Cardinal Law blames the victim

Post #36,797 by marlowe 4/29/02 2:53:23 PM Reply	Cardinal Law blames the victim [link\|http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/priest020429.html\|It's always somebody else's fault] Excerpts: B O S T O N, April 29 \ufffd Cardinal Bernard F. Law, in documents filed by his attorney, said "negligence" by a then 6-year-old boy and his parents contributed to alleged sexual abuse of the child by a priest... In the court document, Law declares: "The defendant says that the Plaintiffs were not in the exercise of due care, but rather the negligence of the Plaintiffs contributed to cause the injury or damage complained of ..." The response also says that any damages assessed against Law "should be reduced in proportion to the said negligence of the Plaintiffs." I say: Okay, I can buy that the parents were negligent. I know what people are like there. But that's no excuse. And the kid too? Come on. Excommunicate this asshole, and his lawyer too. Do it fast, while there's still a Church to kick them out of. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html] Truth is that which is the case. Accept no substitutes. If competence is considered "hubris" then may I and my country always be as "arrogant" as we can possibly manage.
Post #36,805 by drewk 4/29/02 3:36:46 PM Reply	Another good quote From the radio this morning, quotes from a demonstration for/against Cardinal Law. In response to someone calling for his removal, some clergyman asked the protester: Why don't you go start your own religion? Have yourself crucified. When you rise on the third day, maybe then I'll listen to your opinion. I really can't come up with any commentary on that. It's so blindingly obvious what's wrong with it that if you don't already know, I couldn't explain. === I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #36,816 by Ashton 4/29/02 4:30:08 PM Reply	It Works, though. Tell us your fantasy often enough... And Of Course! the little tyke was guilty! See: just as Trouble comes bundled-free with Windoze - guilt comes free from \ufffd 1 for any old homo-sap.. In case above: the child was obviously suffused with forces from The Dark Lord of \ufffdbersoft -- and entrapped the Trappist -- then foolishly later, opened his trap. It's all simple when you are writing your own interpretations -- and it's a slow day selling Indulgences. Ashton MAN Faith&Morals RC-2
Post #36,834 by inthane-chan 4/29/02 6:35:19 PM Reply	Y'all will forgive me... ...while I go spew on this burning bush over here. Yeah, I got it, and I'm not even Christian, let alone indoctrinated in any particular religious form. Whaddya say we hand the clergyman over to the Scientologists for some "EST" treatments? "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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