Jack the Insider has a very interesting take on the matter of the George Pell prosecution, which seems not to be behind the paywall, for now. He points out a long standing history of the police force in that State turning a blind eye, or actively protecting, sex offending priests. Jack wonders if the prosecution of Pell was undertaken with view towards diverting attention from the history of their previous protection.
Sinclair Davidson likes to believe that Pell was targeted purely for being a conservative figure hated by the Left. I have never felt it likely that the Police were especially sympathetic to carrying out the wishes of political Left in such matters. Jack's view adds some greater nuance to the matter.
[I should add - I am not in a position to argue the details of what various figures within the Victorian police have done in the Pell matter. I have not followed it in that close a detail. So sue me. I do know, however, that the conservatives and culture war warriors at Catallaxy do not do nuance. Their take that it is the greatest scandal in Victorian prosecution history is therefore virtually guaranteed to be wrong.]
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no nuance needed. Police had a brief and sent it to the director of public preconceptions. He said yes. so the case proceeded.
We should remember the first case provided no answer as the jury did not come to a verdict. the second one did. As did the court od Appeal. The High court said they both got it wrong.
Only a moron can dig a conspiracy out of that.
Epstein-like. Backward speech of the current Pope makes him sound truly scary. Not only gay but even more sinister than that.
no nuance needed. Police had a brief and sent it to the director of public preconceptions.
I don't know whether that's a joke or a malapropism, but either way - I love it!
Graeme, is there an app with which you spend your late nights doing backward speech analysis of prominent people?
If so, could you run it on Sinclair Davidson and let me know the results? Here he is, rambling on about blockchain for 20 mins or so recently:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIp11sadEyU
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