They went to mass at Largo do Colégio and ended up being fined by the PSP

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

A good lesson from the lord. Lol

Several vehicles that were parked illegally this morning at the taxi rank in front of the Colégio Church were fined by the PSP this morning.

Most of the owners had parked their cars there with the intention of attending Sunday mass. Some were quick to remove their vehicles, while others were not so lucky and were surprised by the police intervention.

From Jornal Madeira

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8 Responses

  1. They should do this more. In our neighborhood people are parking in the fire lane. There is no parking alowed and also resticted to drive through if you are a resident and have to use this street to get to your garage. Police is informed, but nothing happend.

  2. Hi Toby

    I love your magazine … 😍

    However, this is an action by the law enforcement of poor discretion.

    One thing if it was say a fire lane, another thing if it is worshippers in a taxi rank in front of their place of worship.

    Now if people want to believe in fantasies and fairy tales, that is fine. It is irrational.

    Been there, done it all, altar boy and all … bell pulling, swinging of the chalice at Midnight Mass, confession, the classical penance recipe of three Our Fathers, Hail Marys and I forget the last one of the three … oh yes, and if really bad that week, then the Hail Holy Queen thrown in for good measure too!

    But if the island is full of worshippers, and such worshipping is an integral part of the culture of the island, if these places of worship have shaped the tourist attraction power of the island, if magnificent concertos and musical events take place in some of these positive sound spaces, during beautiful summer evenings, experiences that want to make you pump your fist into the Sky and shout Yes! as you sip a cool white wine and look into the enchanted eyes of your beloved, if these worshippers and the places they worship in add to the romance and the mystique of the island, if these traditions powered the people of generations ago to build the levadas and achieve impossible architectural feats in the rugged geography of the islands, then albeit in their fantasy that there is an after life, and that there is a kind and gentle Divinity that will nurture them, even if that is a delusion for living without the fear of a Black Zero Forever More In The Eternity Of Nothing, then with the utmost of respect and not wishing to offend you, your statement: “A good lesson from the lord. Lol.“is not appropriate.

    Neither is the raw primal schadenfreude of the reader who posted his delight and seeks the same for the fire lanes.

    Yes, for fire lanes, yes, absolutely, lives could be at stake, but the wisdom of acting on behalf of the “Lord” to punish worshippers who park in taxi ranks with the delusion of an existence of the Lord so “oft forgiving and merciful” is questionable, and just poor public relations on the part of law enforcement …

    Maybe the island law enforcement is bored, and if so they can always volunteer for some hot spots in Latin America or other hells where homicide rates run at a three figure rate per 100k of population!

    Have lived in places like these, barbed wire and angst … not a way to live at all.

    Yes, the law is the law is the law is the law is the law recurring … I can hear that coming down the line through the Internet … 😀 …

    But then that makes me think of Gulliver and the fools who tied him up …

    2. Max, I find the tone of your story condescending and downright rude. You are free to choose whatever policy of faith you might believe in but please do not belittle those that have faith in the God of their choosing. For them it is not “fantasies and fairy tales” and a “delusion”, for them it is a way of life. I doubt very much you would make such sweeping comments about faith if you were living in say, Saudi Arabia or Afganistan so please afford the local people the same respect.

      You story rambles on with no clear cut purpose, are you criticizing the police for fining or belittling the believers? Whatever your story you need to think about what you want to say before saying it. You have offended a lot of people, myself included.

  5. Yes love to fine the working population

    But do nothing about the sale of drugs and they know exactly who provides the goods ..

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