John Wojnowski, who stood on Masachusetts Avenue for years with a placard accusing the Vatican of covering up the rape of children. Like many formerly mocked as a crank, he now seems prescient and on-target - so on target that each time the papal nuncio to the US, Archbishop Pietro Sambi walks past him in his new protest point, Embassy Row, he lashes out. Here are the following alleged insults hurled by this prince of the church at a man who claims to have been sexually abused by a priest at the age of 15:"Prince of the church." When will they get over their fascination w/ feudalism?
"You are a loser. You are a loser with a camera. You are a total loser." (Sei un fallito. Sei un fallito come fotografo. Sei un fallito totale) March 19, 2010
"I do not speak with crazies" (No parlo con i pazzi, in response to Wojnowski's request in Italian for a brief chat with the Nuncio) May 3, 2009
"Imbecile. Cretin. I am ashamed of you, a gift to the enemies of the Church." (Deficiente cretino per mi vergogno di te, un dono hai nemici de la chiessa) March 21, 2009
"Cretin" (Cretino) Feb. 18, 2009
"Tool. Paid idiot." (Strumentallizzato. Idiota pagato.) Jan. 19, 2009
"Idiot" (Idiota) Jan. 10, 2009
"I am ashamed of you. You are a pig" (Mi vergogno di te. Sei un porco, Sambi's answer to Wojnowski's question: Excellency, are you ashamed to dress as a priest?) Dec. 28, 2008
"Imbecile. Cretin." (Imbecille. Cretino) Dec. 21, 2008
"Moron" (Deficiente). Nov. 20, 2008
"Perfect Moron" (Perfetto Deficiente) Nov. 1, 2008
"Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. You are a fetid pervert." (Schemo. Schemo. Schemo. Schemo. Sei un pervertito fetente.) Oct. 21, 2008
"Crazy. Crazy. Moron," (Pazzo. Pazzo. Deficiente). Oct. 15, 2008
"I am not for sale, like you are" (Spoken in English) Sept. 5, 2008
"Paid Imbecile." (Pagato imbecile) Aug. 31, 2008
"You are paid. You have no dignity" (Ti hanno pagato. No hai dignita) Aug. 17, 2008
"So there, idiot. A paid idiot (Ecco Idiota, un idiota pagato) Aug. 16, 2008
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Gawd of Love
The Daily Dish offers a selection of insults from a Vatican diplomat to
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You would think Italian would lend itself to more colorful and inventive insults. every other bad word is 'cretin'.
I give him D+. He avoids and F because of his admirable persistence.
"Paid Imbecile."
Just how does someone get paid for calling out the Catholic Church on a street corner? I mean, the weather's nice now...
Editing Editor Adds:
Cretin (pronounced Limey-stylee, of course) is like almost our favorite word. Partly because of the etymology. We dig the last take:
The most common derivation provided in English dictionaries is from the Alpine French dialect pronunciation of the word Chrétien ("(a) Christian"), which was a greeting there. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the translation of the French term into "human creature" implies that the label "Christian" is a reminder of the humanity of the afflicted, in contrast to brute beasts. Other sources suggest that Christian describes the person's "Christ-like" inability to sin, stemming, in such cases, from an incapacity to distinguish right from wrong.
Oh, the irony.
Another Soros deal? (We gotta get that guy's number.)
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