Crimes of the Elite Against Children

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this is the commonly used conspiracy theorist argument that i like to call the 'watergate therefore lizard people' argument...the argument is basically an exercise in comparing apples and oranges...

for example the fact that a number of executives at enron conspired to commit fraud...and the notion that a millennia old secret society controls the world...are on two entirely different levels of plausibility...the former is not unprecedented and fairly easy to achieve by those who with the will to do so...the second involves unheard of levels of successful secrecy and successful planning over a time frame longer than the lifespan of all governments and nearly all civilizations on the planet...

and this will no doubt send a few people into orbit...but there is one very obvious difference between real conspiracies and the stuff conspiracy theorists promote...the 'mainstream media' actually -reports- the real conspiracies... watergate was covered by the mainstream media...NSA wiretapping was covered by the mainstream media...and so on... meanwhile certain notions are permanently stuck in the dark fringes of the internet because -that is exactly where they belong-

Rachel it's not hard if you follow history to see that some of the most powerful people in the world are from a lineage of evil conspirators.

Let's see what our presidents and other leaders had to say

“It was not my intention to doubt that, the Doctrines of the Illuminati, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more truly satisfied of this fact than I am. The idea that I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in this Country had, as Societies, endeavoured to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter (if they are susceptible of seperation). That Individuals of them may… actually had a seperation [sic] of the People from their Government in view, is too evident to be questioned.” – George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789–1797), from a letter that Washington wrote on October 24, 1798, which can be found in the Library of Congress. For an analysis of Washington’s warning, see the article “Library of Congress: George Washington Warns of Illuminati
“I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.” —Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809) and principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776), in a letter written to John Taylor on May 28, 1816
“A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks.” – John C. Calhoun, Vice President (1825-1832) and U.S. Senator, from a speech given on May 27, 1836
Note that it appears that Washington’s and Jefferson’s concerns regarding bankers and separation of the people from the government was realized by 1836. This fact was confirmed in a letter written by FDR in 1933 (see below) in which he wrote that “a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.” Jackson was the seventh president of the United States (1829-1937). Calhoun served as Jackson’s vice-president from 1829-1932.
“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography, 1913 (Appendix B)
A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men[W]e have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized worldno longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.” – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, The New Freedom, 1913
“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, The New Freedom, 1913
“The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation… The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both parties, … and control the majority of the newspapers and magazines in this country. They use the columns of these papers to club into submission or drive out of office public officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government. It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and] seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.” - New York City Mayor John F. Hylan, New York Times, March 26, 1922
“Mr. Chairman, we have in this country one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Banks. The Federal Reserve Board, a Government board, has cheated the Government of the United States and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the national debt…Mr. Chairman, when the Federal Reserve act was passed, the people of the United States did not perceive that a world system was being set up here… and that this country was to supply financial power to an international superstate — a superstate controlled by international bankers and international industrialists acting together to enslave the world for their own pleasure.” – Congressman Louis T. McFadden, from a speech delivered to the House of Representatives on June 10, 1932
“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945), in a letter to Colonel Edward M House dated November 21, 1933, as quoted in F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 1928-1945.
“Today the path to total dictatorship in the U.S. can be laid by strictly legal means… We have a well-organized political-action group in this country, determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a one-party state… It operates secretly, silently, continuously to transform our GovernmentThis ruthless power-seeking elite is a disease of our century… This group…is answerable neither to the President, the Congress, nor the courts. It is practically irremovable.” – Senator William Jenner, 1954 speech
“The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent.” —J. Edgar Hoover, The Elks Magazine, 1956
The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings… Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe… no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of “clear and present danger,” then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent… For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.” — John F Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, from a speech delivered to the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27, 1961 and known as the “Secret Society” speech (click here for full transcript and audio).
The Rockefellers and their allies have, for at least fifty years, been carefully following a plan to use their economic power to gain political control of first America, and then the rest of the world. Do I mean conspiracy? Yes, I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent.” Congressman Larry P. McDonald, November 1975, from the introduction to a book titled The Rockefeller File.
There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.” – Daniel K. Inouye, US Senator from Hawaii, testimony at the Iran Contra Hearings, 1986
[h=2]The Federal Reserve
[/h] “A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves…” – John C. Calhoun
… owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“… one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank.” – Louis T. McFadden
 
speaking of real conspiracies...and following on what i have said previously about the psychology of projection...it would appear that there actually -is- a conspiracy in this case...namely a small and not very far reaching internet based conspiracy between kevin annett and a handful of his online associates working to create an illusion of credibility around his activities...

