# What's the deal with Freemasonry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 4, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-freemasonry/428754 "2007-12-04T04:47:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-freemasonry/428754/21 "2007-12-08T05:08:55Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Hadn’t known about the Church of England’s 1987 criticism of Freemasonry - seems a bit of an overreaction. [/QUOTE] Well, this was just a few years after renagade Masons supposedly whacked Robert Calvi in London. Very public hits tend to draw unwanted attention. > [@aceshigh\_1983](#): > > so im not too nosie. Perhaps you should be. (Where is the tinfoil hat smiley when I need it?) > [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > If anyone cares, I’d be happy to do another “Ask the Freemason” or something. Part of me says that, for a secret organization bent on world domination, the Masons have a mighty high profile. 😉 The other part thinks the Shriners, with their fezzes and tiny motorcycles, are a bright and shiny bauble intended to distract us while they do their eeeeeeevil deeds in the background. :eek: We could also have a thread in GD, “Freemasonry: Threat or Menace?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-freemasonry/428754/22 "2007-12-08T06:26:38Z")
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