>> ^moodonia:
This is pretty much the last nail in the present Irish governments coffin, the present bunch (Fianna Fail as mentioned in the video) pushed through a sweet deal with the religous orders which left those responsible for torture, rape, slavery, suicide, neglect and I dont doubt, murder (theres a hell of a lot of anonymous mass graves linked to these places), paying only €128 million in compensation.
The tax payer however has to pay the other € BILLION and counting.
To put that in context, some nuns recently sold a single property in Dublin and got €105 million for it.
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I cant recommend this video enough, its Christine Buckley speaking about her life in Goldenbridge Orphanage in Dublin:
http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=nightlynew
swithvincentbrowne&tv3_preview=&video=9205
I cant find an embeddable version, but its very powerful, be warned.


I just finished watching this video... Near the end a woman who was abused as a child at an institution said they had a dog that would run around biting off pieces of the kids legs and a monkey that would ride around on someone's shoulders masturbating while they ate rabbit feces.

... what the hell!

This is pretty much the last nail in the present Irish governments coffin, the present bunch (Fianna Fail as mentioned in the video) pushed through a sweet deal with the religous orders which left those responsible for torture, rape, slavery, suicide, neglect and I dont doubt, murder (theres a hell of a lot of anonymous mass graves linked to these places), paying only €128 million in compensation.

The tax payer however has to pay the other € BILLION and counting.

To put that in context, some nuns recently sold a single property in Dublin and got €105 million for it.

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I cant recommend this video enough, its Christine Buckley speaking about her life in Goldenbridge Orphanage in Dublin:
http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=nightlynewswithvincentbrowne&tv3_preview=&video=9205

I cant find an embeddable version, but its very powerful, be warned.

i like that you could have stopped at "the rest of the orphans" but decided to add "at the orphanage" for those of us who are slightly less apt to pick up on humor.



>> ^cyberscythe:
I think the kid learned an important lesson about sharing though, one which he can share with the rest of the orphans at the orphanage.

I think the kid learned an important lesson about sharing though, one which he can share with the rest of the orphans at the orphanage.

Unbeknownst to most people, siftbot actually feeds on children, which means the donated money in the end will go to the local orphanage near dag's hometown. That orphanage needs the cash - you wouldn't hurt an orphanage, would you? Put a dollar in the box!

Gotta say I agree with Winston here. The only way for Israel to survive as an independent country in the middle east is with a BIG stick.

If French Canadians were lobbing rockets into New England for YEARS.. and the U.S. kept saying, "Stop it now, or we're going to have to do something about this..." and for YEARS nothing was done because the rocketmen were hiding in an old folks home or an orphanage. How many rockets would it take to bomb that building? The people there are obviously not eager to turn in the men with rockets, how would you tell friend from foe?

This is Israel's ONLY choice in dealing with this. It is ugly, it is horrible, and no one enjoys seeing children being killed. But someone please give me a reasonable suggestion on exactly how to stop these people? Eventually, if things get bad enough, anytime a civilian sees someone with a rocket launcher walking up the stairs, that person will know what's about to come down on his home and will beat the crap out of the guy, or report him to someone who will beat the crap out of him... but until you give them a reason to do such a thing, you cannot expect people in Gaza to do what is best for Israel just out of charity. For the longest time there was no downside to letting people lob rockets into Israel... now there is.

While she enters the cockpit, the unheard instructions: "Your target: destroy this colonial orphanage. These children will one day try to destroy you otherwise."

If we do make one of these, we could call it, "The Orphanage."

I try to rip you apart, yet you let it go because I "praised your name?" I guess this means I can say anything i want at any time. Well here goes:

Rasch187 is a child molestor, in the degree of DFT, but a bit worse because he makes them go hunting with him afterward. He then pulls a Dick Cheney and buries their bodies in the woods next to earlier victims.

Rasch187 caused 9/11. He was the planner, and he personally picked the 20 hijackers who were supposed to do the job. But I know what you're saying. "There were only 19!" Yeah, well, Rasch decided that one of them was too young for the mission, so he fucked him in the ass and buried him in cement while finishing the foundation of his house.

Rasch187 killed Jesus. Everything was going well until Rasch whispered in the ear of Judas, "Hey man, what's up with the whole 'Judge not, lest ye be judged' bullshit? I say you betray him and take the money." Then he raped Judas and buried him in the formerly-filled tomb of Lazarus.

Rasch187 started the Holocaust. He told Hitler that some Jewish guy double parked in front of him, which sent Hitler into a fury. Six million dead Jews, and all because Rasch hates every single one of them, just because they're Jewish.

Rasch187 discovered an entirely new civilization on a planet near Alpha Centauri. Then he raped, killed and buried them all in Arlington National Cemetery. He does not visit their graves on the anniversaries.

