"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
"Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy"
"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
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- Michael Sean Winters
"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest."
- Anna Arco
“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
- Comment
"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury."
- Sam Rocha
"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night."
- Comment
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
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Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on
Twitter
[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
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Deus Ex Machina
“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
- Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed
"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes"
- Paul in comment at
1 Peter 5
"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in
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"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."-
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What is SOPA? What is PIPA? The Examiner URL did not define them.
SOPA was certainly not the solution to our piracy problems, but as a blogger who depends on my intellectual property to generate income, I sincerely hope that a better effort is made soon. When I was in college I took advantage of freely available MP3s and even full copies of expensive software, but I eventually saw the light and understood that I was stealing. Too many people seem to believe that they are entitled to everything for free thanks to the internet.
I thought it ironic that companies like Google and Facebook, who trample people’s rights when it’s profitable, were threatening to black out.
Great, now I want a sopapilla.
Wikipedia to Go Dark on Wednesday to Protest Bills on Web Piracy, by Jenna Wortham.
I second the ‘Arcardnal’s’ motion above: what are SOPA and PIPA.
Better to spell out acronyms at least once at the start. I guess you have so much to do, Fr Z, that shortcuts are understandable – though this has me foxed!
SOPA = Stop Online Piracy Act
PIPA = Protect IP Act
I haven’t researched as much about PIPA, but the gist of SOPA is that it empowers the U.S. government to eliminate access to foreign websites that host pirated or otherwise stolen material (ie. movies, mp3s, or even knock-off designer purses). The government can already seize websites based in the U.S. One concern is that the government’s power would be abused, and that YouTube or similar generally harmless sites could be shut down entirely if one user posted stolen content…or, if a commenter somehow slipped through and linked to stolen content on Fr. Z’s blog it could theoretically be shut down (personally I think that idea is a bit far-fetched and paranoid, since there is a legal process involved, but whatever). An even bigger concern is that SOPA encourages private companies (ie. Comcast) to block stolen content on their own, without any involvement of the courts. People think this would definitely be abused by large companies wanting to limit competition and they could just block sites willy-nilly.
There’s a lot more to it, but that’s my limited understanding. I find the whole thing quite interesting…reminds me of the big healthcare debate. The very people who were making fun of many of us then are the ones who could probably do with tinfoil hats now.
House was not in session today. It was a federal holiday.
House will only consider, under a Rule, the Resolution of Disapproval for the Debt Limit Increase this week.
No way they would try to moves these bills under anything but a rule.
To help non-Americans could you explain the meaning of the abbreviations, please. Without an explanation, the article is meaningless.
Thanks
We do not need these bills. Big Brotherism…never give away a freedom you would not give to your enemy.
Fr. K –
The Beeb has a useful discussion of what the two bills contain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16596577
I noticed Wikipedia is set to be blacked out in protest tomorrow, so, recalling an earlier story, the Vatican press office will have to get the cardinals’ bios somewhere else for the time being…
All of us internationally should pay attention to these types of bills. Here is a good link from Wiki-the only thing they have up today. I recommend reading it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more
If we slowly lose all of our rights, we only have ourselves to blame.
Since I run dnscache and root servers at work and home, I have not used any ISP’s DNS for a bit over 12 years. If the People’s Commisar of Communication requires me to use them, I will find a way to bypass them or stay off the Internet. Think of all the time and money we would save!