#it is morally unacceptable to deny your family the opportunity to care for you and love you.

[danmeichael]

double complex's ending is the "bad ending" not because of the incest but because this guy fumbled a 24/7 d/s situation with a bad bitch.

[practicalmagicintuitions]

What did you understand about what Corey is talking about?

Well he addressed topics Henry never did, so it’s a ballsy move. I have to point it out atm I don’t know who use who. C using HC for his 15 mins ( no matter how he denied) or HC is using him as a shield. He is defending him so his family, his management, and himself doesn’t have to.

Whatever is the truth I think he is saying that knight in the shining armor never existed. Fans created that image in their head and it’s pointless to be upset now because that person never existed. So how he can be a disappointment while he was non existent.

The problem is, Henry has fueled that image. I bet I could find 10+ quotes in 2 minutes where he is saying he has to live up to Superman’s reputation. He is someone who is provide and defend his loved ones and family, how strong moral rules he has etc. Which is a lie. The blame is 50/50 on him and on his fans. It’s like Catch 22. Fueling-creating,fueling-creating that persona of him. This is a spin that cannot stop only if it’s broken. Maybe this is happening now.

But unfortunately I think(know) his fans will forgive him. If not the oldest, most critical one, then the new ones. He will get new fans to replace the old ones. He won’t care how many times you are screening into the night that you have been his fans since Monte Christo. If you are “threatening/damaging” his career with your criticism you will be replaced with heart eyed teenagers who don’t have enough life experience to ask questions and see the red flags.

But I truly don’t like the part when CS said it’s was never him, so it’s no reason to attack him and he in fact defending him. Of course threatening and attacks are unacceptable but what he is saying that he is defending him because he was never interested in those causes. He excused his oblivious life. “oh, he never said he is into racial issues so it’s fine if he is dating a woman who did blackface” Again, he absolutely prevents the opportunity to make him learn. No reason to held him accountable on topics like Ray of Anya’s attack, because he never defended people, it was all pr, part of his Superman persona. And now they fired him, he can be openly an oblivious, privileged asshole. And according to his friend is all right.

That’s whay I understand.

[pope-francis-quotes]

18th December >> (@zenitenglish)  #PopeFrancis #Pope Francis Message for 52nd World Day of Peace ‘Good politics at the service of peace’.

Pope’s Message for 52nd World Day of Peace

‘Good politics at the service of peace’

Below is the Vatican-provided text of Pope Francis’ Message for the 52nd World Day of Peace, which is celebrated on January 1st, on the theme: ‘Good politics at the service of peace:’

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Good politics at the service of peace

1. “Peace be to this house!”

In sending his disciples forth on mission, Jesus told them: “Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you” (Lk 10:5-6).

Bringing peace is central to the mission of Christ’s disciples. That peace is offered to all those men and women who long for peace amid the tragedies and violence that mark human history.[1] The “house” of which Jesus speaks is every family, community, country and continent, in all their diversity and history. It is first and foremost each individual person, without distinction or discrimination. But it is also our “common home”: the world in which God has placed us and which we are called to care for and cultivate.

So let this be my greeting at the beginning of the New Year: “Peace be to this house!”

2. The challenge of good politics

Peace is like the hope which the poet Charles Péguy celebrated.[2] It is like a delicate flower struggling to blossom on the stony ground of violence. We know that the thirst for power at any price leads to abuses and injustice. Politics is an essential means of building human community and institutions, but when political life is not seen as a form of service to society as a whole, it can become a means of oppression, marginalization and even destruction.

Jesus tells us that, “if anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all” (Mk 9:35). In the words of Pope Paul VI, “to take politics seriously at its different levels – local, regional, national and worldwide – is to affirm the duty of each individual to acknowledge the reality and value of the freedom offered him to work at one and the same time for the good of the city, the nation and all mankind”.[3]

Political office and political responsibility thus constantly challenge those called to the service of their country to make every effort to protect those who live there and to create the conditions for a worthy and just future. If exercised with basic respect for the life, freedom and dignity of persons, political life can indeed become an outstanding form of charity.

3. Charity and human virtues: the basis of politics at the service of human rights and peace

Pope Benedict XVI noted that “every Christian is called to practise charity in a manner corresponding to his vocation and according to the degree of influence he wields in the pólis… When animated by charity, commitment to the common good has greater worth than a merely secular and political stand would have… Man’s earthly activity, when inspired and sustained by charity, contributes to the building of the universal city of God, which is the goal of the history of the human family”.[4] This is a programme on which all politicians, whatever their culture or religion, can agree, if they wish to work together for the good of the human family and to practise those human virtues that sustain all sound political activity: justice, equality, mutual respect, sincerity, honesty, fidelity.

