Nikol Cauchi weighs in
In an article on Wednesday's Times, the good Bishop (Emeritus) has let us know that, while violent protest should be condemned, "(it) should not be forgotten that provocation is unethical and the people who commit this misdeed should be held responsible for the consequences that ensue."
No doubt, he would therefore agree that the church itself should be held responsible for the sacking of the Archbishop's Curia, for example. It had, after all, provoked the anger of the workers' aristocracy through non-compliance with the demands of the government of the day.
For more on this subject, one could do worse than read Daphne's article in last Sunday's Malta Independent.
3 Comments:
The term provocation is derived from provocatus, past participle of provocare, to challenge (www.dictionary.com). In fact, it is us in Europe, who are being provoked/challenged to attest our rights and freedoms, one of which is freedom of religion.Daffodil
Couldn't agree more! And the only rights and freedoms we'll have in future are the ones that we're prepared to defend today.
I agree, but, if we know how such people react, we know they are 'devoted' to their religion, we know that they are easily manipulated by fanatics, and whatever not, why do we provoke then?
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