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dmallind

(10,437 posts)
1. too short a sentence, too few defendants, but a start.
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 01:42 PM
Jul 2012

The whole system - any system - that does anything but immediately contact police and immediately withdraw any opportunity for reoccurrence it can possibly affect at the very first credible report of child abuse is guilty of this crime. Football coaches, hierarchy, business leaders, whatever. Makes no difference. I am and remain a denier of moral absolutes, but any scenario I could imagine that would make turning a blind eye to pederasty, let alone actively giving the child-rapist a fresh set of victims for the choosing, a worthy moral choice is so fantastic and improbable it would strain comic book credulity to say nothing of the courtroom.

too short a sentence, too few defendants, but a start. dmallind Jul 2012 #1
I agree too short a sentence HockeyMom Jul 2012 #29
Bernard Law and the pope should be sharing his prison cell Dems to Win Jul 2012 #2
Are you calling practicing Catholics "sheep"? rug Jul 2012 #3
If they are funding the pedophile ring called the catholic church, yes I am. Dems to Win Jul 2012 #4
And do you include Biden, Pelosi and Napolitano? rug Jul 2012 #7
If they are sending money to the catholic church, yes, I do. Dems to Win Jul 2012 #11
Rethink your name. rug Jul 2012 #12
Why don't you post the results of the alert when it comes in? Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #5
Get some new material. rug Jul 2012 #9
How about if you get some new material. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #13
You are way too obsessed with DU. rug Jul 2012 #21
Get some new material? EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #17
Yoda was fresh 30 years ago. rug Jul 2012 #22
Yoda is always fresh EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #28
Oh, in that case I'll rephrase rug Jul 2012 #34
Leave Devo the hell out of this. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #37
They have a strong cult following. rug Jul 2012 #42
Oh my EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #44
You're still mocking Yoda EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #39
It's not Yoda I'm mocking. rug Jul 2012 #45
Well then who are you mocking? EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #48
Well, someone alerted the post and I'm betting it wasn't you. cbayer Jul 2012 #18
C'mon cbayer, you know it's not an abuse of the alert system EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #19
Looks to me that some one alerted on it to set rug up. cbayer Jul 2012 #20
Someone "set up" rug? cleanhippie Jul 2012 #23
Naw, that couldn't possibly happen. rug Jul 2012 #26
Looking for another notch, I see EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #30
You have it backwards as usual. rug Jul 2012 #33
I wasn't commenting on the possibity of that. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #36
Get some new material. n/t Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #40
Incoherent comments about alerts. n/t rug Jul 2012 #43
Who alerted the post? cbayer Jul 2012 #27
I don't question why other DUers alert on posts EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #25
He didn't alert because he was offended. cbayer Jul 2012 #31
First, I didn't call you stupid - I think you're anything but EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #35
You can't possibly be defending this. cbayer Jul 2012 #41
That's a rhetorical question, right? cleanhippie Jul 2012 #38
Well, at least I would have probably had the presence of mind to edit the alert message cbayer Jul 2012 #47
"I would never have done something like this" cleanhippie Jul 2012 #49
I wouldn't. I'm not neutral about much, but for you to question my integrity and fair play after cbayer Jul 2012 #51
Don't you dare lecture me. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #52
Aren't you calling out another DUer's integrity EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #53
I have no idea what you are talking about. You mean this has been going on for a while? cbayer Jul 2012 #56
Really? You're kidding, right? EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #57
I'm not talking about the back and forth. cbayer Jul 2012 #59
You have no proof that is why he did it. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #62
I find it hard to believe that you are really this clueless. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #58
Yeah, go run to Meta. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #54
I thought about alerting on it first Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #46
Bwahahaah Evoman Jul 2012 #75
Color me surprised. A jury gets it right. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #15
Wait. You alerted the post?? cbayer Jul 2012 #16
Lol, you called it. rug Jul 2012 #24
Unfuckingbelievable! I guess he's been taking lessons from laconic. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #61
Save your indignation. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #63
I guess if you're not good at Scrabble, this game is an alternative. rug Jul 2012 #64
Is there something against the rules in doing that? trotsky Jul 2012 #32
Don't priests refer to their congregations as "flocks" with him as the "shepherd"? cleanhippie Jul 2012 #6
Actually, that is the correct translation. rug Jul 2012 #8
Bingo. Priests regularly call their parishioners dumb animals. Dems to Win Jul 2012 #10
Don't Catholics (and other Christians) think being "sheep" is a GOOD thing? 2ndAmForComputers Jul 2012 #14
Of course, and Jesus is not called the "Lamb of God" for nothing. MineralMan Jul 2012 #66
Hundreds of pedophile priests, dozens of Bishop enablers, decades of abuse... Walk away Jul 2012 #50
All cases? How long do we have? Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #65
Huh? cleanhippie Jul 2012 #67
I don't think Sandusky is Catholic. Not sure how you see these as related. cbayer Jul 2012 #68
Rampant Pedophilia by trusted leaders covered up by powerful men... Walk away Jul 2012 #70
Pedophilia is bad. Covering up pedophilia is bad. cbayer Jul 2012 #71
I think the rape of children by so many catholic priests ... Walk away Jul 2012 #72
Sandusky belonged to St. Paul's United Methodist Church. That's where my wife knows him from. kwassa Jul 2012 #69
I was really trying to make a point about Sandusky's crime and... Walk away Jul 2012 #76
This has a lot more to do with the religion of college football cbayer Jul 2012 #78
I suppose if you really believe that a mans religion and church has no bearing on.... Walk away Jul 2012 #82
In State College, football is the religion, and Paterno was God. kwassa Jul 2012 #79
Substitute "Jesus" for "Paterno" in what your collegue said... cleanhippie Jul 2012 #80
No. kwassa Jul 2012 #81
Yes. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #83
Weird - lots of middle school cilquey shite being discussed dmallind Jul 2012 #55
Not sure anymore. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #60
the sentence is way too short linux80386 Jul 2012 #73
A priest, a rapist and a pedophile walked into a bar... backscatter712 Jul 2012 #74
And then asked the bartender why he wasn't in church on Sunday! nt Walk away Jul 2012 #77
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