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...BEHOLD, it was in the last year of the reign of King Derek when the people of Israel went astray. They followed false political paths and forsook their convenant with the God of Abraham. And lo, there arose in the land two prophets, and they were righteous men. They cried out unto the people of Israel, 'Repent! Betray not the Law and the teachings of your fathers!' And their names were called Kenneth D. DeGiorgio '93 and E. Adam Webb...
...machine in 1945, that is effective only in the nostalgia of aging Americans. The world is a safer place now than it was two or three weeks ago. But if Bush's new world order is premised on the model of the U.S. as global intervener, making the old righteous American noises, then the world has a right to be nervous...
...that "rape is ugly, violent and dehumanizing." This is the only thing he gets right. He is correct in asserting that rape is not a charge to be taken lightly--but he ignores the gravity of the crime when he dismisses my account for the sake of his self-righteous argument. And Morgan's reasoning gives the green light to a train of thought that leads back to a medieval nightmare...
...stop Cardinal O'Connor! Yes, stop all the self-righteous bigots (Catholic and non-Catholic) who are responsible for the physical and psychological violence done to Queer people, PWA's, and women every...
...although O'Connor and self-righteous bigotry exist in the Church as they do everywhere, neither is central to the Church's existence and meaning; in fact they are directly opposed to the true heart of the Church. The accusations levelled at the Church as a whole should be aimed at particular individuals, and I will gladly fight those individuals. This is not O'Connor's Church. This is our Church, the Church of Jesus who brings freedom and healing and justice, and who is undoubtedly on our side...