This really belongs on Belief-L or maybe even alt.flame, but I'm going
to respond anyway . . .
> If Mark's posting about giving library tours to boy scouts was
> "grossly insensitive", it's only because we're living in hyper-
> sensitised times.
Yes!
I would never send a child to the boy scouts, having politics and
religious beliefs that are squarely at odds with their philosophy. I
would also disagree with the "private club" argument and side with
the "public accomodations" camp. So what? To accomodate me, they
would have to get out of uniform and make no reference to God -- or
Country for that matter -- in their literature. I don't think that
would be particularly fair of me to demand!
I think Rush Limbaugh ought to be flayed and served to the Republican
National Convention for lunch, but if I had to agree with him on one
point or be sent to a concentration camp by the SS guards I'm sure he
secretly wishes he had at his command, I would have to grudgingly
assent to his general attitude toward P.C. It really gets on my
nerves.
A friend was recently at a meeting of his neighborhood parents'
organization where they discussed what to do for their annual
Christmas gathering. First of all, they chose not to call it a
Christmas gathering at all, definitely not P.C. So they settled on
having the children do a skit of "Frosty the Snowman," and one of
the parents objected because Frosty smokes a pipe -- wouldn't that
send the wrong message to children about smoking? At that point you
are way beyond tolerance to the extreme opposite end of the spectrum.
Get a life!!! Geez!
> I see a great deal of difference between
> providing an educational tour for a group of kids and defending the
> national policies of their parent organization. If a Catholic school
> was doing a careers unit and wanted a law library tour and a
> discussion about law librarianship I don't think we should
> refuse because of Church policies we disagree with.
What Tim said!
> At the very least the issue is one about which reasonable people
> should be able to differ without being accused of gross insensitivity.
>
> Tim Kearley
> University of Wyoming
> College of Law Library
> TKEARLEY@UWYO.EDU
Hey, wait a minute! I AM grossly insensitive! How insensitive of
you to imply that we insensitive people . . . (etc. etc. etc. . . . )
Standard Institutional Disclaimer Applies . . .
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James Quinn, Reference Librarian, Gonzaga University School of Law
james@gulaw.gonzaga.edu / (509) 484-2833 fax / (509) 484-6092 voice
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