I suppose subject line for this one could have been "Warning, anther turd in the pool".
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]>wrote: > In the spirit of not hijacking threads, yet maintaining a bit of > continuity from the last couple of conversations: > > Well, I apparently was not clear: > 1 - You are absolutely right about the size of gvt, love the graph, thanks! > 2 - Obama knows this and could still the silly argument by pointing it out. > 3 - He remains oddly quiet. > 4 - I find this worthy of blame. > > ---> At this point I would like to reiterate a comment which received no > response in it's original thread, in which the complaint was also being > made there that none of the community leaders were speaking out this > another religious outrage. Here's the comment which garnered no response: > > *Of course, Owen, we could be asking the same thing about the "good" > Catholic community regarding all the years of child sex abuse and coverups > in that religion.* > > > Maybe it would be easier for people to respond if this comment were turned > into a question: > > *So, why is it that the leaders of the Catholic community have largely > remained largely silent in the wake of repeated revaluations of rampant > child sex abuse in their church?* > > No, the use of "rampant" was not a pun. Child sex abuse is clearly, > demonstrably, endemic to the Catholic way of life. Could it possibly be > the requirement that Catholic priests be quote *celibate *end quote* *that > is the reason for this? > > Child sex abuse is a crime that should carry the death penalty, in my > opinion. The act of child rape essentially ruins a victim's life. Yet, > the Catholic church nearly always protects the guilty clergy member, > stealthily moving him from parish to parish without ever warning his new > "flock" of his deviant, harmful sexual predilections. > > Why is it, then, that the leaders of the Catholic community have remained > largely silent on this issue, except to occasionally lash out at those who > dare to criticize their church? > > ---> End of new thread. > > 5 - But this is still fascinating, outside of the political sphere. > 6 - Sorry if I hijacked the thread. > > -- > Doug Roberts > [email protected] > [email protected] > http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins > <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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