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Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #457987] Mon, 17 October 2011 03:26 Go to next message
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Possibly.

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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #457989 is a reply to message #457987] Mon, 17 October 2011 07:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yes, I have been shocked but not surprised.

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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #457991 is a reply to message #457987] Mon, 17 October 2011 07:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Not even shocked.

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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #457992 is a reply to message #457987] Mon, 17 October 2011 08:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Doesn't surprise me at all.

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Caveman wrote on Fri, 21 January 2011 08:26

Well this topic is still going on. I have to say I haven't watched much Anime recently (maybe a year or so) the last thing I saw was GITS (for the third time)

Im not too sure whether I just dont enjoy Anime anymore or whether its just I dont have time really to shit and watch it.






Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #457994 is a reply to message #457987] Mon, 17 October 2011 08:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm not surprised, but I am shocked. So yes, I guess it is possible.

How dare they assume that control without being properly empowered to do so?! That's abhorent!

The individuals involved are to blame, but I wonder if that blame extends to the Church, too?



Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #457996 is a reply to message #457994] Mon, 17 October 2011 08:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You generally use one or the other, your surprised if something was a little unexpected, shocked if something was very unexpected.

Edit: Just saw the link, what the...

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not surprised at all, shity stuf like this hapend every days all acros the globe, though it is amazing that a single network of this moters fucker had been operative for so long, so may be the church have some implications in this and not just a couple of priest and nuns.
Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #458009 is a reply to message #457987] Mon, 17 October 2011 16:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The funny thing is that somewhere, someone in the catholic church will defend this by citing something in the bible somewhere, and then everyone else will back them.

also, doesn't surprise me at all


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GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Mon, 17 October 2011 17:10

The funny thing is that somewhere, someone in the catholic church will defend this by citing something in the bible somewhere, and then everyone else will back them.

also, doesn't surprise me at all

However it shocks you I take it? Otherwise the statement you made is rather off topic.


I don't really think so, beings in order to be surprised you can't really have known about it, and if you always knew about it I'd have a hard time believing that you were shocked by it on a daily basses, but never felt any surprise that it was happening.

I mean, being shocked about information is a rather short term effect until you get used to it, and if it was enough to shock you I'd think you'd be surprised... otherwise it wouldn't be that shocking.


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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #458525 is a reply to message #457987] Wed, 26 October 2011 23:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I love how spoony always has to make a post of anything related to religion Very Happy
Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #458536 is a reply to message #457987] Thu, 27 October 2011 05:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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and i love how every time i point to an organisation that does horrifically bad things, you act like i'm the one who's behaving abnormally by saying so

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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #458542 is a reply to message #457987] Thu, 27 October 2011 05:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That's probably the worst part of any large group that believes in something (Whether it be God, Jesus, Super Jesus, a global conspiracy, xenu, or whatever stupid bullshit people come up with). They almost always seem legitimately surprised when someone disagrees- thus they react as if you're saying "Uh, sex doesn't make babies. They come from storks".

And if not surprised, they instantly reject what you have to say (regardless of how much they let you talk to make themselves feel nice), usually tagging you in their mind as some negative group associated with their belief (that can often be lumped in with any other negative group as "them" or "they"). See: Westboro Baptist Church for an example.


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btw blueyez

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Spoony wrote on Thu, 27 October 2011 09:07

you'll notice i've generally left Sikhs and Quakers alone, for example; why do you think that might be?


You're a sikher?

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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #458617 is a reply to message #457987] Fri, 28 October 2011 02:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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lol @ the multifaith gathering

the pope's such a dishonest little turd


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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #458675 is a reply to message #457987] Fri, 28 October 2011 20:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I respect ya spoony, but damn lol
Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #458693 is a reply to message #457987] Sat, 29 October 2011 04:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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yeah, i figured it probably stumped you the first time, that's why you pretended you didn't read it.

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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #458780 is a reply to message #457987] Sun, 30 October 2011 11:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcUP4pMaBj0

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Why is not not surprising that Catholics participate in human trafficking?

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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #459062 is a reply to message #457987] Mon, 07 November 2011 04:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Lol, spoony.

I don't believe in god and i dislike the church myself, but what's with the hatred against religion? Sure, they abuse power and some do bad... but it's not like all non-religious folks are clean of such horrific acts.

Religion can be great as long as one keeps it to himself and doesn't turn you into a narrow-minded prick. Even though it tends to do that.

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Re: Is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? [message #459068 is a reply to message #457987] Mon, 07 November 2011 08:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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tell me taz - if this thread was about Coca-Cola and some of the horrific things they've been caught doing, would you be replying to ask me what's my hatred of soft drinks all about?

the topic's about a specific organisation that's been kidnapping children from their parents and selling them, and using forged documents to cover it up etc. doing this for decades to thousands and thousands of children. if this was the only bad thing we knew about the catholic church (and let's not mince words, it isn't even the worst thing we know about them) it would put the organisation in the bad books of anyone of normal moral sensibilities. you see this and your only comment is to ask spoony why he hates religion? please don't let this be your only reaction. have more self-respect than that.


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@ Taz

I am not sure how him pointing out that the Catholic church did these horrible adoption-schemes (that emotionally destroyed the lives of so many people) amounts to him having a "hatred against religion."

And you ignore the crime by making it into a "how-many-skeletons-you-got-in-your-closet" contest between religious vs non-religious folks.


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I'm just curious why you're always lashing out on religion, but rarely see you do the same on anything else.

It just strikes me as odd. Perhaps a little fanatical?

But don't think for a second i'm approving (if true) what the church did. I know my fair share of evil from them through personal experiences.
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Have you ever seen me "lash out" at - let's pick a couple of examples - Sikhs or Quakers? Can you find a single post where I rant about those?

Isn't the problem more likely to be the fact that the Catholic Church keeps getting caught doing horrifically bad things? Kidnapping children from their parents and then selling them? Then a guy like me makes a civilised post about it on a forum, and that's 'fanatical'.

You even say you know first-hand how badly this organisation behaves. Why, then, do you think I'm the one with the explaining to do?


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Don't tell me some of you are basing religion off of a lie they told themselves "oh god told me to steal and sell children to raise money for the church!" nonsense...

You can't base the actions of an individual sects against a religious group as a whole.

Faulty generalization.


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