Re: I SEE A CONNECTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND PEDOPHILIA--don't know about you, but you'd have to be blind not to notice...

On Wed, 14 May 2008 04:05:11 GMT, jesucristo2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (marques de
sade) wrote:

>On Tue, 13 May 2008 15:17:54 -0700, "Tom"
><dantPAYATTENTIONomel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"marques de sade" <jesucristo2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>>news:482a09a0.122577032@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Every time we see on the news all these pedophiles, and they're
>>> all connected to religion in some way.
>>
>>Well, for one thing, the cases you see on the news are only the most 
>>sanitary and controversial of the incidents.  Fit to print, as it were. 
>>Further, they are the most sensational from a social interest point of
view, 
>>such as when a supposedly trustworthy or glamorous figure is exposed. 
This 
>>would include religious, educational, or political figures, as well as
the 
>>occasional pop star.
>>
>>The vast majority of pedophile activity is tawdry, revolting, and ugly,
not 
>>at all like the cases you see on TV, which are merely shocking and 
>>salacious.  People don't want to know about it in detail on the nightly 
>>news.  Most would prefer not to know about it at all.  So, if you are 
>>relying on the public news broadcasts, you are getting a very skewed
picture 
>>of the situation.
>>
>>
>
>well, if there is activity that you know about that is so common
>and the media is totally ignoring it, then there is something
>wrong there... 

    Do you really think the media should make a big deal about
every case? If they did, I wonder if they'd have time for anything
else.

>they're supposed to re****t the facts, and be
>totally objective about it...
>
>if they're skewing the picture on purpose, then that's ****ed up.
>if it's unintentional, it's still ****ed up but i'm not as
>upset... but something should be done to fix it...

    You try to promote the idea that religion and child abuse
are somehow linked together, which is as bad as anything
the media is doing in that regard.