tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post7788859628381326213..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Surely You Remember the Wave of Outrage...TheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-50077019711594308392015-03-16T19:08:50.871-04:002015-03-16T19:08:50.871-04:00But yet the scandal of the predator priests (and m...<i>But yet the scandal of the predator priests (and ministers (and surely rabbis and mullahs)) seems somehow worse, the betrayal deeper.</i><br /><br />The acts are the same. The predator priests were caught, punished, and removed from pastoral duty, though sometimes after deplorable delays. The predator teachers, in many cases, are still teaching, and there happen to be laws compelling parents to send their children to be exposed to their abuse.<br /><br />In my books, the combination of coercion and impunity makes the teachers far worse.Tom Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067031472666752839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-56091491035682710152015-03-15T19:37:10.603-04:002015-03-15T19:37:10.603-04:00@ Richard
Not to mention significantly smaller an...@ Richard<br /><br />Not to mention significantly smaller and predicated by a 382% ratio of homosexual to heterosexual abuses.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-42754453285332723662015-03-14T16:43:55.803-04:002015-03-14T16:43:55.803-04:00Your point, "Perhaps it has to do with the po...Your point, "Perhaps it has to do with the political connections and ideologies of the organizations of which the different groups are members," is well-taken. But yet the scandal of the predator priests (and ministers (and surely rabbis and mullahs)) seems somehow worse, the betrayal deeper.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547302679904413077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-70085888650681992902015-03-14T09:45:20.109-04:002015-03-14T09:45:20.109-04:00I remember someone challenging media critic Howard...I remember someone challenging media critic Howard Kurtz on the virtual silence that greeted this investigation. His email response was "don't know much about it. Sorry." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-1871943476818070832015-03-13T22:53:31.973-04:002015-03-13T22:53:31.973-04:00The consistency of our media is truly impressive. ...The consistency of our media is truly impressive. Rarely do they slip up and publish any news unflattering to those who long to save us from ourselves, unless we're schoolkids or some other troublemakers. The old joke about Catholics not belonging to an organized religion springs to mind - you want to see an organized religion? Just turn on the news. Joseph Moorehttp://yardsaleofthemind.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com