sock puppet wrote: It is quite another for the Brethren to have gotten in bed, under the sheets with the sneering, condescending attitudes of NAMIRS and funded it, making possible the broad dissemination of hit pieces on critics and even fellow members.
Had you lived in the 13th Century when the Dominican Order was sanctioned by Pope Gregory IX to institute the Inquisition, you would have decried the Church in this action. You would ask, "Who are these Dominicans to use these inquisitional procedures against heretics and innocents alike"?
Well, times have changed and so have the methods. Iron maidens have given way to hatchets and the rack has been replaced with small clipping services and the Dominicans have relinquished their role to NAMIRS. So what? Tone is important, but everybody is outsourcing these days. Get with the Modern!