Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Wednesday, January 21, 2009

This is the insanity

of a medieval culture in a 21st century world.

Criminal brother killed sister for wearing make-up and mini-skirts

His criminal behaviour and immodest behaviour is just fine. Hers isn't, and death is the penalty. I hope he comes to understand the contradiction during his lifetime in prison.

Have mercy on her, Lord, and bring her into your kingdom.

(As a quick aside, and meaning no disrespect, an impossibility is that she was "stabbed to death 23 times". She was stabbed 23 times, yes, and she died, yes, but she wasn't "stabbed to death 23 times". What do they teach journalists in school these days?)

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