Rachel don't go all "conspiracy theorist" on us :P lol
 
ok i am not trying to be mean here...but it took me about -five minutes- to find this clear conflict of interest on that 'news' site...just how hard did you really try to find evidence that it wasn't a legitimate news site?

this seems to be another universal trait of conspiracy theorists...inability or unwillingness to make a competent or honest effort to evaluate their conspiracy theories...unfortunately failing to -seriously- check out the possibility that you are just plain wrong is a recipe for self deception...

OK, I'm game. Let's say you're 100% correct & this guy is a liar. Those are charges that cannot be ignored on the queen & the former pope.

The only true thing we know is once this stuff originally came out in February, the pope resigned.

These questions still remain....... why hasn't his website been shut down? Why hasn't this guy been arrested? What has kept him from getting sued? Why is he still walking free? What does he know?

Any guesses? Why we're without any facts, it's obvious he has an ace up his sleeve.
:rolleyes:
 
speaking of real conspiracies...and following on what i have said previously about the psychology of projection...it would appear that there actually -is- a conspiracy in this case...namely a small and not very far reaching internet based conspiracy between kevin annett and a handful of his online associates working to create an illusion of credibility around his activities...

C'mon sis, what are ya tryin ta say?..... spit it out or sit it out.:p
 
One more time..

The Rockefellers and their allies have, for at least fifty years, been carefully following a plan to use their economic power to gain political control of first America, and then the rest of the world. Do I mean conspiracy? Yes, I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent.” Congressman Larry P. McDonald,
 
“It was not my intention to doubt that, the Doctrines of the Illuminati, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more truly satisfied of this fact than I am. The idea that I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in this Country had, as Societies, endeavoured to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter (if they are susceptible of seperation). That Individuals of them may… actually had a seperation [sic] of the People from their Government in view, is too evident to be questioned.” – George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789–1797), from a letter that Washington wrote on October 24, 1798, which can be found in the Library of Congress. For an analysis of Washington’s warning, see the article “Library of Congress: George Washington Warns of Illuminati

i could respond to all of these one by one but i doubt it is worth the effort so i will just respond to a few quotes that are especially obviously misused...such as this one...

washington's mention of the illuminati was not referring to the fictitious 'illuminati new world order' of modern conspiracy theory...and it is a serious anachronism to suggest that this quotation is an endorsement of the conspiracy theories...

what washington was referring to was the -real- illuminati...an enlightenment era semi secret society founded in europe around the same time the declaration of independence was being drafted...these people were intellectuals whose political views were considered subversive by the standards of eighteenth century europe...these 'subversive' views included reduction of state power...reduction of roman catholic influence on the state and academia...and universal education...

the real illuminati were forcibly disbanded after only nine years...they were never anything more than a fringe group...the liberal equivalent of the john birch society...

washington's issue with the illuminati would not have been that he believed they were a secret society dominating the world...his issue with them was something much more simple...washington held to the 'federalist' philosophy of american government...that is he valued a relatively strong central government...and opposed the governmental philosophy of the 'democratic republicans' such as jefferson...who favored a more direct role for citizens in their government...a philosophy whose variants would later be called 'mob rule'...

that is why in the same sentence washington also mentioned the jacobins...they were the most liberal group during the french revolution...who opposed all forms of 'elitism' including beaurocracy and aristocracy and the priesthood...and advocated probably the most direct forms of democracy yet proposed at that time...

the incredible irony here is that given the -actual historical context- of washington's statements...modern conspiracy theorists should be calling washington one of the 'elite' for his federalist views...and washington would have considered you to be a follower of the 'doctrines of the illuminati' he referred to!
 
