Is that the follically-challenged loud mouth from the 80's? I didn't even know she was still around. I have more respect for people like Bono. He picks a crusade and stays on target without name calling or agitprop. He appeals to the masses to get the aid to the people that need it while giving props when due even to those he disagrees with politically. Plus he's in a good band which is more then I can say for the hairless wonder.
But to get on topic. I have long thought that the practice of requiring celibacy ATTRACTS sexual deviants. Simply by removing this ridiculous requirement, I think, would vastly improve the situation. However, the topic seems to be more about the cover up then the actual abuse so... My supposition is that the Pope was trying to prevent innocent priests from getting falsely accused and to protect those that had already been falsely accused from being ruined. Like most good people, he has difficulty believing this could happen in his own house to the degree it has been happening. Rather then Chris' biased view that the abuse is rampantly under-reported I believe the dude in the funny hat thought the opposite. Also, for those of you calling for the gallows, let me remind you about the old judicial saw, "It is better to allow 10 guilty men go free then to convict 1 innocent man." Or does this apply when we are speaking of our children? The problem is with child rape it doesn't matter if you're guilty or not, if you are accused and it becomes public...well basically your life is over. Changed forever. The subject is too painful and tragic and these kinds of things are impossible to forgive. I believe this weighed on the Papist Politburo and influenced the cover up. It doesn't make it ok but, playing devil's advocate here, I can at least understand. dj On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:13 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > Interestingly enough, today I heard Shanae O’Connor say on the radio > that there should be a criminal investigation of the Pope and the > entire Vatican [most recent pedophilia scandal] that the entire lot > should step down. Sounds rational, what do you think? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
