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News Forum - Sleeping Thai man attacked with acid, suspect flees neighbouring room
A 46 year old Thai man was attacked with acid while asleep in his rented room in Thailand’s central Samut Prakan province. The neighbouring room’s tenant, who had a previous altercation with the victim, disappeared after the incident. Officers from Samut Prakan’s Samrong Nuea station were notified at 4pm yesterday about a man who had … … The story Sleeping Thai man attacked with acid, suspect flees neighbouring room as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story -
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Time to dissolve the Catholic Church
I don’t dispute the passion or righteousness of your argument. It is all about practicality! If I had my way, the police and other law enforcement would tear them apart. But even 20 years after the Spotlight team at the Boston Globe revealed the extent of abuse, little realistically has changed, as pointed out in this article. https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/20-years-after-boston-globes-spotlight-we-need-national-database-accused-clergy However, no matter the strength of the argument, we are talking about an organisation that has been around in one form or another for 1700 years and has over 1.3 billion baptised followers with its own recognised country, albeit a city state. How many Politicians alone would be sponsored even by their faith, just to stall such a step? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church You cite Canada as an example, and my own country amongst others have had similar issues. But in Canada, under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, the following applies: “Under section 2 of the Charter, Canadians are free to follow the religion of their choice.” https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/how-rights-protected/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html# Those following the faith will raise this as an argument. They would delay any action, challenge it to the highest courts, all the time taking the focus away from what actually needs to be done. Similar things exist across the world. The practicality of doing what you say is the real challenge, not your arguments for wanting to do it. You might like to have a read of the following article. It has some good reading on what the Church has done when challenged and just highlights some of the issues faced when the Church sees its position challenged. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/catholic-church-changes-roe-v-wade-pope-francis/672235/ Revolutions start with one objecting voice. But in this case the revolution has wavered and internal reform may be the only viable option. Keep the pressure on though! -
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News Forum - Thai man’s surprise cake for girlfriend backfires, netizens react
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Time to dissolve the Catholic Church
You have posted a good post, Mr Dog, but respectfully with two glaring flaws; action and timing. I doubt that anyone would dispute that the Catholic Church has done some good things and that it must reform; that is a given. However, I would argue that the Catholic Church has already been given a great deal of time and leeway to deal with the issue of pedophilia/child molestation within its ranks but has not done so satisfactorily. One example among many; in my native country of Canada there was a truly horrific scandal of abuse at a place called the Mount Cashel Orphanage (see links below). The story broke in 1989, there was a Royal Commission set up to investigate, there was an Archdiocesan Commission of Enquiry, and the issue was in the newspapers for years. In that particular case, the Orphanage in question was razed to the ground and some compensation was given (good thing). However, the Order that ran the Orphanage declared bankruptcy in 2011 leaving 422 outstanding claims by abused people. Moreover, many of the Catholic pedophiles from Mount Cashel were transferred to another part of the country where they continued their abuse (Wikipedia and CBC link below) up to at least 2022. To sum up, this ONE case in Canada demonstrates that the Catholic Church has known of horrific abuses since the 70s, but has not dealt with the problem. And, while this is ONE example from Canada, a wee bit of research will tell similar tales in many countries around the globe. So, my questions are these... How much more time are you willing to give the Catholic Church to reform itself? How many child molestations are you willing to countenance while waiting for the Catholic Church to reform? Yes, dissolving the Catholic Church IS an extreme act, but what more evidence would you need to agree that it is time for extreme measures? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Cashel_Orphanage https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/wells-government-mt-cashel.php -
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Time to dissolve the Catholic Church
I have been an atheist since before I even knew the word, let alone what it meant. so have no axe to grind with any particular cult or creed. But in the case of the Catholic Church it seems like a significant amount of the problem with addressing the issues comes from denial that they exist from both the congregation and the priesthood.- 1
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