brief silent movie intermission
AN OAHU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INTERIOR
1. Frustrated over not being able to tie his own shoelaces, a 7-year-old autistic boy begins waving his arms.
2. A special education aide attempts to intervene.
3. The boy hits her.
4. The school has the boy arrested. (Yes, the adjectives modifying "boy" were "7-year-old" and "autistic.")
Not surprisingly, the State of Hawaii has just paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit by the kid's parents.
On an unrelated note, it's the office consensus that the aloha shirt worn by the large, friendly Samoan messenger is definitely not faafaafinya (gay).
On another unrelated note, if you want to talk to the new Pope about anything, here is his email address: benedictxvi@vatican.va
The new pope is popular locally because about 15 years ago a Catholic group here wanted to have some services held in Latin. Rather than just telling them, "No," the priest took it higher and had them all excommunicated for "wanting to start their own church." The group appealed to the Vatican, and Cardinal Ratzinger, then head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (the branch of the Church that oversees doctrine) rescinded the excommunications. Bravo.
I also feel sorry for anyone whose older brother would actually say, in public, to world media: "At age 78 it's not good to take on such a job which challenges the entire person and the physical and mental existence. At an age when you approach 80 it's no longer guaranteed that one is able to work and get up the next day. His gift, his character is not so spontaneous [as John Paul II], doesn't touch the hearts of people so directly. He is more reserved and a bit shy. It will be difficult I think. But that on it's own isn't everything. We'll have to wait."
On the complimentary? side, Georg Ratzinger added: "He is a very normal person, mindful and responsible and easy to get along with. I could name a whole range of positive characteristics."
Gee, that's nice.
I think it's a big positive characteristic that the new pope so far hasn't issued an encyclical stating that according to Church Doctrine it's okay to kill all your relatives.
1. Frustrated over not being able to tie his own shoelaces, a 7-year-old autistic boy begins waving his arms.
2. A special education aide attempts to intervene.
3. The boy hits her.
4. The school has the boy arrested. (Yes, the adjectives modifying "boy" were "7-year-old" and "autistic.")
Not surprisingly, the State of Hawaii has just paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit by the kid's parents.
On an unrelated note, it's the office consensus that the aloha shirt worn by the large, friendly Samoan messenger is definitely not faafaafinya (gay).
On another unrelated note, if you want to talk to the new Pope about anything, here is his email address: benedictxvi@vatican.va
The new pope is popular locally because about 15 years ago a Catholic group here wanted to have some services held in Latin. Rather than just telling them, "No," the priest took it higher and had them all excommunicated for "wanting to start their own church." The group appealed to the Vatican, and Cardinal Ratzinger, then head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (the branch of the Church that oversees doctrine) rescinded the excommunications. Bravo.
I also feel sorry for anyone whose older brother would actually say, in public, to world media: "At age 78 it's not good to take on such a job which challenges the entire person and the physical and mental existence. At an age when you approach 80 it's no longer guaranteed that one is able to work and get up the next day. His gift, his character is not so spontaneous [as John Paul II], doesn't touch the hearts of people so directly. He is more reserved and a bit shy. It will be difficult I think. But that on it's own isn't everything. We'll have to wait."
On the complimentary? side, Georg Ratzinger added: "He is a very normal person, mindful and responsible and easy to get along with. I could name a whole range of positive characteristics."
Gee, that's nice.
I think it's a big positive characteristic that the new pope so far hasn't issued an encyclical stating that according to Church Doctrine it's okay to kill all your relatives.
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