Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Hitchens on Priest Abuse


Yes, he's a well known hater of all things Catholic, or Christian, or even religious with a particular hard on against Mother Theresa but he brings up some points worth considering when it comes to the latest (can't this ever stop?) child abuse scandal confronting the Catholic Church:
http://www.slate.com/id/2248557/. One primary lesson from all of this is that it is never, ever a good idea to cover up something salacious--see politics, sports, etc. and the current pope may get to find out just what this means. When the truth does bust out, the shit hits the fan in a big way and right now the blades are spinning the breeze toward Rome. It's easy to pick on the fisheaters--loads of sexually maladjusted twerps have become priests but the problem exists in other denominations and on the outside where pedophiles have access to children through school and little league and what have you. I've got no tolerance for them and one strike should mean life without parole in the state prison of choice with all the rights and privileges therein. They can't be rehabilitated and it's a measure of our sense of decency as a nation to keep them away from innocents. Mr. President, you and your buds are fond of throwing the decency card down a lot--try playing it with this hand. Lots of parents and their children would appreciate it.

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