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mr blur

(7,753 posts) Mon Feb 29, 2016, 06:37 AM Feb 2016

“Pope Francis: it’s time to protect the children and restore the faith.” [View all]

Michael Sugar, producer of the Oscar-winning "Spotlight" (well-deserved) speaking from the stage when accepting the award. He said said he hoped the film’s message – that institutional silence over child abuse was not to be tolerated – would “resonate all the way to the Vatican”.

He continued with a direct call to the pontiff. “Pope Francis: it’s time to protect the children and restore the faith.”

Is anyone else surprised that the Oscar voters would risk the wrath and power of the RCC?

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“Pope Francis: it’s time to protect the children and restore the faith.” [View all] mr blur Feb 2016 OP

This should have a million recs. bvf Feb 2016 #1

And it should at least have a million or so BUMPs. onager Feb 2016 #3

More than a bit skepticscott Feb 2016 #2

One timeout at a time for now, scott. trotsky Feb 2016 #4

Jury result, 1-6 Leave Lancero Feb 2016 #8

Thank you! skepticscott Feb 2016 #10

Looks like juror #6 pegged it! It's so sad to see the impotent rage of apologists on vacation. cleanhippie Feb 2016 #27

Not surprised, so much. LiberalAndProud Feb 2016 #5

It's funny they can gin up the outrage to picket a fictional movie, but not for child rape in the AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #6

Down with this sort of thing! skepticscott Feb 2016 #7

Isn't it? LiberalAndProud Feb 2016 #9

The Muslims and Xians banned "Da Vinci Code..." onager Mar 2016 #60

Catholic Response to this movie: happyslug Feb 2016 #11

Empty PR bullshit skepticscott Feb 2016 #12

Given even the AG of Massachusetts says Law committed no crime, what punishment is due? happyslug Feb 2016 #15

Other than burning in hell? skepticscott Feb 2016 #18

I do not know if his FAILURE to act was "Horrible". happyslug Feb 2016 #26

His failure to act skepticscott Mar 2016 #30

"to pay all the consequences" trotsky Feb 2016 #13

The Massachusetts Attorney General has ruled Law committed NO CRIME. happyslug Feb 2016 #14

Oh how wonderfully convenient for him. trotsky Feb 2016 #16

Civil Suites? Law has no assets, no attorney wants to sue Law. happyslug Feb 2016 #17

Well thank goodness you're here to make sure there is no accountability. trotsky Feb 2016 #20

"Law has no assets" Lordquinton Mar 2016 #53

So why is he holed up in the Vatican? skepticscott Feb 2016 #19

Law has been involved in Vatican Politics for decades... happyslug Feb 2016 #22

None of your Google-fu skepticscott Feb 2016 #23

Law was well liked by John Paul II, mostly for Law's Civil Rights Work in the 1950s and 1960s happyslug Feb 2016 #25

You're actually defending the enabling of child rape? skepticscott Mar 2016 #29

Does it bother you at all that civil courts are instructing religious institutions in moral behavior LiberalAndProud Feb 2016 #21

The Courts do NOT make judgement calls on Morals, they award damages for actual harm done happyslug Feb 2016 #24

One has to admire your persistence in defending the indefensible. mr blur Mar 2016 #28

You are engaging in the slimiest of tactics. trotsky Mar 2016 #31

So you quote a Bishop who stated the "Age of Reason is age 1" as to saying 7 year old is at fault happyslug Mar 2016 #32

This is disgusting. No, people in other large institutions did not have similar problems. trotsky Mar 2016 #33

I commend your effort to engage with this character... Act_of_Reparation Mar 2016 #35

15K posts or not SwankyXomb Mar 2016 #76

You should do some study on the subject, you will find it is a common problem happyslug Mar 2016 #39

I have absolutely zero interest in researching the repulsive bullshit you're posting. trotsky Mar 2016 #40

Or, so you care less about the truth, your opinion are superior happyslug Mar 2016 #41

Yes, my opinion here is superior. trotsky Mar 2016 #50

Interesting, isn't it? Not ONE religionist has spoken up skepticscott Mar 2016 #51

Depth and scale, maybe not. LiberalAndProud Mar 2016 #102

What desperate, ridiculous drivel. You should be ashamed of yourself - and your church. mr blur Mar 2016 #34

I did NOT say seven year old can have sex, but that the Bishop's comment dies reflect the law happyslug Mar 2016 #36

