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Originally Posted by evman150
I have a tough time putting the Pedophiles United Church on the same list as those groups who have suffered gross injustices. Especially since the PUC were/are perpetrators of such injustices.
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There are 1.2 billion Catholics in the world and I am sure not all are pedophiles. Not supporting the church or organization is one thing, but to accept anti-Catholic discrimination as legitimate is another. It's like differentiating between the actions of a state and the people within the state.
It has been going on since the English conquered Scotland and Ireland, and to the wars with France. It was one more way to detroy any empathy for the enemy - make them out to be different than you. If we used the standards of today, many of England's actions towards Catholics would be definite human rights violations and even genocide in some cases. I don't see how you can use relatively recent scandals to justify that.
Besides, Catholics make up almost 30% of the planet's population, but i haven't seen any evidence that they are responsible for more than 30% of child abuse.