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[@electguitarz]

Father Casey, although I am not catholic, you were a big reason why have began finding God again after 17 years of feeling lost. Thank you!

[@lindaknipfing8441]

Thank you Fr. You are an inspiration for all, not just Catholics. God bless you and all the clergy. Keep praying. 🙏📿🛐👍

[@BUCKINATORCHRIS]

You cannot find God outside of His church, the Catholic Church. If you want to be saved you need to become catholic.

[@grumpy9721]

@@BUCKINATORCHRIS since when? 😂

[@BUCKINATORCHRIS]

@@grumpy9721 my reply disappeared lol youtube does not allow dogma.

[@gtaliente]

@@BUCKINATORCHRIS this is NOT what the Catholic Church teaches. While I honestly hope that everyone will join the Church, her teaching that there is no salvation outside the Church does not mean non Catholics cannot be saved. It means that God, through the Catholic Church, offers salvation. Another way of saying this is that Salvation would not be possible if not for the existence of the Church. Jesus’s death and resurrection opened for us the gates of Heaven and his Church offers the grace of Salvation. She offers it to all who want to do the Will of the Father.

[@deb9806]

My husband was a cop for 25 years, in a big city, never fired his gun and didn't beat anyone up. He was appalled by many things he saw on TV and felt sorry for some younger cops who didn't know how to stop a senior cop but probably wish they did now. If we in any job don't police ourselves, don't pull someone aside before things escalate, don't stop abuse that will harm others, the structure will never be strong. It will never happen across the board, but your advice was spot on

[@lauraherregodts6076]

I really admire your ability to look at these issues from all perspectives. You don't judge, you perceive and analyse. You go out of your way not to offend, to see everything through another person's eyes. It's wonderful to see someone address a difficult subject with such care and empathy. Love the message.

[@JacksonD0716]

Fr. Casey, some of your videos, such as this one, probably would’ve gotten on my nerves a few years ago when I was more concerned with political narratives than God. Thank you for consistently demonstrating that the teachings of Catholicism transcend party lines. Your videos are nuanced and clearly seek the truth above all else. Good work.

[@jean6061]

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”

[@Murph_gaming]

Amen to that.

[@josephpomar]

I love this man so much, he's part of what led me back to my faith

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

Father Casey, the way you tackle difficult social issues is so important. Your analysis is always based on critical thinking and moral values. Social sin is everywhere at work and in every society. As for the catholic church and cops, they are still paying for the sins of the few bad apples but I am glad the work has been done and still continues. Happy new year 2023, may the Holy Spirit guides you in all your ways

[@mateocabral1660]

This resonated with me today. My school has a massive issue with students, and we were up for an award for the best schools in the state. In an interview, I openly stated that there were these issues at our school, and put it out of the running for the award. Had I said nothing, I would have committed a social sin by omitting the truth. This video has made me come to respect my decision even more, and so I thank you.

[@michaelevans1193]

This is your best video in some time. Your analogy is spot on and you went in directions I would not have thought about. Thanks for your insight!

[@mstriplem81562]

HEARD this today! I am a teacher...and YES, we are responsible for changing behaviors- as best we can. Today was a DAY! And so needed to hear and see this video. Thank you, Fr. . Thank you for showing how much we need humility. To own our mistakes instead of excusing our/those who commit social sin. May God grant us the grace to ALWAYS do RIGHT! Amen

[@iluomopeloso]

Very excellent video, Father. One thing you didn't talk about explicitly, but I think is a large part of both issues, is the role that the "general public" plays. One big thing I saw in The Church was clericalism, where the priests' word was never to be questioned. I'm sure this was encouraged by many priests, but it is an attitude that comes from the laity. Many people conflated their parish priest with the Truths that the priest taught. And for police, this is expressed as a sort of hero worship. The "thin blue line", as they say. This equates the police with the law they are supposed to be upholding. I've seen this in a the attitudes of lot of people who shouldn't have been allowed on the force ("How dare you question an officer of the law?"). And the best LEOs I know absolutely detest being referred to as "heroes". Both of these attitudes are rooted in people being taught that they shouldn't question authority. Parents need to think about this when they tell their kids things like "because I said so". We've tried to raise all six of our kids with the idea that they deserve an explanation for why rules exist. This has certainly resulted in more work for us as parents, but I feel confident that we are raising the sort of people who will stand up for what is right in the face of injustice. (Indeed, we've already had our fair share of meetings with school officials who aren't so pleased with our parenting strategy. 😁)

[@JdAskins99]

@@rethinkcps2116 TLDR, assuming that police and clergy man are inherently more righteous/honest than the general public led to assuming they are typically in the right.

