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Freemasonry has been relatively accurately called "The Mafia of the Mediocre". Certain type of people join it to make connections and get ahead in the life. T

by nabla9 5y ago

Freemasonry has been relatively accurately called "The Mafia of the Mediocre". Certain type of people join it to make connections and get ahead in the life. This has lead to corruption when there was members in the business elite, politics, judges and the police who never acknowledged that they were members of the same club and had a rule of testifying against other freemasons.

codeulike 5y ago
I had a little look around, and it seems this is true, or at least has been true in the past. https://theconversation.com/the-freemasons-no-longer-have-significant-influence-in-the-british-police-89681 https://theconversation.com/the-freemasons-no-longer-have-si... The relationship between police officers and Freemasons became a major issue in the 1960s, largely as a result of investigative journalism by the The Times and The Sunday Times. Revelations were made about corruption in the Metropolitan Police’s CID unit and surrounding the activities of the Obscene Publications Squad. Senior officers were receiving illegal payments on a regular basis in return for allowing London sex shops to trade unrestricted. The fact that London detectives shared membership of the same Freemason lodges as active high-profile London criminals became public knowledge. Senior officers were seen spending time with convicted London criminals in Mediterranean holiday villas. Ultimately, this led to major reforms of the Metropolitan Police. Criminal investigations resulted in custodial sentences for a number of senior CID officers and voluntary retirements for many more. More recently: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/31/freemasons-blocking-reform-police-federation-leader https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/31/freemasons-b... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/25/decorated-undercover-police-officer-accuses-freemasons-blocking/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/25/decorated-underc...
smitty1e 5y ago
It was a town council of elders with a sufficiently vague moral outlook as to support pretty much male with a vaguely theistic outlook to participate. If you go to Preble Hall[1] you can see John Paul Jones' Masonic artifacts. Woop-de-doo. Clearly, the idea of a secret handshake club has been a burr under the saddle of many. And that there was racism afoot is seen by the Prince Hall lodges of the blacks. Yes. But time has shifted society away from exclusive clubs, and the Masons amount to a drinking society anymore. [1] https://www.usna.edu/Museum/PrebleHall/index.php https://www.usna.edu/Museum/PrebleHall/index.php
mpclark 5y ago
This is an artefact of a club, not freemasonry. One could level this accusation at golf, private members or country clubs, for instance.

by nabla9 5y ago

codeulike 5y ago

I had a little look around, and it seems this is true, or at least has been true in the past. https://theconversation.com/the-freemasons-no-longer-have-significant-influence-in-the-british-police-89681 https://theconversation.com/the-freemasons-no-longer-have-si... The relationship between police officers and Freemasons became a major issue in the 1960s, largely as a result of investigative journalism by the The Times and The Sunday Times. Revelations were made about corruption in the Metropolitan Police’s CID unit and surrounding the activities of the Obscene Publications Squad. Senior officers were receiving illegal payments on a regular basis in return for allowing London sex shops to trade unrestricted. The fact that London detectives shared membership of the same Freemason lodges as active high-profile London criminals became public knowledge. Senior officers were seen spending time with convicted London criminals in Mediterranean holiday villas. Ultimately, this led to major reforms of the Metropolitan Police. Criminal investigations resulted in custodial sentences for a number of senior CID officers and voluntary retirements for many more. More recently: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/31/freemasons-blocking-reform-police-federation-leader https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/31/freemasons-b... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/25/decorated-undercover-police-officer-accuses-freemasons-blocking/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/25/decorated-underc...

smitty1e 5y ago

It was a town council of elders with a sufficiently vague moral outlook as to support pretty much male with a vaguely theistic outlook to participate. If you go to Preble Hall[1] you can see John Paul Jones' Masonic artifacts. Woop-de-doo. Clearly, the idea of a secret handshake club has been a burr under the saddle of many. And that there was racism afoot is seen by the Prince Hall lodges of the blacks. Yes. But time has shifted society away from exclusive clubs, and the Masons amount to a drinking society anymore. [1] https://www.usna.edu/Museum/PrebleHall/index.php https://www.usna.edu/Museum/PrebleHall/index.php

mpclark 5y ago

This is an artefact of a club, not freemasonry. One could level this accusation at golf, private members or country clubs, for instance.