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Posted on 04/18/2010 9:49:35 PM PDT by Judith Anne
I seriously wonder about some FReepers, sometimes. Any other person accused of a crime would be defended by every FReeper as being innocent until proven guilty by a court of law. I've seen whole threads written by men who have been accused of child abuse by ex-wives out to deny them their visitation rights or to wrest more money out of them. These men are rightly indignant, and furious about the unjust accusations that cannot be proven but are never withdrawn.
Yet where are those FReepers when a PRIEST is accused? Where is the presumption of innocence? Suddenly, every accusation becomes a verdict, and not only the accused but his entire organization and all its adherents are held responsible.
I can only wonder what some of these so-called conservatives (who so faithfully defend the Constitution) would do, if THEY were the ones accused! It is a nightmare for any man -- all of you know how even the accusation stains the man forever, even if it is proven false!
Not only that, many here assert that the problems of 30, 40 and even 50 years ago must be tried in the media TODAY!
Remember the Duke rape case? There are more similarities than differences here. The priests are accused, nifonged, and instead of being defended, they are vilified!
What other man of you could stand under the weight of such an accusation trumpeted by the press, and come out whole? None! And such accusations made, LONG after the statute of limitations has passed, sometimes even after the accused is dead and buried for YEARS -- are YOU one of those who automatically, reflexively, spitefully, and gleefully act as judge, jury, and executioner?
Women! What if it were YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR BROTHER, YOUR FATHER, YOUR UNCLE, YOUR SON who was accused? Wouldn't you want the best defense possible? Wouldn't YOU believe in their innocence? Wouldn't YOU help protect your loved ones as much as possible? And yet, YOU JUDGE THE CHURCH FOR DOING WHAT YOU WOULD DO?
Shame! Vast shame! On all who have sinned against the innocent!
14 yo? Then it's not abuse, it's RAPE according to the presbyterians on this thread.
It’s clear that the presbyterians — and probably every church— have a number of these cases. This is not to say that two wrongs make a right, because that’s evil.
It is, however, a clear indication that those who are waging a presbyterian jihad against the Catholic Church for the child abuse scandal ought to pay much much more attention to the suffering children and evil pastors in their OWN church.
How much more do you want me to post. I have an extensive dossier on the "transgressions" by Presbyterian clergy that I can give you an opportunity to defend.
You know best about these matters, but all material was taken from public domain websites that cited the original sources.
All of them?
Yes. Copyright violations are extremely serious.
Okay, so each quote from a published source MUST hsve a link?
Yes - or if it is not online, then a reference to a magazine, newspaper, book, etc. so that the moderators can keep the forum free of copyright violations.
Okay. I’ll remember that.
So, if Natural Law gives the source for the articles s/he posted, and they are not on the copyright list, they can be put back up?
If the source is a third party, e.g. a blog quoting an article, the rule nevertheless applies to the original source.
For instance, a blog might have an entire AP article which is a violation of copyright because AP must be excerpted. Sourcing the article to the blog without excerpting the AP article would be a copyright violation by FR rules.
Thank you. I do not want to be overly persistent, but if the AP logo is anywhere on the web page, it MUST be excerpted?
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