Showing posts with label Royal Comissions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Comissions. Show all posts

Thursday, November 15, 2012

ABC Judge and Jury

Heard the strangest thing yesterday . The ABC was provided with a specific document justifying the stand of the Catholic church as if it was the adjudicator of a debate our forefathers would clearly say that should be left to the Royal Commission and the courts .
Subtle,  but serious problem of perspective .
Sure its Ok to provide perspective but really the real issue is this . The church dares to try and look after children noone else does, so they  can never  meet the expectations of the standards brigade at ABCchurch. I won't listen to their pontifications till they do a four corners on the subject and put it in context .  
If we really think children's interest are important they should not be left to the quick fix of TV and media angst  .
 Just how mi focused this attempt to trap the devil could be in highlighted by the naive and misguided false expectation that a ,or any,  Royal Commissions  will , by their  very nature , solve the problem of child abuse . Nearly as dumb as thinking churches are the only ones trying to pick up the pieces of o mum or dad .
I mean like the RC will solve the problems of the department of human services in each State -
How Much DHS would give for the TV solution - if it worked !