Only the Gays and the Irish Want to Save St. Brigid's

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There was a report published by the Brookings Institute a while back that seemed interesting. The report mentioned that of all ethnicities on the planet the one that exhibited the most prevelant homosexual tendencies was the Irish. Something like 35% of all gays were Irish on the planet. The next closest was the Taiwanese at 14%, I think it was. Just amazing how a culture so hell bent on the persecution of gays in America seems to be so very much inclined genetically to be gay back in the motherland. Just interesting.

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The Gays The Straights the Bisexual Transexuals are here. They are all here. The Gays, The Straights, the Bisexuals Transexuals are here. They are all here. It's Over. ha ha. It's Over. ha ha

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Don't you mean Thai's, not Taiwanese?

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I believe Taiwan is for all practical purposes are racially, culturally, and linguistically Chinese.

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D you have no clue what you are talking about. that is completely wrong.

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Sorry, I'm retarded. I just found out that Taiwanese people are from Taiwan and Thai people are from Thailand. Obviously #1 was referring to the people from Taiwan. Thought they were the same all along. LOL! Silly me.

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I am appalled by your statements. Where is your source? Why do you insist in referring to Chinese as feminine and gay. Fuck you!

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Chinese, thai, taiwanese, japanese, koreans, they all look the same. They are short, scrawny, pasty, feminine, weird, horrible fashion sense, geeky, and have weird eyes.

hugs and kisses!!!!

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What in god's name has happened to this website lately? These discussions are absurd. I just come here to look at pretty pictures of new developments. Seems others are up to no good.

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The archdiocese doesn't care what happens to this building because ITS FALLING DOWN AND IS CONSTRUCTED POORLY.

The idiots preserving this are insane.

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You know what, I´m not gay or Tawainese, but fuck this site. It has turned to garbage, and this is due to the efforts of the editorial staff. Fuck you Lock.

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But no, seriously, have any of you ever been to Thailand's red light district? There's more gays there than our very own East Village.

I know the difference between Thai's and Taiwanese. I I was afraid you didn't, McCoy. Relax.

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I'm just happy the Tai-Thai War has taken attention away from the fact that all Irish are now gay.

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Blueboy or Jungle Juice?

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#7 I Hate to tell you this but not all gays are feminine, in fact most are not. The only reason you have that negative stereotype is because they are the only visible members of the homosexual communtiy. Are all black people gang bangers, all Asians good at math, and all Italians well dressed? No, they are not. Now please start thinking before you speak

And if you would like to learn more about my communtiy and my sexuality and how it affects my life please let me know and I can post my email address so that we may be able to meet in person and share our fears about each others lifestyles (this invitation is open to anyone.)

Kevin

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Kevin you stupid gay idiot. I never said ALL gays are feminine. I stated that PEOPLE think asians are gay and feminine. Stop categorizing me with others. Post your stupid email address for all I care.

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kevin.les2683@yahoo.com

Send me an email, and perhaps we can clear up some of our cultural differences.

Hope to hear from you soon

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Kevin, stop acting so self-righteous. You are the one with the problems. I have more important things to do than to contact you with you pathetic differences. I am moving to New Jersey

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I realize summer camp is out and school has yet to begin, but shouldn't all the teenagers posting drivel on this site be on their My Space or Hot or Not accounts?

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May not be a bad idea to close this particular thread - it seems like freedom of speech has outlived its usefullness once again.

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Svetlana, Once again you make me fall in love with you! Best post ever! XOXO

And, in response to the actual posting on St. Brigid's, what make the Hibernians (a fine, if homophobic organization) think that someone named Barbara Kapnick is going to side with them?

I just hope they don't tear it down to build more luxury condos. Maybe they should turn it into a big dance club. Or a health club/gym. A sex palace. Anything but luxury condos.

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As a community activist, I am amused by all the hoopla on saving this unattractive building. If it were so important, were where all these people for the past 50 years in preserving it? I was also very active in the 150th anniversary commeration of the Great Famine in 1996-1998 and no one ever so much as mentioned this church as significant.

St. Patrick's Old Cathedral on Prince Street and St. Anthony's on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, to name just two, have similar strutural problems but are in a fundraising effort to repair and preserve the edifice.

No one cared to help St. Brigid's until it was too late.

Now it is a cause celebre for Johnny-come-lately activists and Catholic bashers in general. No one is making a stink that the congregation let the synagogue on Rivington Street collapse and turn that into a development.

As for the Hibs, why did it take them so long to get involved? The only people worthy of respect in this whole imbroglio is the predominately Latino/Latina parishioners of St. Brigid's who do not want to lose their local church

Fact is that the Archdiocese has stated that they would like it to be a nursing home.

So, what is these people's problem? You want to save a crumbling underutilized church instead of making it a nursing home your parents might need someday?

23.

Seriously, who are you crackpots and wackjobs?

Anyway, the church may not be that historically or aesthetically important, but the more places like this are torn down and replaced with the ugly cheap glass/brick/stuccojobs you see going up around the East Village, the more this neighborhood will look like hospital alley or the Upper East Side. And I think that sucks balls.

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hey taiwanese, the word is "your" not "you." there's a difference. welcome to amerikkka.

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Chinese, thai, taiwanese, japanese, koreans, they all look the same. They are short, scrawny, pasty, feminine, weird, horrible fashion sense, geeky, and have weird eyes.
hugs and kisses!!!!

Svetlana

Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Croatian, Roumanian, they all look the same. You stupid fucking cunt.

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How many of them who want to save this building (besides the Hibs) actually attend church service regularly ("regularly" meaning every week or every other week and not for special occasions like funerals)?

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22 is right.

No one cared until the Archdiocese (bunch of child-molesters that they are) decided to sell it.

If all you people think its so special, pool your money, go out and take out loans, sell your stuff, and buy the damn thing.

Otherwise, shut the fuck up!