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Cardinal Pell; over to you Hedda 6 Years, 10 Months ago
It strikes me that he was unwise going along the cowardly religious path of "we should have believed the accusers". No; some of the accusers, yes but not all, by no means all. This has been the problem of the "You will be believed" mantra; many lie, most exaggerate, some are confused, some persuaded by police or media to give a good story.
Re:Cardinal Pell; over to you Hedda 6 Years, 10 Months ago
JK2006 wrote: It strikes me that he was unwise going along the cowardly religious path of "we should have believed the accusers". No; some of the accusers, yes but not all, by no means all. This has been the problem of the "You will be believed" mantra; many lie, most exaggerate, some are confused, some persuaded by police or media to give a good story.
And anyway,what sort of idiot believes someone's story without considering all the factors?
Re:Cardinal Pell; over to you Hedda 6 Years, 10 Months ago
Sadly, as instructed, the police do; which is tragic. So, of course, does the media - anything for a good story, their only moral code. And so, it appears, do a huge chunk of the public (no time or inclination for complex thought). The butterfly morality of the species arrived this century.