Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n
Catholics in Medieval times had to do penance for remission of sin every so often, lest they die in a state of sin and be denied heaven.\u00a0 The penance was usually some physically unpleasant thing like kneeling for hours in prayer or wearing a scratchy shirt all day. That was a nuisance for the penitent and helped nobody else, so the Church decided it\u2019d be okay to pay money for forgiveness instead doing penance. \u00a0The practice died out after a certain German priest threw a fit about it, but the precedent is there.<\/p>\n
Minnesota lawyers must sit through two hours of penance every three years, lest they perpetuate Bias In The Legal Profession.\u00a0 It\u2019s not physical but being harangued by harridans is still unpleasant. That\u2019s a nuisance for busy people and helps nobody else.\u00a0 It\u2019s time to resurrect the old system of selling indulgences \u2013 I\u2019ll send them a check, they\u2019ll pretend I\u2019m cured of bias.\u00a0 Think of all the money we could raise, all the lawyers we could hire for poor people.\u00a0 And their children!\u00a0 Do it for the children.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
They’ll have the children in those classes before too long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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