a reprimand for our times

a reprimand for our times

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Third Fisherman. Master, I marvel
how the fishes live in the sea.
First Fisherman. Why, as men do
aland; the great ones eat up
the little ones.
                                    ---Shakespeare
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worldwide ...

our mullahs and our priests
prey on children
sexually;

and to the extent that we support
those mullahs and those priests---
as well their institutions---

we acquiesce in such
predation