'Just Rewards (2)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
David,
that is really shocking. One of the comments on the article says not to blame the Catholic church, but it was the actions of its members that was at issue.
However, when we are talking about several thousand babies, nevermind 300,000 babies, I think that is an institutional failing and not one that can simply be attributed to a handful of nurses, doctors, priests and nuns.
Two words: cavity search.
To dissuade Scrabble players from hiding letters in body cavities, the letters could be made radioactive. Then each time a player puts down a letter, it would be checked for radioactivity.
One of the comments on the article says not to blame the Catholic church, but it was the actions of its members that was at issue.
I don't think it's unfair to blame the hierarchy of the Church in Spain, anyway: obviously many priests and bishops had to be in the know in order to pull all that off for so long.
It's all so sad.
I definitely prefer E to W. I somehow made it back from France with no discernible jet lag, but the redeyes from the west coast always kill me. I even went to see 50/50 on the way home from the airport, AIFG.
However, when we are talking about several thousand babies, nevermind 300,000 babies, I think that is an institutional failing and not one that can simply be attributed to a handful of nurses, doctors, priests and nuns.
It is absolutely an institutional failing. Though "failing" suggests a sin of omission, or oversight rather than commission. And I believe the Spanish Catholic Church knew exactly what it was doing, and protected and promoted this trafficking. It's not like they'd ever have any reason to question their monopoly on the right-behavior.
I'm going to have to slot this after the institutional practice of protecting and shuffling around pedophile priests from parish to parish, and maybe after the Magdalene Sisters which still gets me crazy angry.
Though I have to say, sexually abusing children, stealing babies and enslaving wayward girls is quite a trifecta of evil.
Really, Catholic Church? Institutional baby trafficking?
Too much WTF to really comprehend.
I don't think the "a few bad apples" defense is going to work for this.
And I believe the Spanish Catholic Church knew exactly what it was doing, and protected and promoted this trafficking.
It appears to intersect with the victory of the fascists--there's a thing where the winners take babies away from the losers, as if being on the losing side of a civil war means you don't deserve to have children. Happened under Pinochet, too. Disgusting.
The thing that gets me is that this went all the way into the '80s! the 1980s! You'd think this kind of thing would be in the 1880s or during WWII, but no.
But it is true, after protecting pedophile priests, why shouldn't there be other scandals lurking?
Maybe things will change if bishops start going to jail.