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The dangers of tolerance

Posted April 8, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

We should all – secular and religious alike – be encouraging the treatment of these Catholic child-abuse allegations as regular criminal cases, where suspects are arrested, questioned and sentenced if found guilty.

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Suffer the little children

Posted April 7, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

It should surely not be the case that wearing a funny hat grants you immunity from legal processes, and the Catholic priests who abuse children should be questioned.

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The Frontline Fellowship wants your kids

Posted November 16, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

The most recent newsletter from Dr. Paintball Hammond recycles one of his articles from 2004, which claims that universities are “hijacking our youth“. At the end of another long year of teaching, involving having to confront plenty of mindless prejudice, fundamentalism of various sorts, and deep confusion on how to reach justified conclusions, it’s really [...]

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