Pedophilia Irish Style

[squirell nutkin]

Not for effect and I will work on a short catalog of the church's major transgressions throughout history. But to whet your appetite, head on back to the inquisition or read up on the case of
Peter Stumpp:

His execution is one of the most brutal on record: He was put to the wheel, where flesh was torn from his body, in ten places, with red-hot pincers, followed by his arms and legs. Then his limbs were broken with the blunt side of an axehead to prevent him from returning from the grave, before he was beheaded and burned on a pyre. His daughter and mistress had already been flayed, raped, and strangled and were burned alive along with Stumpp's body. As a warning against similar behavior, local authorities erected a pole with the torture wheel and the figure of a wolf on it, and at the very top they placed Peter Stumpp's severed head.

There's plenty more where that came from, and it was all duplicity in service of cementing power under the guise holiness. The church has battled science and reason because frightened people are much easier to manipulate and control. Can you imagine what things would be like if people still believed in witches and werewolves?

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

... Can you imagine what things would be like if people still believed in witches and werewolves?

They don't?

[Cloud]

it would be nice to think that the wider problem of sexual misconduct with minors is being addressed adequately in our society. Sadly, I know from personal, direct experience, it is not. Not enough, anyway.

[squirell nutkin]

Then there's the charming story of The Nuns of Loudun Another political power play resulting in torture, madness, death. Ken Russel's film, The Devils is based on the story.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Then there's the charming story of The Nuns of Loudun Another political power play resulting in torture, madness, death. Ken Russel's film, The Devils is based on the story.

One of my heroes, Derek Jarman, was the Set Designer for that film.
When I read his biography I cry at the end. Even though I (obviously!) know how it ends.
Great talent, taken too soon.

Anyway, as you were.

[lumberjim]

still..... condoning pedophilia in this day and age is RIGHT THE FUCK UP THERE

[squirell nutkin]

OK, I get your point, cheating old ladies out of their pensions by fixing bingo games is probably among the least, and yes the pedo thing is right up there, but I think I meant among the things right up there, it's not at the top of the top, well, maybe it is really fucked up to try to compare anything in the top of the list.

The whole thing is fucked up.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

OK, I get your point, cheating old ladies out of their pensions by fixing bingo games is probably among the least, and yes the pedo thing is right up there, but I think I meant among the things right up there, it's not at the top of the top, well, maybe it is really fucked up to try to compare anything in the top of the list.

The whole thing is fucked up.

we're here:

:: points at his forehead...then at yours, then back at his, then back at yours::




if I make a smile for this....would you vote for it?

[classicman]

gotta be in the top on anyone's list

[HungLikeJesus]

Philadelphia.

Pedophilia.

See what I mean?

[Shawnee123]

Nah, they're all about the wampires now. Everywhere you look are wampires. Where is the outrage?

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Nah, they're all about the wampires now. Everywhere you look are wampires. Where is the outrage?

Yeah - guys that come back from the dead. What hogwash!

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Yeah - guys that come back from the dead. What hogwash!

Jesus was a eripmav - he came back from the dead and made everyone drink his blood.

[Shawnee123]

Probably coming back to steal our healthcare. Selfish freakface wampires.

[lumberjim]

so THAT's what a reverse Vampire is