What do you think would work?
Avoiding gratuitous name-calling for one. Not lumping all people into one basket is another. Posting in a way that shows respect while at the same time not being afraid to oppose another's beliefs with reasoned and well thought out proofs. Far too many people think they are being "bashed" personally when it is a doctrine that is being discussed. I have seen you do a pretty good job of exhibiting these ideals most of the time.
Forgotten Study: Abuse in School 100 Times Worse than by Priests
by LifeSiteNews.com
Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:15
By James Tillman and John Jalsevac
WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the last several weeks such a quantity of ink has been spilled in newspapers across the globe about the priestly sex abuse scandals, that a casual reader might be forgiven for thinking that Catholic priests are the worst and most common perpetrators of child sex abuse.
But according to Charol Shakeshaft, the researcher of a little-remembered 2004 study prepared for the U.S. Department of Education, “the physical sexual abuse of students in schools is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests.”
After effectively disappearing from the radar, Shakeshaft’s study is now being revisited by commentators seeking to restore a sense of proportion to the mainstream coverage of the Church scandal.
According to the 2004 study “the most accurate data available at this time” indicates that “nearly 9.6 percent of students are targets of educator sexual misconduct sometime during their school career.”
“Educator sexual misconduct is woefully under-studied,” writes the researcher. “We have scant data on incidence and even less on descriptions of predators and targets. There are many questions that call for answers.”
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http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2010/apr/10040101
The Education Department stats were 9.6% in 2004 per the article. I can’t find the link where a spokesperson stated a year or two ago that they expected the number to reach 10%. If the media or anyone in the DoE really cared about the kids they’d be investigating this up the ying yang, since they’re not, one can draw a conclusion - that they were targeting the Catholic Church which eventually filtered down to Protestant denominations but with less media hype.
There are links within on studies done on the rate of homosexuals and pedophilia...there’s actually a name for it but it eludes me...
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=13722