The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings… Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe… no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of “clear and present danger,” then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent… For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.” — John F Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, from a speech delivered to the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27, 1961 and known as the “Secret Society” speech (click here for full transcript and audio).

if you actually look at the -rest- of this speech it is fairly obvious that kennedy was referring to organized communism and the soviet union...
 
These questions still remain....... why hasn't his website been shut down? Why hasn't this guy been arrested? What has kept him from getting sued? Why is he still walking free? What does he know?

most likely the pope and queen elizabeth don't even concern themselves with the delusions and imaginary courtrooms of kevin annett and his small circle of associates and the fringe group that takes them seriously...they simply have more significant things to take offense at...

i am not worried about the pope and queen elizabeth...this isn't the first time they have been baselessly slandered and it won't be the last time either...it likely doesn't bother them any more...

the ones i -am- worried about are not the 'elites' who are too wealthy and popular to be phased by the ravings of a lunatic...i am concerned about the average every day people whose lives are ruined by similar accusations...such as innocent church members who were just minding their own business only to be unexpectedly blindsided by slanderous accusations from persuasive liars...
 
C'mon sis, what are ya tryin ta say?..... spit it out or sit it out.:p

i am saying the same thing ageofknowledge said...some internet weirdo and a few of his friends have invented an 'international court' that only exists on his website...tasked his fake court with exposing 'crimes' that never happened...pretended that his personal court had the legitimacy to nominate him for the nobel peace prize...and finally he or one of his friends 'reported' the phony 'nomination' on a 'news' site that he himself is a writer for...all in an obvious publicity stunt to make his 'work' look credible...

i just went one step further and pointed out with appropriate irony that this situation actually constitutes a real conspiracy...the conspiracy theorist -is himself engaged in a conspiracy- to fabricate a false air of legitimacy over himself...

i suppose you have already read my comments about conspiracy theorists' tendency towards psychological projection...
 
AoK, the term "conspiracy theory" is thrown around widely as fantastic fantasy and therefore quickly dismissed as false. The issue with this of course is people DO conspire. Therefore there are separations.

Dave Chapelle talking about Martin Lawrence's mind state, after he had a stroke, in regard to the illuminati 'conspiracy' says:

"What is happening in Hollywood that a guy that tough (Lawrence) would be on the street waving a gun screaming, 'They are trying to kill me'? What's going on? Why is Dave Chapelle going to Africa? Why does Mariah Carey make a $100,000,000 deal and take her clothes off on TRL? ... So, what is happening in Hollywood? Nobody knows. The worst thing to call somebody is 'crazy'. It's dismissive. 'I don't understand this person, so they're crazy.' That's bull___. These people are not crazy; they're strong people. Maybe that environment (Hollywood) is a little sick." Video from 0.35 to 2.00:

[video=youtube;GiPl31MQeZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPl31MQeZE[/video]

I think that in order to arrive at facts or evidence, people need to withhold name-calling and titling others. Not all conspiracies are theories; some are factual and need to be researched or scrutinized. To dismiss a claim because it is titled as 'conspiracy' is biased and unprofessional. There are several (more than just a few) celebrities in Hollywood who are claiming that there are illuminati conspiracies afoot. Their claims corroborate the claims of 'crazy conspiracy theorists' around the world and deserve to be looked at rather than dismissed. One of them was Britney Spears; another is Tila Tequila. Here is a link to one of Tequila's videos in which she says, "I've been an insider for ten years now, so I know exactly what's going on":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drm-0oucDf0
 
a common characteristic of delusional disorders is the belief that the entire rest of the world who disagree with their delusions are the crazy ones and that the person suffering from the delusions is one of the few 'sane' people in the world...

...so much for rejecting psychology :cool:

I can only say, "Wait for it." I will let others do the fact-checking and fact-finding. My focus isn't on 'conspiracy theories', but I certainly won't shy away from reporting theories that are being proven true.
 
i dont know much about the phillipines (other than that manilla is an open sewer)but i do know about thailand. thailand is the child rape capital of the world and its 90% western men doing the raping. if anyone is interested read Only 13, The true Story of Lon. if you can read it with a combination of rage and tears i suspect you should be on your knees praying for compassion and the strength to do something about this problem.