BUT THE CHILD DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME. THE CHILD WAS RAPED. THE CHILD WAS THE VICTIM. trotsky Mar 2016 #38

We are discussing LAW not the Rapist, the Rapist went to jail happyslug Mar 2016 #42

The rapist was a sick, diseased individual skepticscott Mar 2016 #43

Morally, Yes, Legally No, and what is required by law is what I am discussing happyslug Mar 2016 #45

The legality Dorian Gray Mar 2016 #55

No, we're not. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2016 #46

This. A million times this: trotsky Mar 2016 #49

No we aren't - this subthread in particular was discussing the unique horrors... trotsky Mar 2016 #48

Thank you skepticscott Mar 2016 #37

Please note the actual Raptist ended up in jail happyslug Mar 2016 #44

In the first place, his "duty" as a moral human being skepticscott Mar 2016 #47

This guy is too much... nt EvilAL Mar 2016 #52

I have disagreed Dorian Gray Mar 2016 #56

I appreciate that skepticscott Mar 2016 #62

I see that too Dorian Gray Mar 2016 #82

So much that I find disturbing here. LiberalAndProud Mar 2016 #57

I think so much of the problem comes from historically, the church putting itself and canon law... trotsky Mar 2016 #58

There's no way to ignore the face-saving features of these actions, no doubt. LiberalAndProud Mar 2016 #63

So very true. n/t trotsky Mar 2016 #94

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #59

I'm not even sure why we're discussing this. LiberalAndProud Mar 2016 #61

I brought it up for most child abusers are the child's Father happyslug Mar 2016 #64

Deflection again. LiberalAndProud Mar 2016 #65

You're posting some really fucked up shit Heddi Mar 2016 #66

......... Goblinmonger Mar 2016 #67

I am sorry for what you went through, Curmudgeoness Mar 2016 #68

These stories are hard to read Lordquinton Mar 2016 #70

The really disturbing part is LiberalAndProud Mar 2016 #71

I have no words kdmorris Mar 2016 #72

And the dynamite goes... Act_of_Reparation Mar 2016 #73

You should point out your concerns to the State legislature happyslug Mar 2016 #75

After reading through this EvilAL Mar 2016 #78

Both should have been done but like police abuse rarely reported happyslug Mar 2016 #89

It's too bad that EvilAL Mar 2016 #98

Wait, what the fuck?? kdmorris Mar 2016 #104

He never learned the valuable rule... trotsky Mar 2016 #109

That's terrible. EvilAL Mar 2016 #79

A great and courageous post skepticscott Mar 2016 #80

Oh Heddi Dorian Gray Mar 2016 #84

That took great courage bvf Mar 2016 #90

Thank you, Heddi, for sharing your pain. trotsky Mar 2016 #95

What the hell is going on here? Lordquinton Mar 2016 #69

Then who supports the child? happyslug Mar 2016 #74

Did I stutter? Lordquinton Mar 2016 #77

And how is the victim to survive? happyslug Mar 2016 #87

That is disgusting kdmorris Mar 2016 #96

No, I want he victim safe, and the rapist punished Lordquinton Mar 2016 #108

So you're not only defending the cover-up skepticscott Mar 2016 #81

I am pointing out the problem with jailing such people happyslug Mar 2016 #86

How many types of offenders should fall under your child support umbrella? LiberalAndProud Mar 2016 #92

They have Dorian Gray Mar 2016 #107

Again with the sexist assumption that the mother will end up on welfare kdmorris Mar 2016 #110

No I am not. happyslug Mar 2016 #88

So you still haven't told us skepticscott Mar 2016 #91

I have never met you, and I hope that I never do, but I'm taking you off Ignore long enough mr blur Mar 2016 #93

I have been helping such victims for over 25 years, thus I am a "self-centred piece of shit." happyslug Mar 2016 #100

And by the way...they CAN pay child support from jail kdmorris Mar 2016 #97

Only in the county System rarely in the State of Federal Prison System happyslug Mar 2016 #99

Again you are assuming that fuckers who rape children will even pay child support kdmorris Mar 2016 #103

I am Dorian Gray Mar 2016 #85

What Dorian Gray Mar 2016 #83

But the state says it is the family member who is abuser who must provide the support. happyslug Mar 2016 #101

There's a factor missing in your calculations. Mariana Mar 2016 #105

Thank you Dorian Gray Mar 2016 #106

it’s time to protect the children and restore the faith. AlbertCat Mar 2016 #54