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This is also about norms at the time which change over time. Hell the Romans had no concept of pedophelia and sex especially with boy children was the norm then. Times change.

This is Darcy

I beg to differ, given the depressingly large number of child-sex cases currently pending against Catholic priests. It is estimated that some 2,500 Catholic priests have been proven to be abusers (0.2% of the estimated total number of 500,000 Catholic priests worldwide), and God only knows how many who are still getting away with it.

I was speaking of ancient Rome where nearly every household that could afford it had young prepubescent male sexual slaves. They had girls as well. Have you never heard of the ''minnows'' of that time? They were the boy children owned to a household for sexual gratification. Ancient Rome had no concept that there was anything wrong with having sex with children. Other ages and times did not employ the same moral codes as we do in 2008. Some were better and some were worse was my point. Nor did I mention a religion and/or sect of a religion.

This is Darcy

I do know of the ancient Roman practices, I was just being facetious.

I also have a particular loathing of the Roman Catholic organised religion system, hence my tenuous link via your Rome reference. But, on that subject, the fact that we do know better these days only makes the current Catholic problem worse in my eyes.

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This is also about norms at the time which change over time. Hell the Romans had no concept of pedophelia and sex especially with boy children was the norm then. Times change.

This is Darcy

I beg to differ, given the depressingly large number of child-sex cases currently pending against Catholic priests. It is estimated that some 2,500 Catholic priests have been proven to be abusers (0.2% of the estimated total number of 500,000 Catholic priests worldwide), and God only knows how many who are still getting away with it.

I was speaking of ancient Rome where nearly every household that could afford it had young prepubescent male sexual slaves. They had girls as well. Have you never heard of the ''minnows'' of that time? They were the boy children owned to a household for sexual gratification. Ancient Rome had no concept that there was anything wrong with having sex with children. Other ages and times did not employ the same moral codes as we do in 2008. Some were better and some were worse was my point. Nor did I mention a religion and/or sect of a religion.

This is Darcy

I do know of the ancient Roman practices, I was just being facetious.

I also have a particular loathing of the Roman Catholic organised religion system, hence my tenuous link via your Rome reference. But, on that subject, the fact that we do know better these days only makes the current Catholic problem worse in my eyes.

Darcy may I smack you now or do I have to wait for some special occasion??  Damnit man wink or somethin' when you're being facetious!!  I am so stressed these days that I am not my usual astute self in spotting such things. On that same note, I am stressed enough to go smack around a priest for you if you want......just sayin'

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Aww.  Wikipedia's not bowing to religious censorship?  How horrible.

Personally, I'm still pissed off at their article on evolution.  As a Catholic man, I demand it be removed.  Ditto for any Physics article involving gravity, which happens to be most of them.


PS-  Have you seen the religion article on Wiki?  The "Criticism" section at the end is shocking short, and it doesn't give an objective view to the entire subject.  So I guess there is a bit of censorship going on.