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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Kind of an extreme response to rbg81, looks alot like killing the messenger.

The pedophile problem within the ranks of the Catholic church is a product of their own doing, do you not agree?


16 posted on 10/22/2005 6:18:47 PM PDT by Amish with an attitude (An armed society is a polite society)
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To: Amish with an attitude

The pedophile problem is not unique to the Catholic church.


39 posted on 10/23/2005 7:34:20 AM PDT by Petronski (The name "cyborg" to me means complete love and incredible fun. I'm filled with joy.)
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To: Amish with an attitude
"Kind of an extreme response to rbg81, looks alot like killing the messenger. The pedophile problem within the ranks of the Catholic church is a product of their own doing, do you not agree?"

Oh yes I agree. But the problem was born of ignorance, arrogance, and poor thinking on the part of people who should know better. rbg81 was insinuating that the hiring and retaining of pedophile and or gay priests was DELIBERATE as if it was HOPED FOR, EXPECTED and seen as a positive good that little Catholic boys would be molested by their parish priest. Rbg81 was insinuating that it was seen as a positive thing that there be gay activities among priests. And he was saying that married priests are not being permitted so that the priesthood would remain a gay club. And that of course is not the reason and he knows it.

He could have just said, "I don't understand why they are not allowing priests to marry given the scandals they have had in the past." But he had to get in a nasty dig so he could vent some hostility or whatever your problem is with the Catholic Church and hopefully offend some Catholics in the process.

So while the messenger does not deserve to be killed he needed to be called out.

118 posted on 10/24/2005 5:39:13 PM PDT by Hound of the Baskervilles
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