I mentioned this in a post but said it was the Phillipines rather than Thailand. It's actually Thailand. And when it comes to human suffering, I do believe it's more important to be praying and grieving about it rather than trying to disprove it.
 
ok i am not trying to be mean here...but it took me about -five minutes- to find this clear conflict of interest on that 'news' site...just how hard did you really try to find evidence that it wasn't a legitimate news site?

this seems to be another universal trait of conspiracy theorists...inability or unwillingness to make a competent or honest effort to evaluate their conspiracy theories...unfortunately failing to -seriously- check out the possibility that you are just plain wrong is a recipe for self deception...

I googled "salem news fraud" and "salem news reviews" and "salem news" generally speaking the internet has both sides to every argument I wanted to jump to what others had discovered. I didn't think about looking up the staff at salem news.
 
“Today the path to total dictatorship in the U.S. can be laid by strictly legal means… We have a well-organized political-action group in this country, determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a one-party state… It operates secretly, silently, continuously to transform our Government… This ruthless power-seeking elite is a disease of our century… This group…is answerable neither to the President, the Congress, nor the courts. It is practically irremovable.” – Senator William Jenner, 1954 speech

“The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent.” —J. Edgar Hoover, The Elks Magazine, 1956

“The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings… Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe… no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of “clear and present danger,” then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent… For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.” — John F Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, from a speech delivered to the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27, 1961 and known as the “Secret Society” speech (click here for full transcript and audio).

The above (with the rest of what you wrote) has been my and my friends' experience. It is out in broad daylight; however, the term 'conspiracy theory' holds a powerful sway over the masses. As soon as it is stated, nothing can be pursued to its rightful conclusion.
 
i could respond to all of these one by one

The Rockefellers and their allies have, for at least fifty years, been carefully following a plan to use their economic power to gain political control of first America, and then the rest of the world. Do I mean conspiracy? Yes, I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent.” Congressman Larry P. McDonald,

how about this one?
 
-Rachel... Conspiracy..

[video=youtube;Mamvq7LWqRU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mamvq7LWqRU[/video]
 
Here is some great stuff on the pope. It's written by Michel Chossudovsky (born 1946) is a Canadian economist. A professor of economics (emeritus) at the University of Ottawa

“Washington’s Pope”? Who is Pope Francis I? | Global Research

This has tons of evidence against the pope and crimes involving kidnappings and torture in Argentina, complete with U.S. documentation.
Disclaimer: The contents of this article are of sole responsibility of the author(s). The Centre for Research on Globalization will not be responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect statement in this article. The Center of Research on Globalization grants permission to cross-post original Global Research articles on community internet sites as long as the text & title are not modified. The source and the author's copyright must be displayed. For publication of Global Research articles in print or other forms including commercial internet sites, contact: [email protected]
That is the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. This is an editorial, not a news article. Editorials do not require proof or substance, but only the views of the writer. This Professor is already part and a friend of the fake International Court. His views therefore must be suspect, as must be his articles. You have yet to find a single document or piece of evidence that isn't being reinterpreted or twisted or down right fact.
 
OK, I'm game. Let's say you're 100% correct & this guy is a liar. Those are charges that cannot be ignored on the queen & the former pope.

The only true thing we know is once this stuff originally came out in February, the pope resigned.

These questions still remain....... why hasn't his website been shut down? Why hasn't this guy been arrested? What has kept him from getting sued? Why is he still walking free? What does he know?

Any guesses? Why we're without any facts, it's obvious he has an ace up his sleeve.
:rolleyes:
Stephen63, Two things to remember.

First, FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Second, MEANS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

We are the country where insane people are allowed to preach their insane ideas without fear of government. Thats why we have the KKK and Nazis as well as the Black Panthers and Communists. Welcome to America, We're All Crazy Here.
 
