If the Blackstone ratio referred to the death penalty I wouldn't have used it. I didn't even say I supported it, I just quoted it to add balance and to support my main man Fran. Heck, I think our court system is far too lenient. Don't put words in my mouth, I don't like it.
heh. dj On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:22 AM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > “…"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%[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]<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.
