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]v[etaphoid wrote on 2014-06-30 :
> Hi All,
>
> A friend and I were having a spirited discussion about arithmetic in the 
> discussion below. He contends that because Catholics only allow men priests 
> to molest boys, they are only half as likely as the general population to be 
> paedophiles, since there are no women.
>
> He's such a funny fellow...
>
> "On a more wholesome note, do you believe that the incidence of paedophilia 
> amongst Catholic priests would be consistent with your quoted global 
> incidence rates of 3-4%?"
>
> "No I don't. I'm not sure you know this but the Catholic priesthood is for 
> men only. Straight away that reduces the average by half. I do hope you are 
> able to understand this simple bit of arithmetic."

Yes I could have phrased it better. I also readily admit I've always 
been useless at maths.

Let's try again: if paedophiles number 3-4% of the general adult 
population, male and female, then it follows that the number of 
paedophile priests *as a percentage of the adult population, male and 
female* is much lower than 3-4%, given the number of priests is only a 
small percentage of the adult population.

That better?

-- 
+ His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII

"Our Western partners, led by the United States of America, prefer not 
to be guided by international law in their practical policies, but by 
the rule of the gun. They have come to believe in their exclusivity and 
exceptionalism, that they can decide the destinies of the world, that 
only they can ever be right" - Vladimir Putin, March 2014

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]v[aths for fun and profit... ]v[etaphoid <met@phoid.con> - 2014-06-30 22:12 +1000
  Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... "Mentalguy2k8" <mentalguy2k8@gmail.com> - 2014-06-30 13:35 +0100
  Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxviii@popesnews.invalid> - 2014-06-30 14:57 +0100
    Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... ]v[etaphoid <met@phoid.con> - 2014-07-01 00:05 +1000
    Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Earl Cup <earlcup@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-01 00:22 +1000
      Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxviii@popesnews.invalid> - 2014-06-30 15:25 +0100
        Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Paul Pot <PMD@SIBU.HQ> - 2014-07-01 00:15 +0100
    Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... "Mentalguy2k8" <mentalguy2k8@gmail.com> - 2014-06-30 17:29 +0100
      Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... ]v[etaphoid <met@phoid.con> - 2015-09-24 23:35 +1000
        Re: ]v[aths for fun and profit... Prof. ]v[etaphoid <met@phoid.com.canadia> - 2017-11-10 22:53 +1100

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