"B J Foster" wrote in message
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> HD wrote:
>> "B J Foster" wrote in message
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>>> David Moss wrote:
>>>> B J Foster wrote in news:g94jqa$ii0$1@aioe.org:
>>>>
>>>>> bringyagrogalong wrote:
>>>>>> On Aug 27, 11:22 pm, David Moss
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> bringyagrogalong wrote
>>>>>>> innews:af46da9f-6917-4abc-a198-9ccf783ff471@z11g2000prl.googlegroups.
>>>>>>> com:
>>>>>>>> On Aug 27, 10:12 pm, David Moss
>>>>>>>>> "Cruizin" wrote
>>>>>>>>> innews:6%atk.31754$IK1.3181@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
>>>>>>>>>> Any other organisation that was so riddled with paedophiles,
>>>>>>>>>> protects paedophiles from prosecution, and generally condones
>>>>>>>>>> paedophiles would be closed down.
>>>>>>>>>> Why is the catholic church so different?
>>>>>>>>> Size.
>>>>>>>>> If you group together a sufficient number of people under one name
>>>>>>>>> chances
>>>>>>>>> are you will find paedophiles among them. If you scrutinise the
>>>>>>>>> number of people who call themselves Catholic it is statistically
>>>>>>>>> ivevitable you will
>>>>>>>>> find paedophiles among them. Sad but true.
>>>>>>>>> Shutting down the Catholics would make as much sense as shutting
>>>>>>>>> down Australia because some Australians are paedophiles.
>>>>>>>> It's just that it's endemic within the Catholic Church.
>>>>>>> Thats just a rephrasing of "its endemic within a sufficiently large
>>>>>>> population sample".
>>>>>> It's just that paedophilia in "a sufficiently large population
>>>>>> sample" pales in comparison to the Catholic Church.
>>>>>>
>>>>> David is getting stuck in the rut of attacking the fallacy of
>>>>> generalisation & not addressing the topic.
>>>>> Yes, we know that it is incorrect to conclude that "Catholic priests
>>>>> are paedophiles" just because *some* are.
>>>> The question was about the Catholic church, not Catholic priests. It
>>>> was a general question that you want to make specific. I can do that.
>>> Okay, the original poster wrote:
>>>
>>> Any other organisation that was so riddled with paedophiles, protects
>>> paedophiles from prosecution, and generally condones paedophiles would
>>> be closed down.
>>>
>>> Why is the catholic church so different?
>>>
>>> What have the Bishop's got on the politicians?
>>>
>>>
>>> The question is essentially, 'Why is the Catholic church not subject to
>>> the same laws (as the rest of us)?'
>>
>> They are. But first, you can't close down the Catholic Church the same as
>> you can't close down the Ford Motor Company.
>
> Why not?
Because we are not in China.
Australians have the right to practice their religion.
>
>
>> Secondly, if you could close down an organization, you don't stop
>> perverts from being paedophiles and you don't stop them living in
>> Australia.
>> A very large number of Paedophiles go to poor Asian countries to satisfy
>> their perverted needs.
>> Do we close down Qantas?
>>
>
> If Qantas management were aware of a specific crime and did not report it,
> or if they concealed evidence of it, then they would be guilty of
> perverting (nice word that!) the course of justice.
>
> In such a situation, do we close down Qantas? No. Do we charge their
> management with a crime? Absolutely.
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