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I just saw this documentary today after hearing about it from my wife, who did not see the whole film. We watched it together. I have never been Catholic, while she had been for a short period while attending an all girls Catholic High School.

What struck me most about the film was the reason that was given for Father Murphy's exit from St John's, for health reasons. Just this morning, Pope Benedict announced he was stepping down for health reasons. It makes me wonder if the release of this documentary had something to do with his decision. If he lives even half as long as Father Murphy did, after he left St John's, it would, in my opinion, give lie to that.

This film needs to be seen by everyone in the world and let them make up their own minds. I do give a lot of credit to the Dubliners that have stopped attending Mass. The documentary stated that they were down to 4% of the Catholics still attending. Good for them!

At the end of the movie we learn that way too many hospitals are still not using any similar safety needles of any kind. The movie should have delved into this further.

The closest hospital to where I live is a not-for-profit that is anything but not-for-profit when it comes to its corporate structure. They are constantly building new pavilions, because they have to do something with all the money they have. But, do they have safety needles? No! The last thing they care about is their employees. In fact, if a patient registers a complaint about one of its employees, the patient's word is taken as fact and a bad mark goes into the employee's record immediately. It's all about patient satisfaction at the expense of the employees. This same hospital systematically takes aim at the older employees and seeks out reasons to get rid of them, because the health insurance for the employees is self funded, which means there is no buffer(insurance company) between the employer and the employee. Older people start using the system more.

So, if you run across an employee of the hospital in your area, ask them if the hospital is supplied with safety needles. If they don't, then you are seeing just one of many hospitals that don't give a damn about their employees. If you think they care about you as a patient, don't. They only care about the money they would lose if you go elsewhere.