[@thebacons5943]

The overwhelming majority of police are good people. As Catholics (and hopefully as Americans), we believe in reforming institutions so that they serve the public good. Thank you for making this video!

[@grumpy9721]

If the majority of police are good people, why are the "few rotten apples" so powerful?

[@thebacons5943]

@@grumpy9721 because they’re out here killing people and ruining their lives… just because most individual officers are good doesn’t mean the institution is healthy or good, in its current form

[@bubbabruh6309]

@@grumpy9721 well the full saying is "a few bad apples ruin the batch" because rotting apples can actually spread the rot to other apples. The few bad apples make the entire institution corrupt.

[@rickbruno3975]

Father, I was a police officer for 35 years. I could not agree with you more. Thank you, and stay in the fight.

[@germanshepherddogs]

Father Casey, I know this sounds weird, but your videos are like my anxiety/stress antidote. Watching you calms me down and helps me realize what's most important in my life. Thank you. ⚘️💓

[@michelleo7501]

spot on father casey! This is a very insightful video for any person. I had absolutely no problem going through all the background checks and continued trainings i continue to do as a volunteer. i was shocked and saddened many many years ago to learn of someone who i had known for several years who had" slipped through the cracks". clear and concise accountability is difficult but necessary in any vocation or profession. thank you!

[@adorablebelle]

Thank you for keeping us abreast of Catholic social teaching!

[@davidhawkins5329]

Thanks Fr Casey. This is so helpful, for understanding & action. You didn't hit a nail on the head though..... You hit them all logically and charitably. I was a victim. I am now a survivor. It wasn't anything remotely related to the catholic church though. Still forging ahead. Blessings right back at you and your important work. ✡️✝️🇨🇦

[@ipso-kk3ft]

Stay strong friend, you will be in my prayers too! I hope you will be a sign of hope and reconciliation for many more people too

[@tarahobson1525]

This is SUCH a powerful message. Better screening and evaluation is essential, if your own community is growing in this regard, that is fantastic.

[@jensvonbrasch1466]

Very well put, Fr Casey. You perform a most valuable service with your periodic videos and this particular one was a stand-out. I’m marking it out for re-viewing, but it should really be seen by heaps more people, including public servants. I’m a retired public servant in Australia and I do see the universality, the ubiquity of what you’ve been telling us, and how clearly and how well you’ve been telling it to us. Thank you! 🤗

[@liammac5540]

Thank you for this video Fr. Casey. There is plenty of value to digest from this. I appreciate you taking the time to address these issues, and the effort you put in to making this video. There are so many wounds to heal. For this to start to happen, we need to invite The Holy Spirit into this mess that has been created. With prayers for all concerned. God bless you for this

[@HollieB1]

Hi, Father Casey, your videos are so enlightening, thought-provoking, and informative. I would not have thought of finding parallels between Catholic priests and the police department. I absolutely agree with your list of solutions for both. Thank you for this video. I plan to share it with my local police department. Pax et Bonum.

[@HikaruKatayamma]

Your trash analogy is very American/European. In Japan, there aren't public trash cans. People are expected to take their trash home with them. You'll find some trash cans at convenience stores and restaurants, but in general, there aren't trash cans along the sidewalk for general use.

[@jinarose5374]

I was thinking this too, but it is the same analogy, Japanese culture is that people take it home so even the bad apples wouldn’t litter cause they would be shunned. And tourists coming would not be used to it but would abide by what everyone else is doing and seems acceptable. Even within that very short travel. So culture is incredibly important in shaping human behaviour.