Rasch187 started a national chain of orphanages, then burned them all to the ground on opening day, after raping and dismembering all the children. He also killed all of the kids' parents beforehand, just so he could stock the orphanages with victims.

Rasch187 is friends with blankfist.

Yeah, I thought it was cute, but there still seem to be some people out there who think it's offensive, not suitable for kids (a little peck?!?) &c; making me feel that I'm a bad person if I don't start an orphanage for gay kids tomorrow. It does complicate matters for us continental Europeans, though: should I switch to, completely un-edible American sauces because I like their ads and abstain from the real mayo until the French and Belgians become more progressive ;-)?

Hey Laura!
I´m absolutely impressed by your life´s history.
if at anytime it becomes a book or film, let me know
grande abraço
renato

In reply to this comment by laura:
^hey Renato ~ I grew up as a missionary's daughter in Campinas, S.P. Brasil! Hope to go back some day. As such, from the ages of 8-16 my family ran an orphanage, a Baptist seminary, and my Dad flew a Cessna back and forth into Matto Grosso and Minas Gerais "preaching to the indians". (I went w/ him a few times) I went to EAC, then when we returned to the U.S. I hopped around from Michigan, Texas, Alabama in high school.
I had two beautiful kids during my brief stint (4 years) as the wife of an abusive dude who happened to be in the U.S. Marine Corps. (So I know what military family life is like, big time.)
Upon getting out of that mess, I served as the live-in caretaker to a disabled retired psychotherapist. That lasted about 4 years, and was quite an interesting experience which I will not elaborate on here...suffice it to say that I ended up moving to Silver City, NM with said person and meeting the man of my dreams less than a year upon arriving. I have started and stopped my college education more times than I can count along the way, and still haven't finished! (Was headed for medical school!)
With that, I am currently homeschooling my son, helping my hubby with his business (link on my profile page) making reproductions of pre-colombian psychoacoustical whistling vessels, sewing/designing clothes (which is my passion), gardening, and hanging out on the sift!
You are all awesome, and I enjoy your comments!

^hey Renato ~ I grew up as a missionary's daughter in Campinas, S.P. Brasil! (am agnostic now, for the record) Hope to go back to south america some day. As an MK, from the ages of 8-16 my family ran an orphanage, a Baptist seminary, and my Dad flew a Cessna back and forth into Matto Grosso and Minas Gerais "preaching to the indians". (I went w/ him a few times) I went to EAC, then when we returned to the U.S. I hopped around from Michigan, Texas, Alabama in high school.
I had two beautiful kids during my brief stint (4 years) as the wife of an abusive dude who happened to be in the U.S. Marine Corps. (So I know what military family life is like, big time.)
Upon getting out of that mess, I served as the live-in caretaker to a disabled retired psychotherapist. That lasted about 4 years, and was quite an interesting experience which I will not elaborate on here...suffice it to say that I ended up moving to Silver City, NM with said person and meeting the man of my dreams less than a year upon arriving. I have started and stopped my college education more times than I can count along the way, and still haven't finished! (Was headed for medical school!)
With that, I am currently homeschooling my son, helping my hubby with his business (link on my profile page) making reproductions of pre-colombian psychoacoustical whistling vessels, sewing/designing clothes (which is my passion), gardening, and hanging out on the sift!
You are all awesome, and I enjoy your comments!

this is actually really cute, so upvote. and alot better than the vids of soldiers throwing puppies off cliffs and teaching children to say 'i smell like shit' in english.

but you know, cute little moments could happen in USA funded orphanages or family shelters, too. With out the gunfights air strikes and artillery shellings, which are not so cute with children in them.

>> ^Thylan:
It was fun. reminded me of Arkham Asylum, and the orphanage horror level in Thief 2 (great level)


Are you sure you mean Thief 2? Because I don't remember an Orphanage. Maybe you're thinking of the Painkiller Expansion?

if the idea that one day you will be reunited with your dead relatives is depressing for you, then gee whiz, i don't know what to say. falls flat? has holes? did we watch the same movie?

haven't you noticed how in Coen movies, the greedy assholes suffer? That's depressing?? You want a "real" cowboy movie where one of the brutal murderers wears a white hat and everyone cheers him on?

you want more story? shit, like what? he flies to cuba with his girl, and they feel guilty about the blood money, so they start an orphanage and then it catches fire so they live in the jungle and then his dead mother is found alive in some village and then russia drops the bomb on NYC and a civil war starts in cuba, in which his previously dead mother fights and dies for the communists, while he is torn between a life of crime and patriotic service to his adopted home, and his girl gets raped and becomes pregnant and the baby joins the resistance movement and ends up killing his father by accident? i mean... more story???? seriously?