I like this kind of protest. Using their own rules against them. But, you know admins are going to do something. r/PICS are keeping up the good work where others have folded and I salute them from the fediverse.
No, I am from Venezuela. It isn’t that level of common, but sometimes you see a biker decide the bottleneck is too much to go between and change to the sidewalk. There is also a few places where it is supposed to be people walking only but some will just get in there for no reason.
The worst offenders of this are the cops and military, because they usually aren’t on small displacement bikes but massive 1000cc Vstrom and KLRs.
Motor vehicles are already banned from the sidewalk by traffic rules. There is no sign here saying “No murder” either, doesn’t mean it’s allowed. My city also specifically bans bicycles off the sidewalk too, but since a bicycle is defined in the code as having at least two wheels, unicycles are NOT included. This is settled court precedent here after some clown challenged the ticket he got for riding one and won. Rollerblading and skateboarding is fine.
Unless this city has specific laws banning bicycles/rollerblading/skateboarding, this sign has no legal power except as an advisory by the property owner. Ironically, violating this sign will be judged as tresspassing, not a traffic infraction. You are on the property at the invitation of the owner under presumption of following their rules. No follow = no invitation = tresspassing :(
I was referring to the days when the Catholic Church kept the Bible in Latin and hunted down anyone who had a copy of it in a local language, burned their Bible, strangled them to death and then burned their dead body at the stake to intimidate the public. I was also referring to the fact that Catholic masses were conducted in Latin until the 1980's.
Yeah, they did a Behind the Bastards (I think?) that touched on that that I heard a while back. Just so transparent with it being about control of the word of God to dominate the masses.
I didn’t know they STRANGLED people though with that.
That's not why the Mass was and is celebrated in Latin, the history is much more complicated than that, as it usually is when discussing languages and culture.
No, it really isn't. They entire point was control. They claimed it wasn't.... but then again Russia claimed it wasn't at war, the Nazis claimed they were "curing" Germany, etc etc.
You can't trust a first party claim of reasoning without looking at it critically.
Ok....there's a lot to unpack there. I'm sorry you seem to have a dislike for the Catholics. I hope you will go further than wikipedia in your future research. Catholic Masses have always been celebrated in Latin and still are to this very day, along with thousands of other languages. Have a good Sunday.
I have a dislike for the church, not the laity (churchgoers). Regarding masses, I meant that masses were conducted exclusively in Latin until the 1980's - which makes those masses pointless for the laity, as Latin has been a dead language for centuries.
They’re not pointless for the laity at all. Latin is a beautiful language which a lot of traditional Catholics find more reverent than, for example, English.
I myself prefer a good reverent Novus Ordo mass to a Tridentine one, but if I understood Latin well I would likely prefer the Tridentine.
Church services are for religious education. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure why masses were conducted in Latin until the 1980’s - despite Latin having died out centuries ago.
At best, Latin masses are more about the traditions of man than religious education. At worst, Latin masses are for religious obfuscation, rather than religious education.
It’s impossible to be educated in a language you don’t speak.
It would be one thing if all Catholics were required to learn Latin in school, but they’re not. Since Catholics aren’t required by the RCC to learn Latin and the RCC never taught it, most Catholics never learn it. The ones who do learn it do so either to learn more about the roots of the English language or because they intend to enter a scientific field.
Latin is a beautiful language which a lot of traditional Catholics find more reverent than, for example, English.
Latin is also a dead language.
Most people - Catholics included - don’t speak Latin. It died out at least five centuries ago.
I myself prefer a good reverent Novus Ordo mass to a Tridentine one, but if I understood Latin well I would likely prefer the Tridentine.
You’re only proving my point. Latin masses don’t benefit you. They don’t benefit most people - Catholics included. They haven’t benefited most people for centuries.
I was interested in your point of view and theological discussion, as I am an ex-catholic of the roman inherited sect turned atheist, but seeing how you’re either unable of uncomfortable with answering my question, I’ll leave you alone…
Catholic means in communion with the Holy See. There are distinctions between different groups of Catholics within this but I wouldn’t say they matter a lot… I am personally a Roman Catholic, hi!
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