I remember being outraged at her tearing up John Paul II’s picture. The media in the U.S. did a great job of hiding why she did it. I was not outraged at her when I found out her justified reasons for doing so. That was the first time I became consciously aware that news is a business and that that business thrives when it generates outrage. I no longer fall victim to this. She’s far more the saint than that bastard…
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#102The irony of being outlived by Shane MacGowan.
Who'd have thought
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#103https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzxTDHMQza8 To stand in the full blast of a crowd that hates you with that amount of poise, and have a voice that is still capable of song or even coherent speech, just beggars my imagination. i hope you have found peace. you were a voice crying out in the wilderness and we did to you what we always do to that.
Wow! The thing that surprised me most about this was it’s a Bob Dylan tribute concert? I’m shocked religion still had such a hold on the kind of people attending that type of concert at that point in time. The volume is insane. Incredible strength to be able to stand and take such abuse and continue to perform.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you not think your comment would have been better without the final sentence?
It was flamebait, but please let's not take the bait because a religious flamewar is not what we need here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
In honor of Sinead’s death it seems appropriate to tear to shreds the image of John Paul II. You are on the wrong side, morally speaking, in this Dang.
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#105Her first recorded song was with The Edge on the criminally overlooked soundtrack for "Captive": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvKV4_9nV2M
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#106This hit me hard. The first of her songs I ever knew, and still my favorite, was "Troy" and I was just thinking of it this morning. Then an hour later someone tweeted that she had died. Probably going to be sad all day.
What an incredible album. Jackie and Just Call me Joe are songs I always love to hear.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have a link for the 300+ discarded babies? I'd like to read about that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_...
Thank you. No mention of prosecutions in that article. Perhaps many of the people who were in charge are no longer alive, but perhaps some still there. There's no mention of it that I see.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's hard not to laugh whenever people talk about "cancel culture" being a new phenomenon. The amount of hate she received for merely bringing up the horrible actions the catholic church committed was absurd.
Who is calling it a new phenomenon? The only thing new about it is the name.
Simply put, republicans.
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#109The first time I heard the song -- and saw the video -- to "Nothing Compares 2 U" and the screen is nothing but her face and at one point there are tears, and she blares that unreal voice, I think I stopped breathing. She will be missed.
Link to the video on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-EF60neguk
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#110So sad. I hope she is at peace with her son in a better world.