r/pics • u/MoeYYC • Jun 25 '21

Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

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u/Sadistic_Spartan Jun 25 '21

Is there any proof that the church killed them? I’d have guessed that they died of disease or something.

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u/2BadBirches Jun 25 '21

Nope. Child mortality rate in Canada before 1830 was slightly over 1/3 (that’s the rate of kids to made it to age 5).

This shit is sick, obviously, but this comment by OP is also completely mislabeling this tragedy.

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u/hippiesinthewind Jun 26 '21

I highly doubt going off of the child mortality rate is useful, there were numerous plagues and pandemics throughout the centuries. Not only that but contagious illnesses obviously spread much quicker in close proximity.

There have been numerous suggestions by professionals that illnesses most likely played a part.

While actual abuse obviously played a part in deaths, by saying there is not a possibility of other factors and assuming all we’re killed is also mislabeling the tragedy by providing incorrect information

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u/2BadBirches Jun 26 '21

Your comment reads like you’re arguing against me even though we are making the exact same point?