Wednesday, September 19, 2007
“If it is a policy regarding one school..”
The BBC has an update to the story I noted previously - on the disbandment of Amnesty International Groups in Catholic schools - which, ahead of the Irish Bishops’ Conference next month, would indicate that all other schools in the Catholic Maintained sector will be advised to follow suit. The BBC report quotes the auxiliary bishop of Down and Connor, Donal McKeown
“If it is a policy regarding one school, it certainly would be a policy regarding all the Catholic schools in the diocese of Down and Connor.”
Pete Baker @ 08:01 AM
Dawkins: “I introduced the issue of the Immaculate Conception simply because you seemed a little unclear on what actual conception entails. It wasn’t at all my intention to deviate from the topic. “
Dawkins, if you didn’t understand a metaphorical or colorful turn of phrase, you should have felt free to ask. I would cheerfully explained the parts you didn’t grasp. You would have saved yourself ever so much typing.
Seriously—you haven’t been the same since the Spiderman joke blew up in your face.
Posted by on Sep 20, 2007 @ 02:06 PM>>To break it down to simplest terms, its why you you don’t find Pepsi coupons on Coca-Cola six-packs.
Those that contol the podium get to set the message. They are under no obligation to dilute their own message, not provide implicit endorsements or assistance to organizations whose policies are not in line with their own.
<<To continue your fizzy lemonade comparison. Do you not think that a coca-cola employee putting pepsi coupons in six packs would be fired? I don’t see catholic schools firing teachers who they know teach contraception. I would enjoy seeing them try to defend that in court.
I now look forward to the bishop’s future messages preventing pupils from wearing Nike sportswear, made by underage workers and instructing catholic priests not to use aeroplanes that contribute to climate change?
Posted by on Sep 20, 2007 @ 02:09 PMgram: “Do you not think that a coca-cola employee putting pepsi coupons in six packs would be fired?”
Writ small and in the short term, maybe not… but it will go into his file and be a part of the proceedings against him at a later date. But, writ large, an act that would undermine the product’s integrity—not merely fired but subjected to legal proceedings.
gram: ” I don’t see catholic schools firing teachers who they know teach contraception. I would enjoy seeing them try to defend that in court. “
Ah, but my analogy had nothing to do with contraception, but permitting AI access to the school. However, its a slow day.
As a rule, just about any worker can be fired, if the boss is willing to jump through enough hoops. Teaching about contraception, with the possible exception of health class, is readily filed under “insubordination.” I’d be curious to hear an English or Chemistry instructor defend teaching about contraception. It would be a neat trick.
Oh, and for the record, the RC Church wouldn’t have to fire the teacher to make their point. If the instructor in question were clerical personnel, they could readily be re-assigned—how about a leper colony in India? If they were laity, simply move them to a grade where such discussion would be sufficiently outre.
gram: “I now look forward to the bishop’s future messages preventing pupils from wearing Nike sportswear, made by underage workers and instructing catholic priests not to use aeroplanes that contribute to climate change? “
I think you’re confusing the RC Church’s agenda with AI’s.
Posted by on Sep 20, 2007 @ 02:24 PMDread Cthulhu,
“Dawkins, if you didn’t understand a metaphorical or colorful turn of phrase, you should have felt free to ask.”
What phrase was that?
“Seriously—you haven’t been the same since the Spiderman joke blew up in your face.”
????
Posted by on Sep 20, 2007 @ 02:43 PMThe one that ended…
“Shit, my spide joke misfired :0(
Posted by Dawkins on Aug 26, 2007 @ 04:16 AM”
Besides, if you really want to comedy, your punchline *has* to be worth the wind-up.
There is a middle school quality to yours above, which is something of a let-down, given —its too labored and doesn’t really flow.
Comedy, as a rule, only *looks* easy. Its a bit like boxing—your lines have to have some snap to them, like a good jab, but the punch-line *has* to be a knock-out if your set-up is going to be that long.
Posted by on Sep 20, 2007 @ 04:54 PMDread Cthulhu,
Unlike you, I’m reluctant to resort to petty ad hominem remarks, so I’ll say the following and leave it at that.
You seem to me to be a humourless individual as well as a peep who can’t let well enough alone. You also don’t seem to understand the difference between a joke blowing up in a chap’s face and a joke misfiring. I suggest you google the first. My line re the spide joke, which uncannily you remembered long after I’d forgotten I even made it, was tongue in cheek and self-deprecating. I suggest you google both of those as well.
What is your motivation for those posts anyhow? Are you peeved that I pointed out your misconception of contraception? It’s OK. I don’t think any the worse of you. Don’t sweat it. Egos aren’t everything you know.
Now, can we get back to the subject? If not, do let me know sometime what you meant by “a metaphorical or colorful turn of phrase” of yours I misinterpreted.
Posted by on Sep 20, 2007 @ 06:09 PM>>As a rule, just about any worker can be fired, if the boss is willing to jump through enough hoops. Teaching about contraception, with the possible exception of health class, is readily filed under “insubordination.” I’d be curious to hear an English or Chemistry instructor defend teaching about contraception. It would be a neat trick.<<
Health Class?? Strange I was taught about contraception during Biology lessons. Obviously you weren’t which goes a long way to explain the difficulty you’ve had understanding the subject of contraception during this thread.
Posted by on Sep 21, 2007 @ 08:44 AMGram,
Perhaps Mr. Cthulhu was educated in the USA, where a different system obtains :0)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALIARHHLII
Posted by on Sep 21, 2007 @ 09:10 AM