[@Yutup88]

@@jinarose5374 You think culture has nothing to teach ? If humans were taught morals from the start, there would be no sinful humans. In Japan there are dirty places, just look at youtube videos

[@MikePasqqsaPekiM]

Excellent thoughts. I have to admit, I sort of cringed when I saw the topic title, but I do think this was a highly constructive and accurate analysis in the end.

[@patrickhepburn7867]

Thank you needed to hear this information. Wish every Paris would tell the faithful what is being done. God Bless

[@rethinkcps2116]

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[@christophermaulden733]

@@rethinkcps2116 I think he meant Parish 🤔 .

[@AlbornozVEVO]

social sin is important for us catholics to understand. sometimes sin is invisible and integrated into the very fabric of society. individual actions aren't enough, because it's not about a group of individuals. it's the system itself.

[@JdAskins99]

Fr Casey, I really like your format to this video. It's clear that you greatly care about social reform in this areas, and you know bot the police and the church must be accountable for their cultures that prevented abuse from coming to light. When I was young I assumed priests and police were more likely to be honest and righteous than the average person. Now I realize its those assumptions that allow for people to abuse their positions in those offices. More accountability is a good thing, and I commend your commitment to shining truth on these issues.

[@dawnlapka3782]

Burn out, fear of getting injured contribute to police officers who have difficulty. I have had several police officers, sheriff's and natural resource protection personnel in my life. Now I assist with prevention as well (game wardens and parks and recreational builders.) I don't want to suffer Burn Out either. Thanks for this, Father Casey.

[@lindakaldestad5874]

Such deep honesty and inspiration-seeing what as social individuals we are and what we can become, with God

[@lauriedreier5492]

You are so wise beyond your years. I thank God you share this gift.

[@ipso-kk3ft]

On social sin, I'd like to mention another big issue (the 'elephant in the room') which is pornography. Research links it to other grave social evils like abuse and human trafficking. Especially with open internet pornography, so much material now normalizes or desensitizes us to sexual abuse, infidelity, and violence from a young age. Even good "normal" people become psychologically affected. I think we need to take this social ill more seriously, but also find just and merciful rehab solutions for all victims, both the used and even the users! (PS. Fr. Casey also made a great video on the horrors of porn)

[@frankrault3190]

However: the bulk of cases of abuse by Catholic priests took place before porn was digitally spread around all over the world so massively. I don't say this in favor of porn. I just say that there's always the danger to narrow a problem down to just one issue. (No native speaker here)

[@joannebywaters4154]

Check out Matt Fradd's Victory channel...he us addressing this issue too!!

[@aslinndhan]

Father has addressed the issue of porn and abuse and human trafficking

[@AdithiaKusno]

Father Casey thank you for your bravery to address this and your prudence in how you addressing it. I would like to request a similar video on addressing what's the fear? Why limiting report only on sexual assault against minor? As if there's no other type of power abuses. Why people associated a bad member as the institution itself? This caused people afraid in addressing it because they believe falsely that they have no authority to report abuse and afraid it could kill the Church. This is false because the Church has been wounded countless time (Arianism, Iconoclasm, etc). She is the eternal Phoenix that will rises from her ashes. We shouldn't be afraid because she can't be killed. We also shouldn't confused bad members as if they're the Church herself. Exposing bad members are not sin but rather moral obligation. The question then why the hierarchs afraid and why the laity afraid. I believe unless we go down to the root on why people avoiding conflict it would be hard to address the conflict itself. IMO it's not faithful to remain silent it's actually faithless to believe the Church couldn't survive another scandal. Abraham had faith that Isaac would be resurrected. May we all have Abraham's faith to do what must be done and God will resurrected the Church. God bless your ministry.

[@PattyEverAfter]

I really think you provided a solid, well thought out and meaningful answer. I will throw a caveat in and say that police unions have become toxic breeding grounds for bad apples. While, the solution may be the same, I can't help but feel like tackling that issue requires something more.

[@mrherocosplayproductions3952]

Very well done sir. The only thing needed for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.

