MikeK
Gold Member
A troubling thought has been squeezing its way into my mind more and more assertively ever since hearing the first vague murmers about so-called Muslim "grooming gangs" operating in England.
For the benefit of those who might not yet know what "grooming" is, it is the practice of seductively enticing children, mainly girls, some as young as nine, into using addictive drugs, kidnapping them and pimping them to paedophiles. While it is difficult for the ordinary mind to conceive of such an evil practice it nonetheless exists and has been going on for quite some time in Merry Old England -- and its practitioners are all, or nearly all, Muslims. Mainly Pakistani.
The thought I've been having is troubling because it revisits the disturbing feelings invoked years ago when I learned that dozens, even hundreds of Catholic priests had been uncovered as practicing paedophiles. Although I am a confirmed Catholic and I, along with my older brother, attended Catholic grade school and academy, I've been an atheist since my early teens. The only reason I went through all the motions, i.e., Confession, etc., was to appease our mother who was devoutly Catholic.
Although we never heard of or had the slightest cause to believe that any Priest or Brother in our school or church (St. Francis) was ever involved in or accused of any deviant sexual conduct, the very idea that Catholic priests, the epitome of moral purity, could engage in such betrayal of the Faith was extremely disturbing. As is the idea that paedophiles inhabiting high levels in British government could be the reason why these grooming gangs have managed to operate for so long with virtual impunity.
While I'm not suggesting that is true it is something to think about. As was the first notion that hundreds of Catholic priests were fucking their altar boys.
Troubling thoughts.
For the benefit of those who might not yet know what "grooming" is, it is the practice of seductively enticing children, mainly girls, some as young as nine, into using addictive drugs, kidnapping them and pimping them to paedophiles. While it is difficult for the ordinary mind to conceive of such an evil practice it nonetheless exists and has been going on for quite some time in Merry Old England -- and its practitioners are all, or nearly all, Muslims. Mainly Pakistani.
The thought I've been having is troubling because it revisits the disturbing feelings invoked years ago when I learned that dozens, even hundreds of Catholic priests had been uncovered as practicing paedophiles. Although I am a confirmed Catholic and I, along with my older brother, attended Catholic grade school and academy, I've been an atheist since my early teens. The only reason I went through all the motions, i.e., Confession, etc., was to appease our mother who was devoutly Catholic.
Although we never heard of or had the slightest cause to believe that any Priest or Brother in our school or church (St. Francis) was ever involved in or accused of any deviant sexual conduct, the very idea that Catholic priests, the epitome of moral purity, could engage in such betrayal of the Faith was extremely disturbing. As is the idea that paedophiles inhabiting high levels in British government could be the reason why these grooming gangs have managed to operate for so long with virtual impunity.
While I'm not suggesting that is true it is something to think about. As was the first notion that hundreds of Catholic priests were fucking their altar boys.
Troubling thoughts.