It
is impossible for Governments to make mistakes. That is an awful
truth that even they will admit. I would be a strong supporter of any
political party that stands up and admits their mistakes. I would be
an even stronger supporter of any politician or party that includes
in any Act of Parliament a clause which allows anyone damaged by a
law (thereby admitting fault).
The
Government cannot be sued. Therefore the Stolen Generation, the
woefully abused Children in State Care (which still occurs), the
Children denied an adequate education because of some smart-arsed
theorists who think they know what’s best for children but only
manage to succeed in stuffing up the system. The children denied
adequate and accessible medical attention in remote rural areas (both
black and white).
Where
are the pedophiles now that used to be employed at the Old Children’s
Homes (Mittagong as an example) when they were closed down. The
excuse was a matter of economics the truth was more like they were so
riddled with child-abusers at every level that they were closed and
the abusers shuffled off to some other department away from children.
All in the name of ‘the
government does not make mistakes’.
What is happening now with the great and infallible Bishop Pell should not only reverberate throughout Australia's Catholic Church but be rooted out of every government institution, every religious school, every church and particularly every juvenile detention centre.
Of
course it could be worse. We could live in America.
