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Post by nhteamer on Mar 24, 2018 10:21:56 GMT -5
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Post by joutsHC77 on Mar 24, 2018 12:43:59 GMT -5
Agree nhteamer. I recently saw on the Laura Ingraham show on Fox News this week a segment about HC eradicating the Crusader logo and it was not beneficial. I also saw a short clip of Fr. Buroughs and a member of TPTB explaining the reasoning for such eradication. My thoughts were these are 2 effete guys who are infected with political correctness. I am convinced there is a tidal wave coming but will they retract their decision? Probably not and HC will continue to plunge into insignificance. MO.
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Post by ncaam on Mar 24, 2018 14:35:57 GMT -5
Resurrecting the Crusader will be more difficult, as we know about resurrections, than killing him.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 24, 2018 17:31:25 GMT -5
...and keeping the nickname will only remind everyone how ridiculous getting rid of the cartoon knight is.
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 24, 2018 17:57:37 GMT -5
You need to stop all cartoon micro-aggressions. Who knows where it will stop if you don't. Soon the coyote might not get back out from under the boulder that crushed him...right after the road runner stuck out his tongue - right in the coyote's face! Shocking.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 24, 2018 19:57:28 GMT -5
You need to stop all cartoon micro-aggressions. Who knows where it will stop if you don't. Soon the coyote might not get back out from under the boulder that crushed him...right after the road runner stuck out his tongue - right in the coyote's face! Shocking. It started with Porky Pig..."you can't have him talk like that...he's making fun of people with speech impediments!" Of course, that assumes that any of us know what the speech pattern of a pig is.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Mar 24, 2018 20:07:24 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 24, 2018 20:12:30 GMT -5
Jonah Goldberg gets it right. What a lamentable decision HC made
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Post by sader98 on Mar 24, 2018 21:11:17 GMT -5
My issue is simply that this didn’t have to be an issue. This is a self inflicted wound
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Post by bringbackcaro on Mar 24, 2018 23:14:57 GMT -5
Spoke with several people this weekend who are cutting off their donations to HC, including a couple long-time President's Council members.
Meanwhile, those in Fenwick continue to have their heads buried in the sand, as clearly evidenced by posts on here.
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 25, 2018 7:18:16 GMT -5
I have also heard of folks who are cutting back their donations (or limiting them to athletics only), but I did not know that anyone in Fenwick posted here.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 25, 2018 8:14:37 GMT -5
Jonah nails it. The last few years I've been thinking our old (thru the 80's) brand transitioned from an 'academic and proudly Catholic school (that occasionally did well in a major sport)' to a ' pretty good social justice school that plays a lot of D-1 sports.' Well, social justice is as social justice does (hence the mascot-ditching) and we certainly do play a lot of D-1 sports and academically we are pretty good.
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Post by joutsHC77 on Mar 25, 2018 14:26:42 GMT -5
I just sent in my official resignation as a class agent after 35 years and told them not to send me any Fund Drive solicitations. I take this whole episode very seriously.
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Post by 78purple on Mar 25, 2018 16:05:24 GMT -5
Beautiful....A guy named Goldberg nails it ...... " shedding our cultural heritage " Exactly..... The Crusader is a legitimate and proper representation of a Catholic institution..It is not evil....Agree with sader98 and bringback caro....It didn't need to be an issue, and the President's Council impact is going to be staggering.......I've talked to multiple 30+year contributors that are rethinking it And, with the Goldberg piece, just what we need....more positive NYC PR as we continue to " Rise " BTW, 2 schools that identify themselves as Catholic are in the Final Four.....why can't we do that
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 25, 2018 16:58:16 GMT -5
Well, we can (since it is "possible") and we have...but not in MANY years now.
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Post by nhteamer on Mar 25, 2018 17:29:27 GMT -5
One of the reunion years just had half the committee quit.
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Post by ncaam on Mar 25, 2018 20:09:19 GMT -5
Ouch
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Post by sader98 on Mar 25, 2018 20:19:31 GMT -5
Is there any sense that anyone in Fenwick cares?
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Post by purplehaze on Mar 25, 2018 20:27:56 GMT -5
I recvd a call tonight from a student fund raiser asking me for my donation this year. I donated my opinion, and no more, and referred him to jonah goldbergs's ny post article from yday - he didn't know about it, so I told him to get informed about the 'other side of the story' - He was taken aback,and we respectfully ended the conversation and I thanked him for the call and his efforts (these kids might be running into a few of these experiences - I certainly hope so)
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Post by Tom on Mar 26, 2018 9:23:47 GMT -5
I got a call last night as well. They're hoping to get alums to contribute early. I chatted with the kid a little bit. He heard pro and con about getting rid of the knight imagery, but mostly opposed. He was hearing people who refuse give because of the decision. As a point of reference, these calls only go out to people who gave last year. None of the "no's" this kid got are from people who never gave before
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Post by crusader12 on Mar 26, 2018 12:41:25 GMT -5
Well said. I also requested my name to be removed as a class agent. Have been a PC member since graduation. I'm done.
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Post by nhteamer on Mar 26, 2018 14:30:01 GMT -5
Question; do you think that in general the alumni that describe themselves and conservative will be more upset and perhaps "vote with their wallets" than those who would describe themselves as liberal?
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Post by td128 on Mar 26, 2018 14:37:10 GMT -5
If I am not mistaken, those leaning right tend to be more charitable when it comes to supporting philanthropic efforts. Can we ever forget the alligator arms on Crazy Uncle Joe: Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife gave an average of $369 a year to charity during the past decade, his tax records show.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign today released 10 years' worth of tax returns for Biden, a senator from Delaware, and his wife Jill, a community college instructor. The Bidens reported earning $319,853 last year, including $71,000 in royalties for his memoir, Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.
The Bidens reported giving $995 in charitable donations last year — about 0.3% of their income and the highest amount in the past decade. The low was $120 in 1999, about 0.1% of yearly income.
Over the decade, the Bidens reported a total of $3,690 in charitable donations, or 0.2% of their income.
Then-Vice President Al Gore came under fire when his 1997 tax return showed only $353 in donations to charity; abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5791846&page=1#embarrassing
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 26, 2018 14:54:39 GMT -5
If I am not mistaken, those leaning right tend to be more charitable when it comes to supporting philanthropic efforts. Can we ever forget the alligator arms on Crazy Uncle Joe: Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife gave an average of $369 a year to charity during the past decade, his tax records show.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign today released 10 years' worth of tax returns for Biden, a senator from Delaware, and his wife Jill, a community college instructor. The Bidens reported earning $319,853 last year, including $71,000 in royalties for his memoir, Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.
The Bidens reported giving $995 in charitable donations last year — about 0.3% of their income and the highest amount in the past decade. The low was $120 in 1999, about 0.1% of yearly income.
Over the decade, the Bidens reported a total of $3,690 in charitable donations, or 0.2% of their income.
Then-Vice President Al Gore came under fire when his 1997 tax return showed only $353 in donations to charity; abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5791846&page=1#embarrassing Embarrassing is right and we could cite additional examples of such politicians who could not bring themselves to give much to charity. Beyond their clear lack of charity, what amazes me is their stupidity: shouldn't these yearning, grasping, striving, ambitious politicians be smart enough to know that they might get asked about their support for their fellow man and give some $$$ to charity whether they believed in the cause or not? After all, doing so would be just a small investment in their efforts to get on the political gravy train that enriches all who manage to get on board.
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Post by ncaam on Mar 26, 2018 15:39:28 GMT -5
I have unsubscribed on two HC emails I received.
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