In this regard, it may be helpful to recall the “Beatitudes of the Politician”, proposed by Vietnamese Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyễn Vãn Thuận, a faithful witness to the Gospel who died in 2002:

Blessed be the politician with a lofty sense and deep understanding of his role. Blessed be the politician who personally exemplifies credibility. Blessed be the politician who works for the common good and not his or her own interest. Blessed be the politician who remains consistent. Blessed be the politician who works for unity. Blessed be the politician who works to accomplish radical change. Blessed be the politician who is capable of listening. Blessed be the politician who is without fear.[5]

Every election and re-election, and every stage of public life, is an opportunity to return to the original points of reference that inspire justice and law. One thing is certain: good politics is at the service of peace. It respects and promotes fundamental human rights, which are at the same time mutual obligations, enabling a bond of trust and gratitude to be forged between present and future generations.

4. Political vices

Sadly, together with its virtues, politics also has its share of vices, whether due to personal incompetence or to flaws in the system and its institutions. Clearly, these vices detract from the credibility of political life overall, as well as the authority, decisions and actions of those engaged in it. These vices, which undermine the ideal of an authentic democracy, bring disgrace to public life and threaten social harmony. We think of corruption in its varied forms: the misappropriation of public resources, the exploitation of individuals, the denial of rights, the flouting of community rules, dishonest gain, the justification of power by force or the arbitrary appeal to raison d’état and the refusal to relinquish power. To which we can add xenophobia, racism, lack of concern for the natural environment, the plundering of natural resources for the sake of quick profit and contempt for those forced into exile.

5. Good politics promotes the participation of the young and trust in others

When the exercise of political power aims only at protecting the interests of a few privileged individuals, the future is compromised and young people can be tempted to lose confidence, since they are relegated to the margins of society without the possibility of helping to build the future. But when politics concretely fosters the talents of young people and their aspirations, peace grows in their outlook and on their faces. It becomes a confident assurance that says, “I trust you and with you I believe” that we can all work together for the common good. Politics is at the service of peace if it finds expression in the recognition of the gifts and abilities of each individual. “What could be more beautiful than an outstretched hand? It was meant by God to offer and to receive. God did not want it to kill (cf. Gen 4:1ff) or to inflict suffering, but to offer care and help in life. Together with our heart and our intelligence, our hands too can become a means of dialogue”.[6]

Everyone can contribute his or her stone to help build the common home. Authentic political life, grounded in law and in frank and fair relations between individuals, experiences renewal whenever we are convinced that every woman, man and generation brings the promise of new relational, intellectual, cultural and spiritual energies. That kind of trust is never easy to achieve, because human relations are complex, especially in our own times, marked by a climate of mistrust rooted in the fear of others or of strangers, or anxiety about one’s personal security. Sadly, it is also seen at the political level, in attitudes of rejection or forms of nationalism that call into question the fraternity of which our globalized world has such great need. Today more than ever, our societies need “artisans of peace” who can be messengers and authentic witnesses of God the Father, who wills the good and the happiness of the human family.

6. No to war and to the strategy of fear

A hundred years after the end of the First World War, as we remember the young people killed in those battles and the civilian populations torn apart, we are more conscious than ever of the terrible lesson taught by fratricidal wars: peace can never be reduced solely to a balance between power and fear. To threaten others is to lower them to the status of objects and to deny their dignity. This is why we state once more that an escalation of intimidation, and the uncontrolled proliferation of arms, is contrary to morality and the search for true peace. Terror exerted over those who are most vulnerable contributes to the exile of entire populations who seek a place of peace. Political addresses that tend to blame every evil on migrants and to deprive the poor of hope are unacceptable. Rather, there is a need to reaffirm that peace is based on respect for each person, whatever his or her background, on respect for the law and the common good, on respect for the environment entrusted to our care and for the richness of the moral tradition inherited from past generations.

Our thoughts turn in a particular way to all those children currently living in areas of conflict, and to all those who work to protect their lives and defend their rights. One out of every six children in our world is affected by the violence of war or its effects, even when they are not enrolled as child soldiers or held hostage by armed groups. The witness given by those who work to defend them and their dignity is most precious for the future of humanity.

7. A great project of peace

In these days, we celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in the wake of the Second World War. In this context, let us also remember the observation of Pope John XXIII: “Man’s awareness of his rights must inevitably lead him to the recognition of his duties. The possession of rights involves the duty of implementing those rights, for they are the expression of a man’s personal dignity. And the possession of rights also involves their recognition and respect by others”.[7]

Peace, in effect, is the fruit of a great political project grounded in the mutual responsibility and interdependence of human beings. But it is also a challenge that demands to be taken up ever anew. It entails a conversion of heart and soul; it is both interior and communal; and it has three inseparable aspects:

– peace with oneself, rejecting inflexibility, anger and impatience; in the words of Saint Francis de Sales, showing “a bit of sweetness towards oneself” in order to offer “a bit of sweetness to others”;

– peace with others: family members, friends, strangers, the poor and the suffering, being unafraid to encounter them and listen to what they have to say;

– peace with all creation, rediscovering the grandeur of God’s gift and our individual and shared responsibility as inhabitants of this world, citizens and builders of the future.

The politics of peace, conscious of and deeply concerned for every situation of human vulnerability, can always draw inspiration from the Magnificat, the hymn that Mary, the Mother of Christ the Saviour and Queen of Peace, sang in the name of all mankind: “He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm; he has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly; …for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children for ever” (Lk 1:50-55).

