Step Twelve says: "Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other Shriners, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." It is through giving that we receive.
This really is the "easier, softer" way.
The alternative is "ShrinerGate" where the media compares the leaders' retaliation to Nixon's rat f&cking and Congress begins to ask questions about the Jesters Bacchanalian bashes.
Wikipedia writes:
"The bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Roman and Greek god Bacchus."
Maybe it's no coincidence that the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is named Max Baucus.
So, here's the bottom line.
Oversight by law enforcement is no way to run a non profit organization, especially if investigators somehow link the "missing" $43 million and the prostitution to racketeering and compare these activities to the RICO statutes.
At the end of the day, Robert Plant sums it up best in "Stairway to Heaven" as he sings:
"Yes there are two paths you can go by
but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on."
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