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To: maryz
Read some history books/bibliographies/historic correspondence of letters/written confessions/confessing crimes etc... you might be surprised and learn something.

Before Social Security, nursing homes, etc... when close relatives would observed and communicated their loved ones last thoughts, they would often “leak out” (Admit, poor choice of words). Also, a person that truly confesses would no doubt like to make right what they did wrong, especially law makers.

It would beholden to a Priest to entice a public leader to publicly renounce supporting that which you are repenting from. It would be a logical contrition of a leader who values his or her soul over the rebellious ideology they promoted.

90 posted on 08/29/2009 4:30:30 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: rollo tomasi
My point was we only know those that do leak out. There's no way of knowing of those that don't (e.g., confession to a priest!) and so no way of knowing what proportion leak out.
93 posted on 08/29/2009 4:40:46 PM PDT by maryz
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To: rollo tomasi; maryz

>>you might be surprised and learn something.<<

Rollo, you would do yourself well to hold your smarminess in check when you post.


95 posted on 08/29/2009 4:55:09 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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