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This is how you avoid accepting responsibility.

Has this become a thread dominated by the question, "Is the Catholic Church stupid?" I don't see that as the point of the OP (in which the word stupid doesn't even appear). Stupid only entered the discussion as a very general term meant to be broadly applied to actions of many different organizations.

If it helps move this thread beyond this, I think that the officials of the Catholic Church who thought up this scheme were attempting to be "sly" rather than stupid. Depending on the public reaction, they may have achieved "sly" or, instead, "stupid," but we will have to wait and see which. In neither case do I see it as laudable.
 
Gawdzilla Sama said:
And it is relevant to the OP how? Can you get past the butt-hurt and make a statement?
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How do you know that I have butt-hurt?

A statement relevant to the OP - there seems to be a general movement towards general secular universal human-rights. Let us hope it holds. :)
 
Giordano said:
Has this become a thread dominated by the question, "Is the Catholic Church stupid?" I don't see that as the point of the OP (in which the word stupid doesn't even appear). Stupid only entered the discussion as a very general term meant to be broadly applied to actions of many different organizations.

If it helps move this thread beyond this, I think that the officials of the Catholic Church who thought up this scheme were attempting to be "sly" rather than stupid. Depending on the public reaction, they may have achieved "sly" or, instead, "stupid," but we will have to wait and see which. In neither case do I see it as laudable.
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No, it is not laudable, but its the rule of law. If they can get away with that, then that is how the system works.
 
Tommy Jeppesen said:
Yes, I do believe it is wrong( it is a bit more complicated than that), but I have no evidence for it. So I believe in something for which I have no evidence, so ...
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I really don't know what your agenda is. And you clearly have one, even if it's only as a wind up merchant, however, I could not let the bolded bit go unhighlighted.

You believe that there is equivocation available over whether it is wrong to rape small children? You believe that that question is 'a bit more complicated than that'?

Could you explain in what way you think there's a moral complication here?
 
Tommy Jeppesen said:
No, it is not laudable, but its the rule of law. If they can get away with that, then that is how the system works.
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If they can get away with it legally, it may still be incredibly stupid from a moral and public relations point of view. Of course, there is the general public expectation that a church would be an example of moral behavior, and would keep true to the doctrines it preaches, but this is not a legal requirement. I have my suspicions as to how this will work out, but we will need to see.
 
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