Posted by floatingbridge on July 24, 2011, at 17:13:50
In reply to Re: Catholic school, posted by hyperfocus on July 24, 2011, at 16:32:34
HP, I think it's the dysfunctional system that governs the catholic church that brings out the cruelty of the adults in it. Good, thoughtful practioners of the faith can be very kind. Some even have had to say hast a la vista to the Pope. Remember that the church, historically was responsible for scientific repression, genocide and torture. Thomas Moore, an engineer or at least henchman of the Inquistion who oversaw the torture of at least a thousand people was made the patron saint of politicians. I kid you not. This hagification ( a word?) happened in the late 20th century.
Kids seem to just be so elemental, so raw and vulnerable. They actually do not have equal rights by law, either. They certainly do not have equal rights in every day conversation.
It sucks. Sorry about your mum :-/
> What is about kids that brings out the most sadistic and the cruelest in Catholic school priests, brothers, nuns et. al? Are they acting out some repressed hatred at their own infantalization by the Church?
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> My mother went to a Catholic school and to this day she talks with the utmost disgust and regret about what those women put her through.
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