tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post3383073324267670271..comments2023-11-02T13:43:32.053+00:00Comments on Andrew Reeves' Running Blog - but what am I running for.....: Pope Benedict gets LGBT equality wrong (again)Andrew Reeveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07693106687465032781noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-56863989866412077692010-02-05T10:37:01.102+00:002010-02-05T10:37:01.102+00:00Andrew
In your latest article you write of "...Andrew<br /><br />In your latest article you write of "Lies, damn lies and Cameron's Conservatives crime statistics".<br /><br />Well, in this one you made some very serious accusations. I asked you to justify them. You have not been able to do so. You had nothing at all to say on factual matters I reported which contradicted what you claimed. You mentioned "a research paper", but when I asked you for a reference you remained silent. No author, no source, not even a vague recolletcion of where it came from. So, was it all a lie? If you cannot respond, I have to assume it is.<br /><br />So don't you have a cheek to condemn Cameron for "lies, damned lies and statistics" when you have demonstrated just the same behaviour in your article on which I am commenting?Matthew Huntbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-37929682386376946522010-02-03T09:11:49.296+00:002010-02-03T09:11:49.296+00:00Andrew
Could you give me a reference to the resea...Andrew<br /><br />Could you give me a reference to the research paper you mention? It certainly seems to me to be odd, not least because Catholic churches here in these isles don't have the sort of choir composed of boys you seem to be thinking of. Westminster Cathedral has one, yes. Your average RC parish church does not, in fact I'm not sure your average RC cathedral here has one. <br /><br />As for your comments on whether Pope Benedict is or is not trying as hard as he can to root out paedophiles, I was wondering on what basis you made that comment. Do you actually know what he has done? I quoted just a couple of examples to see if your comment had any basis on actual knowledge or whether it was just thrown out through prejudice, and you did not respond in a way that suggests you had any knowledge of recent developments in he RC Church on this issue.<br /><br />If you have not seen it, what you describe as the "latest rubbish he is spouting" is given in full here:<br /><br />http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/25080.php?index=25080&po_date=01.02.2010&lang=en<br /><br />I am not suggesting you should agree with a word of this, but I am not sure if your comments were based on knowing what was said rather than on press reports which put their own spin on it. It is always useful to go back to sources, and the Vatican website is very good when it comes out to finding what was really said by the Pope rather than what bits the press decided to pick out and interpret as they wish.Matthew Huntbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-44789835027281380122010-02-03T03:01:29.793+00:002010-02-03T03:01:29.793+00:00Matthew - some of my comments are based on a resea...Matthew - some of my comments are based on a research paper into the make up of choirs and congregations of churches today and no, I am not 100% that the Catholic Church are investigating and rooting stuff out from contacts within the church.<br /><br />Jock - I recall the story, it broke as I had 1st arrived in Scotland and the timing of the court case may well have been a day my workload was too much to blog, or another simple reason.<br /><br />Gay or straight - I condemn paeophiles whatever, wherever and yes, that story was a disgrace, the guy used his position delibrately, and that was appalling. Glad he is behind bars.Andrew Reeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693106687465032781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-80647275496413084362010-02-02T22:41:38.184+00:002010-02-02T22:41:38.184+00:00Where was your blog about the paedophile ex Direct...Where was your blog about the paedophile ex Director of LBGT Youth Scotland? The only LBGT related story you've blatantly ignored. Paedophiles are everywhere and affect all walks of life, yes, even people pushing the LBGT agenda.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261635624646302118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-38756447945999364612010-02-02T10:14:48.583+00:002010-02-02T10:14:48.583+00:00It is a great, great pity Pope Benedict isn't ...<i><br />It is a great, great pity Pope Benedict isn't trying as hard to search his organisation, root out and get rid of the paedophiles that litter his Church isn't it?<br /></i><br /><br />You know that for sure? Do you know what he did to Maciel for instance? Are you aware of the kicking he gave to the Irish bishops? <br /><br /><i><br />In the Church there are more boys in church choirs than girls<br /></i><br /><br />You know that for sure? Have you gone to your local RC church and checked it out? The chances are the congregation and choir will be mainly women. The introduction of female altar servers has led to this task being dismissed as "girlie" by boys, hence the altar servers now are mostly girls as well. <br /><br />I may be misjudging you, but the point is things may not be as the press chooses to report them. As Liberal Democrats we should know this. The press builds up what it wants to be the story, and reports us in those terms. Mostly it's based on some silly stereotype they have in mind. So they'll look for news or interpretations of news which will support that, they won't report anything that goes against it, and they won't do deep research to find out what is really happening.Matthew Huntbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.com