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31. You sound bored...eom

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Tue Feb 5, 2013, 03:01 PM

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Magdalene laundries report to be published [View all] dipsydoodle Feb 2013 OP

Long overdue Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #1

I'd say this is just plain too late for many of them Scairp Feb 2013 #45

Such cruelty on that island ... eom Kolesar Feb 2013 #2

There's cruelty everywhere, not just on "that island". n/t whathehell Feb 2013 #16

where they rape children then beat them for being sinners Kolesar Feb 2013 #23

Children are raped and beaten all over the world whathehell Feb 2013 #28

You sound bored...eom Kolesar Feb 2013 #31

You sound unresponsive. whathehell Feb 2013 #35

BULLSHIT! Child abuse is so pervasive, it's going on... TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #49

Any/All survivors should be compensated ReRe Feb 2013 #3

"What is it about institutions that do wrong and know it? They could have come clean" FiveGoodMen Feb 2013 #22

Yeah... ReRe Feb 2013 #39

For what, read the report happyslug Feb 2013 #56

No gravestones get the red out Feb 2013 #77

Magdalene gravestones ReRe Feb 2013 #79

It wasn't just the Republic FunkyLeprechaun Feb 2013 #4

Thanks for sharing about Sinead O'C duhneece Feb 2013 #10

Sinead has said: (Washington Post, March 2010) Ghost Dog Feb 2013 #25

Thanks... ReRe Feb 2013 #59

Making Church leaders honest diving6 Feb 2013 #62

Welcome to DU October Feb 2013 #76

Ojalá. God willing. Ghost Dog Feb 2013 #68

"should be sent to the laundries because she might be too comely for men" FiveGoodMen Feb 2013 #24

I've heard of stories where women FunkyLeprechaun Feb 2013 #27

And O'Connor went they for shop lifting happyslug Feb 2013 #33

I just love DU... ReRe Feb 2013 #40

"Not our, um, fault. Satan made us do it." - Pope Ratzinger (R) Berlum Feb 2013 #5

church had institutionalized slavery for females RainDog Feb 2013 #6

But, but, all the names sound so nice..... formercia Feb 2013 #7

aka skimmed milk dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #8

I'd never leard of the Magdalene Laundries until Joni Mitchell sang about them OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #9

Same here. FiveGoodMen Feb 2013 #26

What an artist. Gorgeous video, sad and beautiful. colorado_ufo Feb 2013 #38

Joni Mitchell was... ReRe Feb 2013 #41

Joni Mitchell and the American right diving6 Feb 2013 #57

Nawwww, never mind... ReRe Feb 2013 #61

Critical reception of Joni Mitchell diving6 Feb 2013 #60

Well, why don't you go write a critical book about her? ReRe Feb 2013 #63

Excelent movie about the Magdalene Laundries... JaneQPublic Feb 2013 #11

I saw it...It's not for the faint of heart.... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #18

You are so right. That movie made me furious. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #21

I think it was based on stories told in a documentary about the laundries called smokey nj Feb 2013 #52

Yes, the DVD has both the movie and the documentary. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #75

This movie..... zabet Feb 2013 #71

A belated Thank You... JaneQPublic Feb 2013 #74

what ? the catholic church sanctioning slavery? madrchsod Feb 2013 #12

Dontchya love how all these 'impure' woman seem to have no 'impure' men around? toby jo Feb 2013 #13

Boys will be boys get the red out Feb 2013 #29

Pedophiles will be Pedophiles -- Heard about the elite NY prep school Horace Mann's sex scandal? whathehell Feb 2013 #47

An indelible stain on the Catholic Church and the Irish government. Boomerproud Feb 2013 #14

In a way... ReRe Feb 2013 #42

I saw the movie on this gopiscrap Feb 2013 #15

now updated : Irish PM: Magdalene laundries product of harsh Ireland dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #17

Let me fix that for ya... Sivafae Feb 2013 #50

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #19

I saw that ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #20

Religion/women get the red out Feb 2013 #30

It's hardly just "the big three" whathehell Feb 2013 #48

I include them in "the big three" get the red out Feb 2013 #78

The Irish Catholic church has much to answer for lovuian Feb 2013 #32

There is plenty of this "dirty laundry" yet to be washed in Ireland. nt bemildred Feb 2013 #34

And in MANY other places as well n/t whathehell Feb 2013 #37

Established Catholic Church has completely blown it in Spain, Ghost Dog Feb 2013 #64

Okay, whathehell Feb 2013 #65

We are all guilty. Ghost Dog Feb 2013 #66

The essence of Ignorance. whathehell Feb 2013 #67

Bullshit. True, amigo. Ghost Dog Feb 2013 #69

Yes it is bullshit, amigo, but I'm afraid it's all yours whathehell Feb 2013 #70

Who should pay, the Church or the Tax payer, for these were STATE organizations happyslug Feb 2013 #36

The Church ReRe Feb 2013 #43

These were all STATE INSTITUTIONS happyslug Feb 2013 #44

Well, there then... ReRe Feb 2013 #51

Thank You. Christian Theocracy looks like this - we must not forget. n/t axollot Feb 2013 #72

1200 max at any one time, and most could leave at any time happyslug Feb 2013 #73

. riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #46

This is but one instance of a long history of religion being used to enslave humans. Dawson Leery Feb 2013 #53

Brief story on BBC World News tonight. elleng Feb 2013 #54

CNN have it now on their world edition. dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #55

I hope these women get justice. hrmjustin Feb 2013 #58