[@luigidisanpietro3720]

All institutions, be it secular or non-secular are prone to problems such as this. I think our problem is that we generalize a wrong-doing of one as the wrong-doing of a whole institution composed of different people - such is cancel culture in my place...

[@jinarose5374]

This video is soooo poetically structured thanks for the hard work creating this

[@katiecoomer2352]

What a wonderful sharing of a solutions. The Catholic discovered and implemented.

[@thirtysixjuniper8667]

So thoughtful - one of your best videos on topical social issues. Would love to see more of you bringing concepts like "social sin" into a modern context and understanding.

[@yurineri2227]

great and objective video about an important topic, great job father Casey

[@katsantos3068]

There are very very few people who can engage me in listening til the end, mull over the message and give me a wider perspective after and you’re one of them Father Casey. I pray that your messages reach the people concerned and act on it. Wouldn’t it be a much better world. God bless your ministry Father🙏❤️

[@michellemarie1197]

You are one of the few christian/religious channels who bring perspectives of controversial issues to light, thank you father casey

[@Socialolic]

The problem is the system make these genuine good people do some terrible things. They believe they are above the law. I hope we can make a functional system so we can get rid of these “bad apples”

[@patricianorton3908]

Great job! Thanks. Patricia from New Hampshire 👵🏻😉😊

[@userJohnSmith]

I work for a company that had a legal issue surrounding ITAR before I joined. There were clear signs, looking back as an outsider that it was knowing but people assumed the entire industry was doing it. Worse some of ownership and much of the leadership team repeatedly tried to dismiss it even years after they were caught and it had nearly killed the company. But some of the junior leadership, and myself who had just joined, pushed for more comprehensive and intelligent changes. We're now one of the most sophisticated companies when it comes to this stuff and often are able to correct customers and help them avoid making mistakes out of honest misunderstanding. And growing up around cops (dad was a prosecutor) I can't say if the same would apply. I would disagree that it's only a few bad apples, I think it's far more fundamental, but empowering people who hate corruption is a great way to make changes regardless.

[@ronrocheleau3035]

This is a great video. I’ve been working with the NYPD for 9years.

[@johnkelly3886]

Great talk. I hope you are heard.

[@SoleaGalilei]

Your message here is one I already agreed with and think about a lot, and I hope your video is able to reach and persuade people who may not have thought of it this way before.

[@glstka5710]

The thing that made me so outraged was not only the actual abuse but that the leaders quietly reassigned the perpetrators. When I hear about bad apples in Protestantism I can honestly and accurately say "that's not MY Church" the disunity that Catholic defenders criticize in Protestantism actually serves as a quarantine. Jim Baker, Jimmy Swaggart, and all the others were not ministers of my Church. Even one case of I have recently heard of that I did listen to, I can disown and say that although he said much that was good, he never had authority over me. To compare it to the police, a big city police department with leaders who are supporting silence about misconduct does not mean that the police in some small rural town are corrupt. But when the FBI targets a former President of the United States because the other party is now in office then the Federal Government has major corruption problems and we need some major reform.

[@davidhawkins5329]

You keep venturing where men will not tread... Grace be upon you from Our Lord Christ & His Lady the Blessed Virgin Mary 🙏 ✡️✝️🇨🇦

[@PilpelAvital]

"Do as I do, not just as I say." GOOD.

[@manuelvargas467]

Dear Jesus help catholic church ⛪ 😇

[@dvdortiz9031]

If the Bible were taught in school, no more jail houses would be needed...if people were Christians, less crime would be the consequences, Would reduce police force.etc....

[@josephvincent4629]

Father I have a question. I've was baptized catholic as a child and received first holy communion but I changed schools before confirmation. I still got to mass every morning but how do I go about being confirmed since I was at a different school

[@julieelizabeth4856]

Check your local parish for RCIA programs. Confirmation for adults usually happens at Easter each year, after about a year of classes.

[@julieelizabeth4856]

Check your local parish for RCIA programs.

[@joeman550]

Great ideas for reform Father Casey. Too bad the unions block them from becoming reality.

[@MichaelThompson-jq3zf]

Meaningful video father Casey- thanks. Lord have mercy upon us all

[@paulnebeling2068]

Thank you, Father Casey, for acknowledging the elephant in the room. God bless.

