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April 02, 2003

Prison? Try an Institution.

Not content to simply believe in their own variety of angry sky god in the convent, three Catholic nuns went out for a walk:

Platte, and two other Dominican Sisters Carolyn Gilbert and Jackie Hudson, are on trial for alleged sabotage and malicious destruction of property related to an Oct. 6 break-in at the Minuteman III silo where they cut cables and made the sign of the cross on the silo lid with their own blood.

And why did they do this, you ask?

"We've all heard that there was a targeting of the people of Iraq who were threatened with mass murder by the use of nuclear weapons. All we could think of was the children and we had to do something," Platte told jurors in a courtroom packed with supporters.

Uh, I've not heard of targeting the Iraqi populace with nuclear weapons, have you? Are the voices talking to you again, Sister? There's just something not right about a bunch of women electing to live together in relative solitude.

Unless of course they are hot, enjoy jell-o wrestling and spankings, and have video cameras hooked to the Internet.

If convicted, the women face a prison sentence of up to 30 years and fines of up to $250,000.

It will be most interesting to see if their status as nuns gets them leniency - after all, they meant well with their destruction of government property and self-mutilation for the glory of God and the Children^TM.