have you decided who to vote for?

[Lilith7]

From Marylands School to Gloriavale, even the secondary school that I attended (St. Patrick's College) there has been rampant cases of sexual abuse by so-called religious people.
My wife has just donated to this victim's cause:- "Darryl Smith, who was abused while in the care of the Catholic Church, is fundraising to go to a survivors event in Rome - and says the church is “two-faced” for not supporting him."

I recently read Tom Keneally's Crimes of the Father, on the subject. Interesting book given he trained as a priest for a time.


I'd like to think that there might come a time very soon when the Catholic church decides to sell all of its assets & give survivors of abuse by their priests substantial sums of money to try to repair the damage done.
But I don't hold much hope its ever going to happen - they love power & money too much.

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Some people don't trust any of them.
I'm exactly the opposite, I distrust all of them.

I'll grab any excuse to post Mark Twain's comments on politicians, he sums them up so very well...




"The desire to become a politician should be sufficient to warrant being banned from ever doing so for life."

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But, I repeat myself."

"Politicians and diapers must be changed often,& for the same reason."

And one pecualiar to America - I hope.



"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress."
Mark Twain