Disclaimer: The contents of this article are of sole responsibility of the author(s). The Centre for Research on Globalization will not be responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect statement in this article. The Center of Research on Globalization grants permission to cross-post original Global Research articles on community internet sites as long as the text & title are not modified. The source and the author's copyright must be displayed. For publication of Global Research articles in print or other forms including commercial internet sites, contact: [email protected]
That is the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. This is an editorial, not a news article. Editorials do not require proof or substance, but only the views of the writer. This Professor is already part and a friend of the fake International Court. His views therefore must be suspect, as must be his articles. You have yet to find a single document or piece of evidence that isn't being reinterpreted or twisted or down right fact.

Well Thomist. We know that the catholic church in Argentina in the day of pope Jorge was in collaboration with the oppressors who waited for pregnant women to give birth before killing them and giving their babies to human monsters. This is from the Guardian and that my friend is my favorite source of world news. I go to the guardian when I want to see what is going on in the middle east and russia.

"Benedict XVI gave us words of great comfort and encouragement in the message he delivered on Christmas Eve.

"God anticipates us again and again in unexpected ways," the pope said. "He does not cease to search for us, to raise us up as often as we might need. He does not abandon the lost sheep in the wilderness into which it had strayed. God does not allow himself to be confounded by our sin. Again and again he begins afresh with us".
If these words comforted and encouraged me they will surely have done the same for leaders of the church in Argentina, among many others. To the judicious and fair-minded outsider it has been clear for years that the upper reaches of the Argentinian church contained many "lost sheep in the wilderness", men who had communed and supported the unspeakably brutal western-supported military dictatorship that seized power in that country in 1976 and battened on it for years. Not only did the generals slaughter thousands unjustly, often dropping them out of aeroplanes over the River Plate and selling off their orphan children to the highest bidder, they also murdered at least two bishops and many priests. Yet even the execution of other men of the cloth did nothing to shake the support of senior clerics, including representatives of the Holy See, for the criminality of their leader General Jorge Rafael Videla and his minions.
As it happens, in the week before Christmas in the city of Córdoba Videla and some of his military and police cohorts were convicted by their country's courts of the murder of 31 people between April and October 1976, a small fraction of the killings they were responsible for. The convictions brought life sentences for some of the military. These were not to be served, as has often been the case in Argentina and neighbouring Chile, in comfy armed forces retirement homes but in common prisons. Unsurprisingly there was dancing in the city's streets when the judge announced the sentences.
What one did not hear from any senior member of the Argentinian hierarchy was any expression of regret for the church's collaboration and in these crimes. The extent of the church's complicity in the dark deeds was excellently set out by Horacio Verbitsky, one of Argentina's most notable journalists, in his book El Silencio (Silence). He recounts how the Argentinian navy hid from a visiting delegation of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission the dictatorship's political prisoners on an island linked to senior clerics.
One would have thought that the Argentinian bishops would have seized the opportunity to call for pardon for themselves and put on sackcloth and ashes as the sentences were announced in Córdoba but that has not so far happened.
But happily Their Eminences have just been given another chance to express contrition. Next month the convicted murderer Videla will be arraigned for his part in the killing of Enrique Angelelli, bishop of the Andean diocese of La Rioja and a supporter of the cause of poorer Argentinians. He was run off the highway by a hit squad of the Videla régime and killed on 4th August 1976 shortly after Videla's putsch.



The sins of the Argentinian church | Hugh O'Shaughnessy | Comment is free | theguardian.com
 
i am saying the same thing ageofknowledge said...some internet weirdo and a few of his friends have invented an 'international court' that only exists on his website...tasked his fake court with exposing 'crimes' that never happened...pretended that his personal court had the legitimacy to nominate him for the nobel peace prize...and finally he or one of his friends 'reported' the phony 'nomination' on a 'news' site that he himself is a writer for...all in an obvious publicity stunt to make his 'work' look credible...

i just went one step further and pointed out with appropriate irony that this situation actually constitutes a real conspiracy...the conspiracy theorist -is himself engaged in a conspiracy- to fabricate a false air of legitimacy over himself...

i suppose you have already read my comments about conspiracy theorists' tendency towards psychological projection...
Oh, I've read a lot about psychological projection...... experienced a lot from zone's old crew, remember?

With some of the old CC members recently acting up lately, makes me wonder if someone took her place. :eek: