Fionn says: In rural Irish communities even in the 1950s, it would have been as hard to defy the Catholic church as it would have been for German youth to defy Hitler.

Fionn, look up the definition of the word "truism."

Yes, I agree that the Catholic Church of Ireland had too much power in the 1950s, and that it had a most unholy alliance with the government.

Now, tell me how your statement applies to rural Irish communities of 2014. Why is it that you people try to make a statement about the present by using all these impassioned references to the past?

Take what's happening now and address it head-on, not by referring to past things done by dead people.

What's that? Do you mean to tell me that you don't have the courage to do that?

-Joe Offer-