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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
I wonder exactly HOW high a standard we hold our religious leaders to. Hmmm... let's see, pedophile priests and the church REFUSES TO NAME THEM. Ha! High standards indeed. The very system they're offending protects them.
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And you think this counters my point? Paedophile Priests are among the most despised people in society! By 'we' I do not mean simply the Catholic Church Timber! For starters, unlike Catholicism, most Christian denominations allow their ministers to marry.
Secondly, you are condemning Priests for protecting their comrades from further humiliation, yet in any other profession, protecting a fallen friend could be honourable. However wrong they may be in not naming PPs you seem to be setting a higher standard for them than anyone else.
That is precisely what I'm exploring.
Would you name your partner if he was your best friend, and yet committed a crime that would cause him to lose everything? You may do so, but would you seek to help him in any way, or join the chorus of those who deemed your friend an animal worse than manure.
[ 08-06-2003, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: Yorick ]