Jimmy Higgins
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So, First Nations are burning down churches in Canada, and I can't find a reason to not condone the violence.
In general, violence begets violence, but the near silence from the Vatican regarding the open secret about what happened at Aboriginal schools run by the Catholic Church, in light of the discovery of unmarked graves and mass graves really makes one think that a pound of metaphorical flesh is called for.
The fires have occurred late, and I'm not aware of any injuries. The dehumanizing treatment of aboriginal populations at these schools, where children were sent after being torn from their homes, in the US and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries was reprehensible. And there is little the Catholic Church can do to make it right because the whole point was to dehumanize these people and make them reborn to Christianity. That was what they thought was a noble goal.
I think violence is wrong, burning down buildings is wrong, and the Catholic Church has it coming from a population segment that they did so much wrong to, and appear content on remaining silent in response and action.
article said:Canadian authorities are investigating multiple fires that destroyed four Catholic churches on Indigenous land in the past week.
They are the latest in a string of recent events affecting the country's Indigenous communities. The churches were destroyed as Canada confronts its history of systemic abuse of Indigenous communities with the recent discoveries of hundreds of human remains at the sites of two former boarding schools, which were operated by Catholic religious groups.
In general, violence begets violence, but the near silence from the Vatican regarding the open secret about what happened at Aboriginal schools run by the Catholic Church, in light of the discovery of unmarked graves and mass graves really makes one think that a pound of metaphorical flesh is called for.
The fires have occurred late, and I'm not aware of any injuries. The dehumanizing treatment of aboriginal populations at these schools, where children were sent after being torn from their homes, in the US and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries was reprehensible. And there is little the Catholic Church can do to make it right because the whole point was to dehumanize these people and make them reborn to Christianity. That was what they thought was a noble goal.
I think violence is wrong, burning down buildings is wrong, and the Catholic Church has it coming from a population segment that they did so much wrong to, and appear content on remaining silent in response and action.