[@ml7245]

Father God I praise you for Fr. Casey.

[@helens8977]

Authoritarian cultures also make whistleblowing hard.

[@logankrecic496]

Father Casey, this was truly enlightening, thank you the “Code red” attitude like in the movie a Few Good Men, is bleeding over into the police

[@jinarose5374]

This is awesome that the Catholic Church is a unified institution and thus about to roll out changes across the board

[@RumorHazi]

What changes are you expecting?

[@MissPopuri]

When I walk around my neighborhood, I have seen trash that I pick up and carry home. Most often, I can’t carry everything I see because I don’t have a trash bag on me. This is very much like Jesus bearing his cross to Calvary. Death was swallowed up in such a great victory at the Resurrection that carrying what little I have makes going to my own death worth it in the end.

[@derphyn]

Every bit helps. 🙂

[@kristenhurst683]

My husband is a police officer who has moved up to be the chief of a small department and I was the director of children's faith formation at a Catholic church so we are personally vested in these issues. I will say that Chesterton had it right when he said that politicians should be close enough to hang. Subsidiarity in our public life would increase accountability. Unfortunately there are many who see the opposite as the answer. I fear for the future with all honesty but pray for peace and humility to reign.

[@rogeriosoares7988]

Congratulations, great video.

[@rjean3746]

Courageous and continue

[@chinusingh6890]

Well said fra, I love it, it reads the science of time. I have a question what is your opinion on LGBTQ people and their faith.

[@danyyounes3516]

Well done! Thank you

[@TruthSeeker-333]

As a cop for two decades I can say the corruption that exists in law enforcement is at the top, the highest levels of a department where one must be more politician than cop

[@sherilynlum-alarcon5007]

Bless you Fr. Casey!

[@TommyLamar]

Oh boy the comments are gonna be fun on this one

[@ameryaser3987]

Great video man. Very important.

[@weaver7811]

Good stuff, thank you.

[@andruzodrow4433]

Thank you Father.

[@faithbooks7906]

This is excellent! Thank you!

[@VdL-gr2nn]

Thank you, great video !!

[@robertl6770]

Thank you Casey. We love you!!!!

[@josephdiorio4809]

Hey Father Casey I’m a Maronite Catholic and I serve as an acolyte in my local Maronite Parish, and in the Maronite Church we allow Married men to become priests, and 90% of the priests in Lebanon where my family is from are all married. It is very rare you find a priest in Lebanon who is celibate. I think the Catholic Church should allow at-least the Parish priests those of which whom are not friars or religious order to be able to get married before or after ordination. Under the condition that those whom choose to marry before or after ordination cannot advance to be bishops or cardinals. Coming from my Heritage and traditions it has caused me to have a different view on celibacy that of those of which are of the East. I believe if the church wants to eliminate Pedophiles from the Priesthood, and stop the sexual abuse crisis, we need to strengthen the testing on seminarians and allow priests to be able to Marry before or after ordination, with the condition they don’t advance to any religious order or bishop or cardinal

[@sarahisatitagain]

I couldn't agree more! I would like to raise an important question here: how can a priest give marriage advice to his Parish when he have not been married to a woman? I know the priesthood is a marriage to God and the church, but it's just... not the same. I firmly believe married priests should be of great tools for God's use for the salvation of marriages and families.

[@ameyer3408]

I raised this with a Jesuit priest whose response was that statistically most child abuse is perpetrated by married men. It is a sin and accountability issue

[@c.m.cordero1772]

I agree with having married priests,but if that solved the problem then the Southern Baptists wouldn’t be having the abuse allegations it is now facing. Pastors are married in that denomination. Pedophiles are pedophiles.

[@josephdiorio4809]

@@c.m.cordero1772 I see your point. I think a reason they should allow priests to marry is how can you give marriage council if you yourself aren’t married. Theirs a big difference between being married to a Parish and a church and two human Marriages

[@isoldam]

Married men commit abuse at a higher rate than single men. You also have the problem of divided attention, marital problems, and trying to raise a large family on a priests very small salary.

