Aphorism: On Finding Solutions Between the Two Extremes

By Madison S. Hughes (08.27.2010)

It is easy to fall into the trap of believing that the silver bullet lies somewhere between two extremes. However, history is replete with examples where, in fact, the proper solution lies on one extreme or the other, e.g. slavery, religious persecution, women’s suffrage, etc. All opinions are not equally rational, and irrational opinions should not be given a platform of argument with those opinions that are rational. The discerning mind will recognize the difference.

Aphorism: On the Catholic Church’s Support of Child Rape

By Madison S. Hughes (07.24.2011)

“If a Priest gets married he is excommunicated from the Catholic Church; however, if that same Priest rapes a child he will not be excommunicated, but instead transferred to a different Diocese.”

If one is a member of the Ku Klux Klan one is considered a racist, but if one is a member of the Catholic Church one is considered—not by me mind you—an “upstanding” citizen of the community.

It seems to me that if one remains a member of the Catholic Church one is, at best, demonstrating complicity, and, at worst, an active accomplice to the child raping Priest.