From the Vatican, 8 December 2018

FRANCIS

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[1] Cf. Lk 2:14: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased”. [2] Cf. Le Porche du mystère de la deuxième vertu, Paris, 1986. [3] Apostolic Letter Octogesima Adveniens (14 May 1971), 46. [4] Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate (29 June 2009), 7. [5] Cf. Address at the “Civitas” Exhibition-Convention in Padua: “30 Giorni”, no. 5, 2002. [6] BENEDICT XVI, Address to the Authorities of Benin, Cotonou, 19 November 2011. [7] Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris (11 April 1963), ed. Carlen, 24.

[02049-EN.01] [Original text: Italian] [Vatican-provided text]DECEMBER 18, 2018 11:01

POPE AND HOLY SEE

[meeklymademakeup]

OOC Info:

Name/Alias: Ashley Age: 25 Timezone: Central Preferred pronouns: She/Hers Activity level (1-10): 7-10 Are you comfortable RPing smut or sexual conversations? (18+ muns only): Duh. Do you have any triggers you will need tagged?: Already taken care of Number of characters with this group?: 7 ((because the mod breaks all the rules!))

IC Info:

Character’s Real Name: Miranda Frye In-Ring Name {{ if applicable }}: N/A Age: 23 Face claim: India Eisley Job: Makeup artist

Background (at least one full paragraph, please): {{ If they’re ‘canon’ this is more your take on their history }}

 Born in Oklahoma to two seemingly loving parents, Miranda appeared to have the perfect life of a southern girl. Her family raised horses, went to church in their small town every week, and they looked like the picture perfect family. Looks were deceiving though. It wasn’t anything she would go into, but her meek demeanor was her form of survival, of keeping sane and alive in a home that was far from what it seemed. Taking solace in her studies, Miranda received top scores in school, spending endless nights buried beneath books. College was a breeze, she was free from her family. . .but it all felt so boring. 

She moved away, as far as she could think to, and was able to put her affinity for numbers to work. There was a group of individuals that denied actually being a gang, and they took her in, keeping her safe and making her feel wanted. But it was all too much for her. Heartbroken and terrified, she moved on. Using her brain, her skills, put a light on her. She just wanted to be forgotten, blend into the paperwork. The peculiar job opportunity and skills with makeup meant that she had another opportunity to start over. And starting over was just one more thing she excelled at. 

Stats Hometown: Broken Bow, OK {{ or so she says }} Height: 5′1″ Weight: 120 Entrance theme: N/A

Do they have a catchphrase? {{ If so, what is it? }}: Nope. 

(Please answer at least three of the following questions for your character. The more details given, the better we know your character)

What is one minor personality flaw or quirk your character has? She has an obsession with serial killers and it can put people off

Please describe your character’s most fatal flaw. She has a hard time speaking up for herself, only finding the courage to speak up for other people. 

What is an obscure interest your character has? All blades and lesser known serial killers

What is one moral standard that your character has? Every life matters to her. While she’s not preach-y about it, she is a vegetarian. 

One weird thing that your character wants to try or has tried? They’re more sexual topics and can be shared if she’s talked into it. 

Dream opponent {{ dead or alive }} and event for a match? Lita or Chyna at Hell in a Cell

What is a socially unacceptable thought your character has had? That vanilla sex should be what’s really frowned on and taboo. 

Please name something minor your character enjoys. Tracking the phases of the moon

What is your character’s major pet peeve? People who chew with their mouths open

What would their merchandise look like and why? Dark with pastel colors

Describe something your character likes without naming it. Silver gleaming surface shining, reflecting, decorated with ruby droplets. 

Describe how your character shows affection. Curling hair around slender fingers, nuzzling the skin along the underside of her lover’s jaw, resting her mouth against their shoulder, leaving books on their favorite topics for them to find. 

Writing sample (at least 2 paragraphs, in character, in third person):

Fingers brushed over the dark blade-mimicking brush handles. A gift from the criminal that had broken her heart. Every fiber of her being was telling her to throw them out or burn them. But. . .how could she? Azure eyes welled with unshed tears as she put them back in her bag, pulling out her normal surplus of them. Why did she bother taking them around everywhere with her? Was she still clinging to that bit of her life? Sure, she wasn’t in constant danger anymore and it wasn’t nearly as exciting as it used to be. 

Taking a shuddering breath, she plopped down in her chair, figuring that all her clients were still at catering or chatting or even their hotels. A few minutes to herself, ignoring the sounds of others moving around nearby. At least until she felt a large hand on her shoulder. That bit of comfort unleashed a single tear, racing down her alabaster cheek as she leaned back into the contact. Wordlessly, she stood up and turned, wrapping her arms around the larger frame and burying her face against their torso, hugging tight as large arms wrapped her up in a comforting embrace. “ You have spidey-senses for when I’m upset, ” she murmured softly, a sad smile spreading over full lips. 

Do you understand and agree to our rules? Well, I wrote them. . .

Any additional concerns? That I’m going crazy for talking to myself like this? Nah.