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| Authored by: Rob Ewaschuk on Thursday, October 21 2004 @ 10:36 AM CDT |
If a criminal steels something, but we like him a lot because he's friends with lots of people should we give him a lighter sentence than a criminal with fewer friends but who commits the same crime? No. Errr...well, yes. Should they be? Sometimes -- if those friends were earned through conscientious social participation, and the crime is an aberration. There's an example pretty close to home of this kind of thing.The same applies here. Why should exceptions be made for the ESA? Well, because they have been for a long time? Because IMO Feds is not being on the level with their motives or their means. Because the procedure that they're being asked to follow sucks -- come on, weekly approval of a *church program*? Feds can easily offer blanket approval for "substantially similar" church programs. I haven't spoken with many involved, but it doesn't sound like Feds is being forthright.
I believe that there is a long history of letting clubs operate a bit fast and loose with the procedures, as long as they're honest and reasonable. (To be clear: operating outside procedures is the wrong way to deal with bad procedures, but it isn't necessarily dishonest or intrinsically wrong.)
-Rob
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Rob Ewaschuk - rob.infinitepigeons.org[ Parent ]
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