And apologies, FP—it is t who loves to throw the term ‘odious’ in here as the basis of some sort of priestly knowledge.
These debts are absolutely odious and you would have no doubt of that if you looked up what odious debt is.
I think all of you may be barking about the wrong word.
Try “Otiose” - producing no useful result; futile
Pronounced: “OH-she-ohss”
“Odious” means hateful or repulsive.