The Irish government has already flat out said they're not going to go near the abortion issue again while they're in office.

To be fair, they live in LA where I'm sure there are a lot more paparazzi than in London.

I promise you, there were more black people than wizards in medieval England.

I think you meant to reply to someone else!

I understand what you mean - obviously fantasy stories need their own internal consistency. But I so often see people for whom the presence of anyone non-white in a fantasy story is just beyond the realms of their imagination, for some reason.

Really? You're fine with the idea of a wizard, but casting a black dude is taking things too far?

This is the most perfect comment.

I live in Ireland and waiters here make minimum approx $12 an hour (without tips). And somehow they manage to provide service that's just as good as American service. And they can actually pay their bills without taking on another job.

Oh, cool! Yeah, abortion was about as badly handled as a subject could be when I was in school. Remember the outrage a couple of years ago when that congressman said you couldn't get pregnant from rape? The first time I heard that was front my junior cert religion teacher :(

Oh man that's the stuff I like about Catholicism! I think the churches are so beautiful. (I do understand the reasoning though, sort of.)

Yeah, in a country that's 85% Catholic it's actually easy enough to go for a long time without realising that Catholicism isn't the only Christianity (assuming you mean teaching in Ireland as opposed to Irish-American areas.)

I just have to ask because I've seen people talk about this on here a few times - how does this "Catholics aren't real Christians" thing work? Is it a purely American thing? Aren't Catholics like... The original Christians?

Oh my god, that's insane. Why didn't she do the same thing with your sister?

Nooooooooooo

Right? I live in a country with even stricter laws (I believe) than Mexico (no exceptions for rape/incest/ fatal foetal abnormalities. Yes, really.) and stuff like this... It doesn't help matters. We need real legislative change, not some ridiculous and dangerous advice from some woman who I'm guessing does not…

Totally OT, but every time I see your username I laugh and then feel guilty for laughing.

Y'know, if they'd scrapped the aliens and maybe one other antagonist (take your pick of Nazi scientist/ serial killer/ evil nun/ possessed nun/ there's probably more I'm forgetting) it would have been perfect. No show needs that amount of storylines in one (pretty short iirc) season.

Oh my god.