Set Your Recorders For....

[Ken4155]

'The Magdalene Sisters', BBC2 11:50 pm. Whilst it is not based on a singke true story, it is said to accurately portray events which were commonplace in such institutions. For those who haven't seen it yet, it is a quite shocking film - the biggest shock, imho, coming in the end credits.

[Peter Pedant]

// .it is one of the richest too.
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oops no sorry - asset rich perhaps - and the usual argument follows ( why dont they sell everything etc etc )

[gness]

Our own experiences may differ, Tambo.......but the feelings I have now towards the Catholic Church are not based on my experiences......I was strong enough to dismiss those many years ago.

The abuse, brutality, cover ups, lies and pure evil of many of those preaching that faith are well publicised and those I can never dismiss.

[Ric.ror]

I have to agree with Tamborine
I (probably) would not be here were it not for nuns and I adored the ones who taught me - but no one is going to make a film about that now are they

[gness]

Morning, Peter.....asset rich for sure....not perhaps.......cash rich and income rich too........It's rich, Peter....on the backs of the poor.

[tamborine]

Every apple tree throws some rotters, best discarded than cut down the tree

[jakep]

I was 'punished' by a nun in my Catholic primary school.
It would now be called sexual abuse.
For this and other memories, I too now despise the RC church.

[Svejk]

^Agreed.
And of course, all other unmarried mothers got a free flat and a dedicated social worker in the 1950's.

[Svejk]

Sorry, I was agreeing with RicRor there.
I don't think corporal punishment was confined to Catholic schools, then, either.

[CrapAtCryptics]

How could anyone ever put a member of their family into a place like that - unless they were better off there away from the people who abused them at home.

[gness]

Oh you didn't have to be abused at home, CatC.......you could be sent there for being seen holding hands with a lad who wasn't a Catholic for instance..... maybe for becoming pregnant out of marriage......the church could find many reasons to send a girl to provide cheap labour for the nuns.

[Ric.ror]

Svejk - how dare you - if you are referring to me I WAS NOT born in the 50's

;-))

Actually in my case my relative was born out of wedlock in the 1920's - the nuns stood by the mother then and supported her throughout her pregnancy. But as I say - stories like hers aren't interesting enough to be made into films

[tamborine]

My state school in Liverpool were cruel & racist as we lived in army transit nissan huts. Constant bullying from civvy kids was our lot. Ignorant lot werent aware our fathers were serving the country. Do I hate all Liverpudlians, ofcourse not.

[Svejk]

Gness, how come, considering Catholics don't behead, stone or throw people off tall buildings, you always rush to support Islam?

[gness]

Ric....it's not for interest that The Magdalene Sisters was made......if you listen now to the voices of women who were in those places it's something that needs to be told...... to deliver a baby...never see it.....never know whether it lived or was buried in a hole in the convent grounds....that is wrong.

Many experience bullying in childhood, Tambo.......to be beaten by nuns....have your hair shorn.....worked til you dropped or to be raped by a priest....now that is different.

[gness]

Where the hell have I done that......you have made a very big mistake posting that and I challenge you to prove it!

[Ric.ror]

I think the thing about Islam is that - like the Catholic church - the vast majority are normal individuals - its the very small minority that cause the problems

[Svejk]

Don't be such a drama queen, For Funks Sake.
I often see you defending the majority of peaceful muslims, yada, yada.

[gness]

Find a post where I defend Muslims, Svejk.

For the record I despise Islam as much as I despise Catholicism and I hold "peaceful" Muslims as responsible for evil as I do "peaceful" Catholics as any of the Catholics in my family would confirm.

And for the record I consider Svejk a complete numpty.

[Ric.ror]

I often see you defending the majority of peaceful muslims, yada, yada.

I think that is because the majority of muslims ARE peaceful, yada yada

;-))

[Svejk]

I do apologise. I must have mixed you up with another liberal apologist for Islam.
Numpty. Lol.