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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:05:21 -0500
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- Subject: Re: Myth exposed!!!
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- Stephen Barr <15942@BRAHMS.UDEL.EDU> writes:
- > Dear JJ. Stories that make the Papacy the object of
- >ridicule are not funny, and are worth exposing. I don't
- >know why you regard religion as not a subject to be
- >discussed seriously. As Chesterton observed, one does not have
- >to be solemn to be serious. One can make a serious point
- >in a humorous way. But frankly I do see what is admirable
- ^^
- >about treating the most serious questions with frivolity.
-
- I assume you meant "don't" above:-) ...and I guess I see the
- most serious questions having valid solutions which are quite
- the opposite of themselves individually (like a square root:-).
- Whose Religion is right, whose politics, whose sex? ...and I
- guess I get too suspicious when someone waves their answer
- as the only "truth".
-
- > Frankly I don't care much what you think of all this, but there
- >are other people who are reading these things. The kind of
- >savaging that some liberals and Democrats are giving and have
- >given my brother is a source of pain to me and to my family.
- >I trust you were not indulging in a "dig" at me, or a cruel
- >witticism. SOME THINGS ARE SERIOUS, GODDAMN IT, AND PEOPLE'S
- >REPUTATIONS ARE AMONG THEM, whether my brother's or far
- >more importantly that of the Popes.
-
- Twas the Safire article I read (now that you mentioned his name). I don't
- normally pay attention to many "XXX"gate articles, but the Barr name caught
- my eye while scanning the paper. I suppose since it obviously causes you
- a lot pain to recount, I probably shouldn't have brought it up, and I guess
- your response indicates whether one ever gets used to negative press.
- No, it wasn't meant as a dig, perhaps insensitve curiosity, but you should
- know I'm an expert only at putting my foot in my mouth:-)
- ...but if it makes you feel better, as a representative of a liberal
- Democrat, you can vent any anger on me:-) -J.J.
-