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Post by WCHC Sports on Oct 26, 2017 10:40:31 GMT -5
So basically, the parable is: just because you perceive that there will be a problem, and discrimination, and offenses taken, and misunderstanding, and bigotry, that there is a pretty good chance that people have a good head on their shoulders and can be accepting?
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Post by Ignutz on Oct 26, 2017 12:08:56 GMT -5
From the HC Facebook page last week. It seems like being a crusader (granted with a lower-case "C") is a good thing in the eyes of alma mater. A double standard??
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Post by alum on Oct 26, 2017 12:48:45 GMT -5
From the HC Facebook page last week. It seems like being a crusader (granted with a lower-case "C") is a good thing in the eyes of alma mater. A double standard?? Extremely well played. This tweet should give the administration pause. Oh, and I just finished reading Samantha Power's book on genocide, A Problem from Hell. It was written several years before she went to work at the UN in the Obama administration. I would like to hear what she has to say about the intersection of the ideals she discussed in the book and the real world work of a diplomat. Here is a list of the past Hanify Howland speakers. Any time you want to criticize the College, take a look at this list and recognize that there is a real effort to bring important people of all persuasions to campus. www.holycross.edu/hanify-howland-memorial-lecture/previous-lectures
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 26, 2017 13:03:29 GMT -5
I assume you didn't take a course in 20th Century American Literature at Holy Cross, where a discussion of symbols was part of the syllabus. If you're so disposed, google: sword symbol of. Or perhaps Joanne Pierce's Sacraments or Liturgy courses in Religious Studies about the meaning of signs and symbols. Maybe a history course about the Crusades, particularly the role of later Crusaders in the Battle of Lepanto. If it were not for the Crusaders and the rosary intercession of the navy crew, Western Europe would have been sacked and educational institutions shuttered by pillagers. We would not be having this conversation. Period. I'm not sure that is right. Lepanto was not during the crusades, but during the fourth Ottoman Venetian war, also known as the War of Cyprus. While a significant naval victory for Venice and the Holy League (Spain and Papal States) over the Ottomans, Lepanto was part of a conflict mainly between Venice and the Ottoman Empire from 1570-73, resulting in Venice ceding Cyprus and paying off the Ottomans. Not really a save the day moment for the west and not commonly associated with the crusades.
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Post by joe on Oct 26, 2017 13:36:29 GMT -5
The capital and lowercase C was a main part of my letter to the president which I think I posted before. I think it’s an effective analogy.
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