[@richardmagale8405]

Spot on Brother! Thanks!

[@steveluvsjanie]

Enjoyed this video. I learned a lot.

[@ZootBeta-kl2xq]

Agreed. Quality is better than quantity

[@letriciabrowder2942]

All the more reason to pursue religious life, I know that's where my peace is and I cannot wait

[@jonathank4278]

I heard that Washington DC Police will not hire a Police Officer from Detroit Michigan.

[@hackman669]

Cops, like teachers, get no Breaks or respect 😒

[@richard6719]

I agree with everything you said but I also know that the police in ANY area of this country regardless of agency or entity will NEVER change their behavior. Their arrogance won’t allow it, and sheepeople blindly follow any thing their told. Plus they hold most all the cards in the deck. You can never ever trust a single word that come out of their mouth and ALWAYS film your interactions. Most times that still won’t be enough but it does give you a fighting chance. The Catholic Church is one entity, people not only have to deal with corrupt and often violent police. They also have to deal with violent corrupt jailers, lawyers,judges, law makers etc that feed off the criminal behavior of the police and support their actions. I applaud you ideas but it will NEVER happen.

[@daniels5511]

amazing work

[@Statuss_quo]

The teachings in most Catholic schools these days not teach religion period. Lack of faith. Lack of teaching modesty and chastity to children. Humanity is in dire need of Devine intervention. All is the Father's hand. 🙏🏼

[@julieelizabeth4856]

I went to Catholic schools in the 70's and 80's. Those were problems back then already. Humility is a big one that should have been taught too, rather than how to be competitive in sports.

[@like90]

My distrust in police is that they don’t accept that they have bad people in their ranks and protect them. Mostly they are good, but how would I know which ones are indeed good. I agree, this is just like the Catholic Church.

[@toddfraser3353]

One issue that I see is the general misconception of Karma. Where one convinced themselves that by doing enough good they deserve some leeway to to bad. Prevalent in American society, is the economic view of morality. Thinking they are good for heaven if their moral books are balance, and perhaps show a net profit of goodness.

[@josephrusso5518]

Great video. Food for thought, if you can’t make a police officer follow traffic laws because they won’t get citations then how can we have them be honest when the going gets tough

[@helenbirch5719]

In your list, you didn't specify politicians. I think they are at the top of the list.

[@CoffeeLover-mz7bk]

Hi Father Casey. You said no one was allowed to be alone with children. Does that mean children have to bring a parent when they go to confession?

[@Elizabeth-rh1hl]

With respect to your holy office, there are still abusers active in the church. Our own Pope just pardoned a rapist. The church has been forced to hand over records that they have denied having. They did not do so voluntarily. I hope what you say is true somewhere but it is not in the current Bishops and Cardinals and sadly our current Pope. I do agree with your description of social sin but I think it is still strong in the hierarchy of the church and the Vatican.

[@pasalasaga]

Can someone explain to me the whole faith & works thing for salvation like I was five? I'm really really confused on this theme tbh.

[@adorablebelle]

True faith leads to repentance, which leads to good works. Ephesians 2:10 says we were made for “good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Multiple portions of the gospels say that attachment to evil deeds causes us to choose darkness (John 3:19), and that “faith without works is dead.” (James) Salvation is through Christ alone, and Catholics believe this. But if our faith does not move us to good actions, there is a disconnect. In that sense “faith” vs “works” is somewhat of a false dichotomy: when you have true faith, you also have good works. I hope this helps!

[@pasalasaga]

@@adorablebelle So what you are saying is that with my faith, I am making good actions. Is that what you mean?

[@Laurelin70]

@@pasalasaga Faith is something that involves all life. So if your faith is real, your behaviour will be affected too, it's inevitable. If your behaviour doesn't reflect your faith then your faith is not real. So it can't save you. So works are not what's saving you, they're just the fruits and evidence of your (real) faith.

[@pasalasaga]

@@Laurelin70 That actually makes sense, I like It.

[@MichaelThompson-jq3zf]

@@Laurelin70 Not necessarily 😏. Not even true believers practising faith with good works are without continual transgressions. As humans in a broken & sinful environment, we are all flawed and quite often unconsciously or conciously repeat old sinful habits .

