Reply #26: Bottom Line, you can't judge a whole class of people by the actions of a

[SemiCharmedQuark]

few. If you do, there is no telling where it will end. If I wanted to make a really dumbass statement I could say "well, most of the murders involving innocent indigent peoples were committed by whites. My cousin was picked on by whites as a kid because of his dark skin We were the only hispanic family in our town. Why do whites feel like it's ok to pick on those who are not like them? Whites have begun all of the major wars in history. Whites are the most evil race, after all, Hitler was white (and so is the pope)." That is a stupid, bigoted statement, and it's not true. Neither is "Catholics are evil, Catholics think it's ok to hate people different than them...etc. etc. etc."

And believe me, I'm not defending the pope, or the church heierarchy. I don't agree with much they say...in fact the only thing in recent memory that I do agree with is that the Iraq war is wrong. I find their stance on sex and sex education appalling and their views on women's role in the church archaic and downright sexist. But that doesn't taint all Catholics no more than having Bush be our president means all Americans are evil and hateful.