tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post1705004933719519302..comments2024-01-25T09:28:56.610+00:00Comments on Confessions of a skeptic: The Advertising CampaignJonathan Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-25519592056233712752010-11-23T01:12:29.813+00:002010-11-23T01:12:29.813+00:00I went to St Benedicts in the 1970's and have ...I went to St Benedicts in the 1970's and have evidence from that time of paedophile activity by staff of the school. Where should I go with my evidence?<br />I always use my real name on the internet (means I'm damned careful not to say anything defamatory!) and always post my email address:<br />jamesmiller@yourconvenience.co.uk<br />I have only come across this campaign today, and would dearly like to help,<br />JimJames Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-80534505168195106842010-11-21T18:40:16.381+00:002010-11-21T18:40:16.381+00:00To come back to the issue of venting. The pope can...To come back to the issue of venting. The pope can vent, as in invent, as many agendas as he thinks fit. That's Catholicism in a nutshell, at least a la folks such as 18:05; and, there are many things in the world that simply can’t be tolerated and must, if possible, be un-invented. Though, it's naturally good to hear that male prostitution escapes censure. The Holy See is really full of the most delightful little surprises!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-1210026903499154572010-11-21T18:32:34.692+00:002010-11-21T18:32:34.692+00:0018:05 I think you'll find that this blog has a...18:05 I think you'll find that this blog has an anti-paedophile agenda.<br /><br />It can't reasonably be interpreted as anti-catholic unless you regard being anti-paedophile and anti-catholic as being necessarily the same thing. Do you?Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-43959045992991707732010-11-21T18:21:57.444+00:002010-11-21T18:21:57.444+00:00How does one vent an agenda?How does one vent an agenda?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-16694909490941364882010-11-21T18:05:10.773+00:002010-11-21T18:05:10.773+00:00Certainly proof that there many posters on this bl...Certainly proof that there many posters on this blog are just venting their anti Catholic agenda.....as if proof was needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-7158572074935842902010-11-21T17:44:49.450+00:002010-11-21T17:44:49.450+00:00Really, what's wrong with you all? The Pope is...Really, what's wrong with you all? The Pope isn't advocating some kind of free for all. As ever, the Holy Father has been quite specific and set us definite boundaries. According to the BBC, the Papal guidance on this matter is quite clear: if you want safe, sinless sex you have,for example, to get hold of a nice male prostitute. Obviously the Holy Father knows what he's talking about here, so do be careful, papal statements are not always what they seem or what we might wish them to be!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-44580059127231935872010-11-21T15:55:07.516+00:002010-11-21T15:55:07.516+00:00Exactly! Who needs pontiffs, of whatever sex, to c...Exactly! Who needs pontiffs, of whatever sex, to come up with what stares every sane person right in the face?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-20913445375319369142010-11-21T14:56:24.365+00:002010-11-21T14:56:24.365+00:00Surely, 20:41, outside the context of this blog, n...Surely, 20:41, outside the context of this blog, neither particularly humane nor wise - just downright, plain common sense!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-39725736351648901122010-11-21T01:34:04.658+00:002010-11-21T01:34:04.658+00:0012.09 says:
Look at the number of 'inquiries...12.09 says:<br /><br /><i> Look at the number of 'inquiries' which have depended on a 'safe pair of hands' to get their targets out of a jamb.</i><br /><br />And can you 16.36 name one inquiry where a "reputation" now lies in ruins as a result of being a ‘safe pair of hands?’ Of course not. Such tripe is written by those desperate to defend the indefensible – but please note none of the defenders engage meaningfully because its’ too frightening for them. They relying on Carlile. <br /><br />Most <b>proper</b> 'inquiries' are of a certain substance and stature. St Benedict’s on the other hand is a second or third division independent school run by a succession of lawless monks (viz: No statutory Notifications returned to the DfE or its forerunners, under the Education Acts since the school's inception) from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_scandal_in_the_English_Benedictine_Congregation" rel="nofollow"> long established paedophilic franchise </a>. What kudos does this have for Carlile? None. Add to this he is neither qualified in nor has experience of social care or the subject of abuse in commercial settings, and this does not appear to be the man for this role. There are many better qualified people who would be more effective and less costly and who would bear little or no risk in doing the job because it is what they do all day every day, and they are known for it. <br /><br />Carlile on the other hand is an experience free zone. Child abuse is a unique subject, and child abuse in independent schools has a set of complex and unique dynamics. His previous experience of abuse in independent schools? Zero. <br /><br />So he is unqualified for this inquiry. Shipperlee may as well have chosen someone from Eggheads (BBC2 – 18.00 Monday) but none of them carry the same Lordly gravitas – but they do share Carlile’s inexperience and all are bright. So why not one of them? They will miss the mark just as effectively as Carlile but for far less money. <br /><br />So why is Carlile doing this job? <br /><br />• It’s not for the kudos. <br />• It’s not for the money.<br />• It’s not because he has subject specific experience. <br /><br />So the question WHY? is valid. <br /><br /> If it’s a “matey” operation as 14.27 speculates, then who is the mate and what is the connection - we are all entitled to know, indeed <b>it should have been disclosed at the outset.</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-34535543608257923102010-11-20T22:22:03.321+00:002010-11-20T22:22:03.321+00:00My God, how wonderful! A reasonable change of tune...My God, how wonderful! A reasonable change of tune at last!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-26721338735609071752010-11-20T20:41:07.513+00:002010-11-20T20:41:07.513+00:00It's not often that this lapsed Catholic feels...It's not often that this lapsed Catholic feels anything other than indifference towards or contempt for a Pontiff, but I have to applaud this wise and humane change of heart:<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/8148899/Pope-approves-use-of-condoms-in-fight-against-Aids.html<br /><br />Note, change of heart, not just doctrine, which should always be subordinate to the heart and not vice versa. <br /><br />I look forward to seeing the first married Pontiff one day, when she visits Britain...