George Floyd

[Paigntonian]

Saw murals depicting him with angels' wings and a saintly halo. Good grief.

[Spungle]

George who?

[bluemoon1]

Black lives matter, unless you happen to be black amongst a bunch of blacks and accidently get shot in the head by a gang of blacks who mistake you for a black they want dead.

[Peter Pedant]

gawd love us all ! Aryan Bank in full flow - I wondered where it had gone

Images are images - No one objects to St Teresa floating ( she levitated in ecstasy apparently ) (*) - Or St Mary - the mother of jesus you godless people ! - shown in heavenly blue.

and I can think of better ways to go than being knelt on by a p'liceman

[Peter Pedant]

(*) she pleaded and prayed for the angels to put her down - because at that time (1580s ) the divine intervention of miracles ( like floating ) was thought to iinterfere with prayer and practice and not enhance it.

amazing what one learns on Ab at night

[archibaldy]

I am imagining said murals and I can envisage in my minds eye how these would be affecting you.

[johnk]

Ridiculous representation but he's now a martyr to the black community and the policeman was in the wrong. Don't be black in the USA

[Fatalbertfixer]

Dont be a pregnant woman when armed thugs want to rob you,dont be an armed robber,dont pass forged money,dont do dugs either

[youngmafbog]

why not Fatalbertfixer, seems that is the way to hero worship these days.

[andy-hughes]

johnk - //
Ridiculous representation but he's now a martyr to the black community and the policeman was in the wrong. //

I think you'll find the policeman was always in the wrong.

That is not affected by an image of the late Mr Floyd.

[burlyshirley]

He died a year ago today, as they keep reminding me on the radio, they even had a friend of his on saying how much he missed him and indicating what a good guy he was in hushed, sombre tones !! Give me strength ...

[Everhelpful]

Andy,do you not tire of speaking down to people,you come across as so arrogant.

[naomi24]

Just waiting for the pope to canonise him.

[Peter Pedant]

// I think you'll find the policeman was always in the wrong.//

write out - I must not kneel on a persons neck and kill them" a hundred times

[Peter Pedant]

// Just waiting for the pope to canonise him.//
ne retiens ton souffle
that is 'dont hold your breath' in forrin

shortest route to canonisation - probably Thomas a becket and it has got a lot longer over the last 1000 y. Longest - Jeanne d'Arc probably

and - - the great saint maker ( more than all his predecessors - but more people are alive now than ever) John Paul II is on the road himself - dead and being canonised that is!

and the lucky fellow - really has to be catholic

[an open mouthed, window licker outside Windsor asked the Dean of Windsor who was on Dead Di watch - Sep 1997. "WAS she a saint?". The rt rev gentleman unused to dealing with mourning proles explained testily that the Anglican Church has not made saints for around 500y. Time to start I thought the lass wd say.]

Taking Ab VERY seriously today - - - for a change

[Peter Pedant]

// Just waiting for the pope to canonise him.// still waiting.
I am a bad puppy and should not go to bed for a little rest....

it is carried on in a totally fair way by the now 'congregation for causes'. Miracles are still required ( somewhere ) [Jesus the opportunities to 'foo' on this subject are endless ]

well anyway reader - a divine is appointed - a papal jobby no one wants, is to argue against the cause ( for canonisation silly) Even tho the holy fellow wishes to make the dead person ( you have to be dead) a saint along with the rest of Christendom. Sic, advocatus diaboli - the devils advocate. ( there must be someone out there who can foo on the word 'Sic' ) [ "being devils advocate must make a man, sick" not gormless enough - too long as in too many words]

Here - the Devils advocate
But what would he say in the cause of canonisation of George Floyd, (Beatus vir nigerrimus....inter servos mundi et Domini...)
They all speak Latin I imagine ? All ask

and what would the devils advocatte say ?
inquit: (oratio obliqua)
"se iacuisse sub curru..."

- english - he threw himself under the car
but hey readers I have done it in oratio obliquea - ( substitute accusative and infinitive)

he said : to have thrown himself himself under a chariot

(that wd be the argument against canonisation )
I am a truly bad puppy.

[yeah foo - why doesnt someone say - why doesnt he always write in Latin - it is much clearer]



inquit ( oratio obliqua )

[Peter Pedant]

I knew the Latin poem we found in 1978 would come in useful some day. Elegiacs by Gallus from Qasr Ibrim , Anderson Parsons and Nisbet.

normals may find "First Minister smackheads charter" by our very own TTT more to their... taste. I of course do not wish to - - - get up anyone's nose on this

Greek - oh much easier - build on the Acts 8 - 26 to 40 - starts off with an Ethiopean and a chariot - reading Isaiah. At no point I must insist, does Philip ( our hero silly) put the ethiopeans head UNDER the chariot wheel. Must keep it clean