Subject: Re: wrong again
From: Mattis Fishman (mattis@argoscomp.com)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2000 - 12:31:29 EST
Hello fellow bananafish,
To quote a bit:
> I wonder about that nun, William. Sister Connie?
> CONNIE? I've heard of Sister Suzie, all right, but
> I really do wonder about 'Connie'. Though it has,
> I admit, a jolly healthy ring to it.
>
> Speaking of health. I've no idea if you have a daughter.
> But say you had. Would the old features light up
> with relief when she announced her intention of pledging
> herself as the bride of an unseen God to a life of chastity,
> poverty & obedience (to whatever old harridan chanced
> to be placed in authority over her)?
> But no. I can see already see your beaming smile.
> What a fine life she'll have, surrounded by all that kindly
> niceness. Just like being back home with dear old Dad.
One of the advantages of not getting involved in on-line debates
is that I need not remember who said what to whom, who misconstrued
the reply, and who mispelled the rejoinder.
With this disclaimer I mean to excuse myself if I am putting my
head in between a lion and a tiger without being completely sure
what they were last fed.
It simply appeared to me that when Will wrote "I work in a
college with nuns from the Sisters of Mercy and base my perception on
healthy working relationships that exhibit kindness and intelligence on a
daily basis" he was asserting that even though one may present numerous
examples of far less than perfect members of the group under discussion,
there exist a sufficient, perhaps even greater, number of well adjusted,
sincere members of that same group.
An assertion upon which nicknames, personal choices of any members of
Will's hypothetical family, or the goings-on of the Hochman household
seem to have very little bearing.
all the best,
Mattis
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