tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117781049758667108.post6594778614487600494..comments2023-09-26T14:36:13.981+01:00Comments on Enza Ferreri: New Archbishop of Glasgow Under Fire for Comments on HomosexualityEnza Ferrerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475073866356059265noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117781049758667108.post-90379343759301463612013-02-27T20:41:33.349+00:002013-02-27T20:41:33.349+00:00You misunderstand the nature of AIDS. Being a dise...You misunderstand the nature of AIDS. Being a disease that attacks the immune system, which is our defence against illnesses of all kinds, the body is subject to many disorders some of which are fatal. Many people do not die of AIDS, but of diseases that would not have developed without it.<br /><br />HIV is indeed a major risk factor in the development of pancreatitis, and in addition antiretroviral drugs like didanosine are also a risk factor per se:<br /><br />"AIDS: HIV-positive patients have a high rate of severe, rapidly fatal necrotizing pancreatitis, particularly as a result of antiretroviral use." https://www.clinicalkey.com/topics/gastroenterology/acute-pancreatitis.html<br /><br />"Pancreatic toxicity caused by the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor didanosine (Videx and Videx EC) is a well-established potential complication in the treatment of HIV-infected individuals." http://depts.washington.edu/hivaids/arvae/case4/discussion.html<br /><br />Your uninformed comment is a perfect example of what His Grace Archbishop Philip Tartaglia was referring to: the media keep silent on the medical risks of homosexual behaviour, so people without medical expertise know next to nothing about them.<br /><br />You do not behave according to the maxim about facts and opinions you claim to subscribe to.<br /><br />Calling His Grace Tartaglia a "professional peddler of falsehood that he is (i.e. a Roman Catholic Priest)" is the type of unfounded slander that you call "malicious": double slander in fact, against both His Grace and the Catholic priesthood.<br /><br />So is using the expression "the RC cult", and saying that it's routine practice for members of the Church to slander priests who left it.<br /><br />Practically every second sentence in your comment is a slander. None of the things you say are supported by evidence, and they are extreme opinions, without a shred of fact among them.<br /><br />You are making me consider changing my policy on comments on this blog. Dissenting views are welcome, but wild accusations and insults, especially prejudiced, bigoted insults against a whole group of people or an institution as is the case in your comment (sweeping generalizations that, if levelled against blacks, for instance, would have been considered racism) are no longer allowed because they degrade the standard of the blog.<br /><br />Enza Ferrerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475073866356059265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117781049758667108.post-28014704004202864782013-02-25T23:42:33.410+00:002013-02-25T23:42:33.410+00:00"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but..."Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan<br /><br />Tartaglia - being the professional peddler of falsehood that he is (i.e. a Roman Catholic Priest) - was quite simply slandering the late David Cairns out of malicious religious opportunism.<br /><br />Perhaps because this former priest left the RC cult? It's routine practice.<br /><br />The most common causes of acute pancreatitis are gallstones and drinking a lot of alcohol.<br /> <br />Neither of these are peculiar to homosexual men, nor are any of the other possible, less common causes.<br /><br />It is malicious to repeat such unfounded slanders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com