[Magdalen] Right now: Paris.

[Molly Wolf]

You implied that not all present shared your appallitude.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Nov 16, 2015, at 5:58 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
> 
> Why would you think that I'm appalled by Paris means I think everyone else are moral idiots?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Molly Wolf
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 12:07 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Right now: Paris.
> 
> So your audience -- that is, the Magdalen pub -- contains moral idiots inferior to you?  How flattering.
> 
> A good homiletic rule is "preach to the people in the pew, not out the back door."
> 
> Gnarliness does not equal superior wisdom.
> 
> Molly
> 
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain
> 
>> On Nov 16, 2015, at 5:46 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>> 
>> From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> 
>>>> We are all appalled at the Paris attacks -- as we have been right along by
>>>> suicidal bombers and killers. Not that the death toll in all these attacks
>>>> in a given year is less than the number of gun deaths in the United States,
>>>> but it's those Jihadi Terrorists and not the NRA Crowd.
>> 
>>> WTF "we" are you talking about?  Do you refer to "we" as those living in
>>> your house?
>> 
>> Well, maybe 'm wrong.Maybe not everyone is appalled by what happened in Paris, nor appalled by terrorism whether Jihadi or home-grown.
>> 
>> Obviously, YMMV.
>> 
>> Of course, I find the notion of not thinking it appalling pretty appalling in itself.
>> 
>> Jim Guthrie 
>