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...were in the dining hall. Children eat there, for Christ??s sake. And you two carried on to the point where I hope, later in the evening, you both attended a free clinic. Because nobody wants whatever disease is making you think that everyone should have to witness your oral coitus. Please, even I had to have a cigarette when you two were done, and I do not know which end of the cigarette you’re supposed to smoke...
...that movie where…,” “Wasn’t Nicole Kidman’s face…,” or “I wanted to kill this obnoxious kid during ‘The Passion of the Christ?? when….” All we’ve been hearing about are our fellow students’ lame beach houses in New Jersey and their “totally inspiring, way artistically enlightening” $10,000 jaunts through Western Europe. Where are the memorable films...
...take up these stories in a format many find inaccessible? Sex and violence that can feel overwhelming and deadening on screen—think Showgirls or The Passion of The Christ??is exciting and alive on the page. Sentiments that seem ludicrous spoken become empowering or frightening or sickening on the printed page...
...heeded? Did Catholics worldwide always obey his exacting religious and philosophical demands? Absolutely not, but that is our own failure and not his. As Christians should know, humanity does not always act kindly when confronted with harsh or absolute truth. The Pope’s philosophy of life, like Christ??s, was above all else this: it is difficult. It is not easy to do God’s will, it is not easy to pray every day, it is not easy to master your own base personal desires, it is not easy to confront death without fear...
...followed as a child obscure my support of liberal sensitivity. And as I came across emanations of classic conservative quotes–mostly in the spirit of “Political correctness is eroding our social fabric!” and “Put the ‘Christ?? back in Christmas!”–I retreated back to my liberal core and assured myself that these creepy conservatives were just using Christmas to sidle religiosity into school curricula. Moreover, I decided, the article’s examples were likely just anomalies employed...