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Entry: Who's Infallible Here, Anyway? The Human Life Review Chooses Party Over Church Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/wars_and_rumors_of_war#5518 Post contents: @Sid Indeed, corruption is as old as humanity. The problem is that people only see the more obvious sort of corruption, involving sex and money, and forget about more subtle, and because of that, deadlier forms of corruption. The thirst for power is as corrupting and the desire for sex - probably worse. The desire to play at politics is worse. I would rather have a prelate who whored on his free time, than one who got involved in political intrigues and ended up backing dubious characters or policies out of ignorance or malice. The whoring ends with the death of the sinner, while the political maneuvering is an evil that lives on long after the good they might have done is buried with their bones. In this case, the corruption I complain about involved thirst for power and political games, And what Burke considered the worst sin in politics: treating a whole population as guinea pigs in a theory if government. Also hartred is a corruption. Father Mienvielle was one of several antisemites who agitated in ARgentina, and while he was not the one who originated the saying "be a patriot, kill a Jew", he was of the same branch of thought. He inspired the nationalist group Tacuara, which splintered into right and left factions, some going into the extreme left, and some joining the military repressors and torturers. But before they splintered they participated on attacks on Jews *for being Jews*, culminating in the Sirola case, which led President Illia to declare Tacuara outlaw. Maybe this was one of the reason the vicious Father Meinvielle decided that Illia deserved to be overthrown, because he would not condone violence against Jews. Thanks to him and too many others Argentina lost one of its best Presidents, and the chance for a peaceful political development. The Church in ARgenina is deeply corrupt, and will not be cleansed, with the result that modernims and atheism is gaining ground there, as too many people decided tat the Churhc is unworthy of their respect much less their allegiance. Sent at: 2008 08 30