that's what kidz DO. To respond with a semi-violent, racist, homophobic and cringingly puerile ("how’s your arsehole so sore from being fucked by these cunts") tirade is pathetic.
Ah, alas poor Donkey. You fail to see the matter clearly. This is a man who has committed his life to helping others 'through jesus'. Therin lies the clause, the fine print if you will.
ReplyDeleteAlthough these statements do seem to reflect his general disrespect and intolerance towards people, they arguably could have been excused if he had of had the integrity to actually make a legitimate apology.
Aren't there whole passages about this sort of thing in that depressingly boring book all these religious types seem to rave about? 'You have to admit your sins before God will forgive you' or something like that? I am paraphrasing but I think that's the gist of it.
It would seem to me that people are a whole lot more accepting of these disgusting outbursts than the the G-meister.
But then, maybe this is just like the Da Vinci Code, a book that everyone seems to rave about despite never having read.
Can we - leading question perhaps, but I'm curious - can we at least agree that both sides on this issue acted like well, complete knobs?
ReplyDelete...it's interesting then that we naturally revert to pointing the finger at Monsignor Whosit. Do we expect better of him? Or just expect no better of the skate punks.
"Curious..."
I'm reminded of Michael-whassisface, 'Kramer' for Seinfeld; when he had his meltdown... did he say that racist crap because (a) he believed it? Or because (b) it was the quickest thing that came to mind to piss off the people who were pissing him off so badly?
Or (c) any or all of the above? If I call Howard a 'doddering old cunt', is it because I believe he's actually senile? Clearly he's not - there's a pretty sharp mind in there still (compare and contrast the much young Alexander Downer re: IQ points, for example). But it's a useful shorthand for someone whose usefulness is rapidly passing.
...when does a bunch of skaters scaring an single old man become 'terrorism'? Isn't 'scaring the weak minded' part of the very definition?
Funny that you seem to be giving the kids such a free pass, FitsWa...
(all above said noting the priest was very, very dumb in the choice of words used. Really, what did he think he was going to achieve?!)
Oh Dear. Catholic Priest resorts to unacceptable abuse and racist slurs when taunted by camera wielding ratbag kids. Who'd have thought?
ReplyDeleteLet's not mince words here. There are good religious people who care for the needy and unfortunate and there are bad religious people who bomb innocents and each other. But all religious people are ignorant, superstitious and not just lacking in mental rigour but downright mentally deficient.
I feel for the Priest because as already mentioned he will regret this and pay for this for the rest of his days. Sure, he chose to put his mental deficiency, prejudice and irrationality on display for all to see on the videotape, but really, do we expect a guy like this to be impervious to the taunting of a gang of kids?
So a good religious guy has been publicly derided and humiliated after being set up by these kids. Hoo fucking ray!
(Don't get me started on the bad religious people... If it were up to me I'd put all the warmongering "my imaginary friend's better than yours" types into the desert with clubs and let them sort it out in a cloud of dust and red mist)
Forgetting for a moment the 'OMG Father - harborer of lost souls, etc - How Could You?' aspect, the old fucker was digging for the most hurtful shit he could throw at the sk8r punkz whether that be referencing sodomy or race.
ReplyDeleteThey actually physically assault him in the video before he really starts with the vilification.
I'd have liked to have seen him go into the church, get his staff/crook/stick thing and give them a fine bible-endorsed thrashing. Little cunts.
Anon at 8:25 - nicely put. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIf he can show evidence he regularly uses the word "cunt" in his sermons, I will forgive him.
ReplyDeleteword verification: amehvos: the sound of a priest concluding a prayer only to suddenly be strangled by a skaterboarder.
A moral test. Fifty bucks that she (I wish I was a pronoun. Oh it is. Isn’t it? Yes it is.) advertises like the creative sell out that she is. We all know she needs the money. (I don't know why I wrote that as we do not know, but it just kind of ...... flowed.) So many of her young fans will cry themselves to sleep asking “why?”. Bob Dylan electric guitar, etc. God I sound like Mikeed.
ReplyDeleteOh, and ....
All religion must die.
All religion will die.
Imagine.
etc.
I have a mental connection between Yul Brynner (OMG I googled The King and I) playing the bald King out of the old "The King and I" movie, when he says “etcetera, etcetera” while dictating in what is meant to be an Asian accent but sounds more eastern European. It has cursed my life. Anyone else?
word verification CZBBGFKS ..... nothing comes to mind immediately... Something Jewish? er... someone called CZBBG can be relied upon to have loose morals?
The kids aren't exactly innocent in all this either, mind you. The dean may have responded with venom and racism, but the boys involved were equally homophobic in their taunts. Fuck 'em all.
ReplyDeleteDisgraced cleric now states 'I wish I could walk around in sackcloth and ashes to show I'm sorry...'
ReplyDeleteSo, what's stopping him? it would be a salutary experience for all involved.
Let's not mince words, he is not sorry about what he said, only that the incident was filmed... and was uploaded to youtube... and the media at large got a hold of it. Anyway, why should he give a shite about what all of us sinners think, the only one I imagine he is answering to is the big guy. I wonder if he gets good broadband up there?
ReplyDeleteAnon 3.35...
ReplyDeleteI think the language you're looking for is Yiddish. Or Hebrew. "Jewish" refers to the religion.
I'm no fan of organised religion, but the saying 'let they who are without sin cast the first stone' would seem to be applicable here.
ReplyDeleteIsn't this a pointless bit of news, an old man who can't get rid of a pack of pityless gobshites who are intent on taking the piss.
ReplyDeleteShock and horror he's a Catholic priest with no manners and poor interpersonal skills, oh and the gobshites are more cunning than him too.