[@kingrichardiii6280]

this is an issue as old an humanity. i remember a story about a fox. where in the guise of a cleric he assaulted a rabbit and nearly killed him, a witness raised charges against the fox to the king pointing the rabbits injury as evidence: "A pious fit inspired the fox to teach morality assume the chaplain's character and read the litergy he soon relapsed from sanctity and tried another plan detaining Lampey in his claws, he pinched the honest man while walking past a psalm i heard afar begin and end immediately which was peculiar as i came up the fox did grip the poor, unhappy hare and lampey would have lost his life if i had not been there behold the pious fellow's wounds, in truth and verity" though the badger (usually depicted as a monk) makes excuses for the fox and vouches for his character: "and then my king, about the hare, what balderdash! i ask may not a pupil be chastised if he neglect his task? if boys were not corrected, how would order be maintained" ... "since which his friends declare he can't be recognized, eats once a day in monkish style with melancholy cowl, wears hairy shirts and quite abstains alike from flesh and fowl, I had this from a visitor who saw him yesterday, Malepartus his fine residence is going to decay, he is very thin and wan and pale through thirst and want of food, through abstinence from everything that's nourishing and good regardless of your virulence, loud complaints and blame he will conduct his case himself and put you all to shame." but no sooner another plaintiff showed dragging the body of a killed hen, the rooster telling how the fox killed her: "now listen to my history, far worse i shall reveal, he feigned himself a monk and brought a letter under seal,... the fox announced he embraced monastic discipline to expiate by penance a long career of sin... with gladsome heart i told my chicks of all the fox had said that no grim peril now remained to cause us any dread i walked with them beyond the walls, we felt no more afraid but sad the end, the dastard lay concealed in ambuscade devoured the finest of my sons for his first sacrifice nor did, when he succeeded once, one villainy suffice" this is not a one time thing. the officers charged with the killing had a history. get the foxes out before they kill!

[@nathanngumi8467]

Word.

[@zuffin1864]

When we are forced by the government to pay taxes, the choice from the individual is actually completely removed on how their hard earned money is spent. This gives people a buyout "i paid my taxes, it's not my problem now", removing all choice from the equation except moving to a different area. I don't think moving away really changes any issues of the place you fled from, which should be the #1 goal

[@Executioner9000]

Actually individuals in American at least do have a say in how the tax money is spent. Call your representatives, vote for people that will use taxes how you want them to be used, there are ways to influence tax expenditures.

[@zuffin1864]

@@Executioner9000 the representatives that can ignore our requests? the sheriff that will give police officers that committed crimes paid leave? call those people? your choices will be at the forefront of your mind every day if you have to pay for it directly, not forced upon you and forgotten about until election day. you vote every day in the free market, and that means you have more votes and more choice for your life, and you don't have to force that on anybody else like the gov does.

[@ansond6372]

You're addressing crowd mentality

[@mattfarrell5247]

Good video!

[@NotANameist]

We need accountability for bad cops, yes. But we also need accountability for criminals.

[@helpimadog-playthroughs5956]

You’re missing the point, we already know that there needs to be accountability for criminals, I don’t think anyone is arguing against that.

[@NotANameist]

@@helpimadog-playthroughs5956 we already know that police need to be held accountable, I don't think anyone is arguing against that. (You see how this works now?)

[@whenpiratesattack]

Any interaction with law enforcement increases them to arrest hurt or kill you for merely existing. We didn’t even have police terribly long ago. We may need them but we may need them in a much different facet than their current iteration. Cops are not law abiding, abuse their spouses and family in far too many instances and lead to such an unbelievable ego. Police are often worse than the symptom of the crime occurring and we applaud them for it.

[@aganib4506]

I hope that the Catholic Church here in the US restore the Sanctuary law.

[@johnm5928]

Well, really all sin is social sin. I doubt the usefulness of characterizing some sins as especially social, as if agency is somehow conferred from the sinner to society. Otherwise, I agree that in most cases quality is more necessary than quantity. To a point.