It was Cato the Elder, a Roman Senator, who used to begin and end every speech in the Roman Senate with the words "Carthago Delenda Est" (Carthage Must be Destroyed)
In the wake of Dr Tiller's killing, I think we need a well reasoned strategy for bankrupting and thereby eliminating any and all vestiges of the Church in this society.
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I have, over time, thought of myself as Christian. I have passionately defended Christianity in both oral arguments and in print.I have, to critics, emphasized its nonviolent aspects and its insistence on love. And yet...
...in light of positions and events sanctioned by the various Churches, I have come to the conclusion that the institution of organized religion is in fact EVIL and MUST BE DESTROYED.
I cannot help but think with revulsion of the pedophile scandals that finally caught up with the Catholic Church -- the lack of any sense of contrition on part of the church as well as the lives of hundreds of people ruined by sexual predators maskarading as priests. I cannot help but cringe at the various atrocious positions advocated by Pat Robertson (smuggle a nuke in Foggy Bottom anyone?) among others. I cannot help but want to vomit any time I see or hear anything associated with the so-called Reverend Phelps (God hates fags!).
And so, in a very preliminary proposal, I suggest the establishment of a legal fund with the special purpose of de-funding and bankrupting churches in the US.
It will work like this....
- Funded by donations
- Retaining powerful law firms all over the country.
- Defending any person or organization ever wronged by any church with the specific understanding that there will be NO settlements out of court. Anyone was a victim of a pedophile priest? Presto -- you have a lawyer who will drag the church through tar and feathers for months and months on end, who will ensure the case goes to trial and the church gets fined hundreds of millions of dollars. Let them sell church property to pay for this. Let them fire priests and close down newspapers. Let them, in short, be run into the ditch where they belong.
- Being perpetually vigilant and able to bring civil lawsuits against churches on any conceivable point of law where the churches may be vulnerable ... even as simply a means to force churches to spend money on lawyers. Garbage brought out at the incorrect time? -- LAWSUIT. Decrepit church buildings threatening nearby property and needing to be DEMOLISHED? -- LAWSUIT. Any church ever uttering the word "abortion" in the run-up to the assassination of Dr Tiller? -- LAWSUIT, LAWSUIT AND LAWSUIT again.
Let them be unable to fart without a lawsuit.
ECCLESIA DELENDA EST