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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's true, though.  If you see a car driven by the Catholic Mafia, it's all about the Gonzaga or Prep bumper sticker.  You never see a college bumper sticker.[/quote]

Ridiculous, but it IS true that you are a bigot.[/quote]

I'm not this poster, but I can't see how this observation is "bigoted" in any way.

The poster may be poking a little fun at these people, because he/she and their ilk think these people with these bumper stickers and their fierce allegiances to these high schools are ridiculous. He/she want these people to be aligned with their value system. He/she appears to think these people are silly and not necessarily bad people.

Of course, the Prep and GZA alums with the close life-long ties to these schools don't care at all about what this person thinks. They have their way, they believe in it, and its worked petty well for them for a very long time.[/quote]

Different poster here, but did you even notice the reference to the Catholic "Mafia" or is that insult so much part of your normal speech that you don't find it offensive?  [/quote]

I can't get too excited about someone calling us the "Catholic Mafia".  I get what they are trying to say. They are using it to describe all these Catholics that are linked to one another here in Washington. It's because they don't understand it or don't like it, for whatever reason.

"Mafia" has no particular sting. It's not like we are a bunch of Italian-Americans. Instead we are primarily of Irish extraction. And after all the jokes about and accusations about drunkeness and fighting and the like --- some of which we share with one another --- "Mafia" is pretty tame. Remember, God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world.[/quote]

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