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-64645630266636933682010-11-20T18:12:09.930+00:002010-11-20T18:12:09.930+00:00No dears, those you call ‘Abbeyvistas’ are not, I ...No dears, those you call ‘Abbeyvistas’ are not, I suspect, in the least exercised by your friend 14.27. They're just bored stiff by what s/he is trawling over for the umpteenth time and no less bored by his/her paranoid fear no one will either see or get his/her point of view. We know that this blog is, to put it mildly, repetitive, but really enough has to be enough!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-12650661831705844882010-11-20T16:36:20.603+00:002010-11-20T16:36:20.603+00:00I suspect there is no connection between Lord Carl...I suspect there is no connection between Lord Carlile and the school. I hope there is not because this is the chance for an independent investigator to find out exactly what was going on at the school. Anyone who thinks Lord Carlile would risk his reputation by presiding over a whitewash is seriously mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-28156948423092563502010-11-20T15:56:18.089+00:002010-11-20T15:56:18.089+00:00What is the connection between Carlile and the sch...What is the connection between Carlile and the school which has led him to being entrusted with this whitewashing exercise? Is it just that he and Chris Patten are both members of the Athenaeum Club?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-45112263680874520012010-11-20T12:09:57.549+00:002010-11-20T12:09:57.549+00:00The pain that 14.27 has caused the Abbey supporter...The pain that 14.27 has caused the Abbey supporter/s is manifest and all because the points s/he makes are recognisably valid. Look at the number of 'inquiries' which have depended on a 'safe pair of hands' to get their targets out of a jamb. Why is Lord Carlile doing this job? It makes little sense - the risk / reward does not stand credible inspection and I doubt its altruism. So why, given the potential scale of a messy and odious downside?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-20719131475067326722010-11-19T19:55:35.524+00:002010-11-19T19:55:35.524+00:00Well, maybe, but who knows? For who knows what Pla...Well, maybe, but who knows? For who knows what Plato or his myths have to do with any of the above!? Unless 14:27 and his ilk are imagined shackled in the Republic’s dark cave?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-32769008850848693862010-11-19T19:31:52.964+00:002010-11-19T19:31:52.964+00:00Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? We are entering the...Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? We are entering the territory of Plato's noble lie, perhaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-89906595900289201972010-11-19T19:14:06.871+00:002010-11-19T19:14:06.871+00:0014:27 is obviously more interested in delivering v...14:27 is obviously more interested in delivering venom that accuracy - what's new? Maybe Lord Carlile will sue him for his attacks on his probity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-87176891452809714062010-11-19T19:09:53.158+00:002010-11-19T19:09:53.158+00:00Does anyone really imagine Lord Carlile has the ti...Does anyone really imagine Lord Carlile has the time to read this sort of stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-20620123684168887962010-11-19T18:58:27.876+00:002010-11-19T18:58:27.876+00:00.
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It's Carlile 18.50.<br />.<br />It's Carlile 18.50Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-75321825148012011732010-11-19T18:50:36.594+00:002010-11-19T18:50:36.594+00:00My God, 14:27, your outspoken, independent views m...My God, 14:27, your outspoken, independent views must have Carlisle, as you call him, shaking in his boots! Or - as he's probably now read these exact same remarks several dozen times over - maybe not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-21559100944888338972010-11-19T14:27:19.075+00:002010-11-19T14:27:19.075+00:00The administration of St Benedict's achieves ...The administration of St Benedict's achieves top marks for delivering the bare minimum to accord with Shipperlee’s statement that the Trust would place advertisement<i><b>s</b></i> in newspapers to encourage former pupils to contribute to the school’s most recent effort at a credible inquiry. If Carlile accepts this limp attempt at ‘casting a net’ then the broader agenda of his misleadingly termed “independent” inquiry comes more into focus and the outcome perhaps more predictable. After all we have seen two previous failed attempts at “independent” reports by the Trustees of this charity. One can tell when further reports are being considered by the noise of hub caps preceding the arrival of the shortlisted ‘expert’s’ in the car park. <br /><br />If Carlile’s report is a toothless production, Shipperlee along with his biddable Trustees and the demonstrably ineffective “school advisers” will have failed the victims of abuse once again, and the setting will continue to be a perilous place for young people. I for one hope this does not happen, but increasingly I suspect this report is a "matey" production designed to re-veneer the school’s reputation. Will this be at the expense of ignoring the root and branch changes needed to finally introduce a safeguarding culture and attendant protocols that care for the child first? We’ll see. <br /><br />Among the changes needed is a forthright Chairman of Trustees, one who possesses a backbone rather than someone who adopts the impression of the last person to have sat upon him. <br /> <br />Enjoy your respective weekends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-75829299799815798042010-11-19T09:08:53.455+00:002010-11-19T09:08:53.455+00:00Becasue s/he didn't or won't or can't ...Becasue s/he didn't or won't or can't read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-59728757218744638002010-11-18T22:50:54.088+00:002010-11-18T22:50:54.088+00:00You reckon the two posts before yours are from the...You reckon the two posts before yours are from the same person? Please explain how you come to this conclusion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-41963668974447356902010-11-18T22:32:21.614+00:002010-11-18T22:32:21.614+00:00Two wonderful posts from the same person. Abbey su...Two wonderful posts from the same person. Abbey supporters do anything in their attempts to discredit this blog and its owner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com