![]() ![]() In other ways, including balanced justice, I’m not so sure. ![]() ![]() From a tactical perspective, this is probably true. Even though Franken had been an outstanding advocate of women’s rights since his earliest days in office, he had to go. Senator Al was sacrificed on the altar of political expediency by sister senators of Democratic persuasion who wanted a better shot at Judge Roy Moore without being encumbered by a bothersome brother. Every picture does tell a story, especially if it’s not the one intended. That “playful” picture on the plane leaving The Gulf in those old dark comedy days didn’t help matters any. In my mind there’s a vast difference between the criminal activities alleged of casting couch lizard Harvey Weinstein and a few ill positioned squeezes by Senator Al Franken at the Minnesota State Fair. Trump frump Sarah Sanders says her boss, currently President by divine misfortune, does not lie - especially about women. Bush, our 41st President, claims his favorite magician is “David Cop-a-Feel.” Really. There are politicians, preachers, cops and teachers. Among the better-known accused Media types are Dustin Hoffman, Russell Simmons, Kevin Spacey, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Ben Affleck, Nick Carter, Louis C.K., Richard Dreyfuss, Sylvester Stallone, and even Garrison Keeler. A passing posterior is not the Ark of the Covenant. Nevertheless, we now witness a sudden cascade of caustic castigation as accusations of impropriety are levied against dozens of iconic male figures, such charges offering easily definable variance in severity of offense despite nonsensical demands for “zero tolerance” in certain batty circles. But romantic mechanics in getting things started have happily evolved upward through time from a hair drag in the cave to a bent knee lowered in humble petition - King Kong to Prince Harry. See? Echoes from the past still haunt my psyche. The indisputable fact remains that males of our species are genetically predisposed to initiate an act that rhymes with “Tex”. I decided way back then that appropriate sexual conduct comes down to responsible behavior, common decency and mutual consent. thought this was stupid and had us write “or good” after the word “evil” in our Theology textbooks at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. “Concupiscence.” That was defined in the catechism (“rule book”) as “a natural desire for sensual evil.” Father Dan Berrigan, S.J. There was even a fancy word that summed it all up. And – what burns the hottest – is the part you’ve sinned with. “Wanting to” was “doing it” with an identical penalty – burning in the flaming fires of hell for all eternity. Even my own.ĭesiring pleasure brought the same guilt as finding it. I’m still just not sure how much fair might be and exactly what’s forbidden.Īs an Irish Catholic lad attending parochial school in the early ‘50’s, I can tell you what I was originally told was forbidden flesh. It’s too late to do much about it anyway.īut I’d like to believe I’ve had more than my fair share of forbidden flesh in the 76 years I’ve been spinning around our sun. "Don't hand me no lines, and keep your hands to yourself" – Georgia Satellites (1986) ![]()
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