Tag Archive For "justice"
The Ridiculous Injustice of the Conviction of Archbishop Philip Wilson
In a case that hung entirely on circumstantial evidence and which saw the veracity of ancient recollections accepted by the bench, Archbishop Philip Wilson was found guilty of covering up sexual abuse by a fellow priest. If Wilson isn’t planning an appeal, he should. A New South Wales court on Tuesday found Roman Catholic Archbishop …
Not Compassion but Envy
Inequality is often cited as a major cause of social disruption, and an urgent justice issue for democratic societies. It has been pointed out many times before that you can have freedom, or you can have equality. You can’t have both, for the simple reason that different people will make different choices. That is what …
Now There’s An Idea That Could Work …
This is both funny and tragic because the words put into Obama’s mouth are true, and the plan would work. But it will just never happen. Imagine the posibilities, the hopenchangen. But, instead, real hope, and real change. Darn. The more I think about it, the sadder I feel. From Scott Ott’s Scrappleface: Delegates to the global climate …