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Beer Baron Grand Master

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lol. nice one. yeah pappa is going to roll past my office in his pope mobile later on this arvo. he comes right past. maybe I can hurl some abuse at him from the comfort of my desk?

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You know, it's funny you say 'people are going to see him' around my work and my house I'm finding pilgrims are coming out for the sake of it, not going to see the pope but busy singing Hare Krishna songs, looking like hippy derro's and getting in your face on the street just to p!ss you off and use the pope and World Youth Day as a justification of it!.... There's my rant.... lol :P

Kujotk Grand Master

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yeah these pilgrims are annoying.,.... in your face and just not shutting up, i don't mind that they are happy, but they are also very loud mouthed and think they are better than the people who live in sydney. I was on the train and this yank just kept yapping on how cheap vietnam is.... saying his camera is worth $600 in the states and he got it for $30 in vietnam,,,, all i said to him was "all you went to vietnam for was the young boys, sit down and shut up when your on public transport and stop boasting because someone will rob you blind if your saying the camera is worth $600" then the idiot cried.... i walked away.... i didnt say anything bad did i? i just said the truth as i saw it lol and probably even saved his life from getting rolled in glebe for his awesome camera.

Other than that there are some nicer pilgrims who are genuwine pilgrims and not just travelling to boast to their friends at church about how dedicated they are to the pope. Hell if i was rich i'd probably use the pope as an excuse to be a wanker infront of my peers aswell lol.

-FIGJAM- Grand Master

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I sore the Pope, very exciting, had a half hour off work just to watch him pass from half a km away lol. The pilgrims arent that bad, alot of them are nice and polite, they are just here celebrating something that they believe in. Seriously who cares? they are bringing alot of money into the country and alot of attention so it is good for us.

Get over their singing and loudness, does it bother you that much? havent had any of them "get" in my face about anything so perhaps you are just unlucky?

Liz Grand Master

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I was on the train and this yank just kept yapping on how cheap vietnam is.... saying his camera is worth $600 in the states and he got it for $30 in vietnam,,,, all i said to him was "all you went to vietnam for was the young boys, sit down and shut up when your on public transport and stop boasting because someone will rob you blind if your saying the camera is worth $600" then the idiot cried.... i walked away.... i didnt say anything bad did i?

that didn't really happen, did it?

Beer Baron Grand Master

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Seriously who cares? they are bringing alot of money into the country

no they aren't. they are draining it. the pilgrims are all using either free accomodation in peoples houses, or paying a nominal rate to stay in a catholic school hall. packages start at $50 a WEEK! hardly big money. the money for that goes to the catholic church. they only thing they spend money on is WYD merchandise (money to church), starbucks, and macdonalds. and on the other side our state government is spending 10s of millions on this thing. if we didn't have a god botherer as a premier this would never have happend. as it is no one is spending money in hotels, or bars, or brothels, or drug dealers unlike when the olympics was on and they all did a roaring trade.

-FIGJAM- Grand Master

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if you think that then you are seriously naive. They are buying souverniers, which helps the industry. Yes they get things cheaper, and perhaps the state shouldnt be paying for so much of the event, but then i dont care if we didnt have the Olympics her because it didnt interest me. What about the Commonwealth Games, what did that do?

If money is all you care about then i feel for you. The fact is they do bring money into the country, 50x50000 = 2500000, thats not big money?

Instead of only thinking about Australia and yourself, why not think about the rest of the world? we are fortunate enough to live a good life in a good country, what about all the people in Africa which the church helps?

I am by no means a religious fanatically and to tell the truth WYD doesnt interest me really, but then neither does State of Origin or the Olympics or the Commonwealth Games, nor do i care if people from overseas come and tour the country. But these events are paid for by the government. at the end of the day, money is only money, is it really important?

Beer Baron Grand Master

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if you think that then you are seriously naive. They are buying souverniers, which helps the industry. Yes they get things cheaper, and perhaps the state shouldnt be paying for so much of the event, but then i dont care if we didnt have the Olympics her because it didnt interest me. What about the Commonwealth Games, what did that do?

If money is all you care about then i feel for you. The fact is they do bring money into the country, 50x50000 = 2500000, thats not big money?

Instead of only thinking about Australia and yourself, why not think about the rest of the world? we are fortunate enough to live a good life in a good country, what about all the people in Africa which the church helps?

I am by no means a religious fanatically and to tell the truth WYD doesnt interest me really, but then neither does State of Origin or the Olympics or the Commonwealth Games, nor do i care if people from overseas come and tour the country. But these events are paid for by the government. at the end of the day, money is only money, is it really important?

woah... mate you were the one who brought up money. saying how great it is they bring all this money into the country. I simply pointed out that it's not the case. I work in the CBD where most of these pilgrims are in the day time and all the business I have spoken to have experienced a downturn as many workers in the city were encouraged to take leave (yet another cost). you are the one who is naive if you think this event had a positive impact on our economy. and again, you were the one who brought it up mate. and yes, 2.5mil is peanuts. and again, all the money from souveniers, and accomodation, and registration and WYD gear goes to the catholic church. not to the government, or businesses or the comunity as a whole. why don't you think about africa and all those people your church helps and shell out $100+mil over there instead of on a little party over here...

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