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To: Havisham
don't know when I've witnessed such bigoted zeal.

Where? Show us the specific replies.

O'Brien may not have known he'd hit a pedestrian.

The object was so large that the guy's windshield was smashed in. Are you telling me that it's normal procedure to just drive merrily along after impacts?

Such accidents commonly happen in Phoenix, especially at dusk when there are deep shadows and bright exposures.

Remind me not to move there. <

If we had a show of hands, I think the proportion of catholic haters here would be depressingly high.

Why do you say that? Do you think it is "hating" the Catholic church to be disgusted at all the cover-ups that have gone on over the years regarding the sex abuse of young children? If I genuinely hated the Catholic church, I'd want the scandal to go on and on so that the church would be destroyed from within. But I don't. I want to see the Catholic church come clean and expel all those who committed and/or covered up for these crimes as well as cooperate with law enforcement so that they can be put behind bars where they belong. If the church did that, it would regain credibility and become strong again.

For years in this forum, we attacked the Clintons for all their coverups and their lying and prevaricating ways. Yet there are some here who applaud the Catholic church for doing the same things and attack those who have a problem with that as "haters with an anti-Catholic agenda."

294 posted on 06/17/2003 5:58:23 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Back in boot camp! 260 (-40))
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To: SamAdams76; sinkspur; marajade; xJones; FITZ; Endeavor; freeangel
Look, does anyone here honestly think O'Brien would have left another human being to suffer or die if he had understood what had happened? His response has been reported that he thought maybe someone had thrown a rock at his car. An understandable conclusion, it seems to me, if you've been the object of a lot of public criticism, anger and threats lately. I'm not making excuses for O'Brien or any of the other church leaders but I think even our forum has become part of this national mood to lynch accused priests, who, by the way, are still half as likely to commit criminal offenses than any of the other professions. A little looking within wouldn't hurt even for the righteous.
318 posted on 06/17/2003 9:54:45 AM PDT by Havisham
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