“…"It is better to allow 10 guilty men go free then to convict 1 innocent man." …” – dj
I’m glad that you do not support the death penalty at least! As an aside, just a hypothetical here, but *if* I were one of the accused…and in fact *rightly* accused, I feel quite sure that at the next ‘election’ (you know, where people check the smoke color?)…I’d vote for a fellow molester…sort of for safety’s sake…..just sayin’ On Mar 28, 7:48 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
