bubblesort
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I hate to say it, but... these look like insurance fires to me. One or two churches burning after finding a mass grave is not totally inconceivable, even if almost nobody burned churches when other massive scale human rights violations by the church came to light over the past decade or two (I do think it's appropriate to burn down institutions who commit genocide and are not being held accountable by the law, but that's beside the point). Burning more than a few churches, though? Looks suspicious to me. What I think is happening: The churches are losing members, becoming unprofitable, and when a church closes down, they are finding that old churches are harder to sell than new condos, especially since the church now removes all the old iconography when they sell it (that rule was instituted globally years ago, after a church in Pittsburgh became an awesome gay bar). Also, real estate prices in Canada are astronomical right now, so it's a good time to sell. This genocide story is a perfect opportunity to burn it all down, sell the land, and get out, to focus more resources on more profitable areas, with larger congregations.
www.stuff.co.nz
Churches burned down as anger over 'cultural genocide' of indigenous children sweeps Canada
More than 1000 unmarked graves believed to hold the remains of kids have been found at the sites of former Christian residential schools.
www.stuff.co.nz
