Thursday, February 12, 2009

I, Me, Mine

Regarding the "intense discussions" at Boston College, which recently hung some Christian artwork:

Kirschner, a professor of biology and the faculty adviser for Boston College’s chapter of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, said he can see it both ways. “On the one hand, BC wants to be all-inclusive. On the other hand, they do things like this to make people feel not included. On the other hand, it is a Catholic university.” He added that in the lecture hall where he teaches, there’s a small sculpture of a mother and child (Mary and Jesus? – “I suppose,” he replied. “Who else would it be?”) – as opposed to a crucifix. “Probably if a crucifix had been placed in my lecture hall, I might have felt more strongly about it not being in my lecture hall.”

What's all this "my" stuff? It reminds me of the line in Saving Private Ryan:

"They took away your company?"

"It was the army's company, last time they told me."

Incidentally, how many hands does Dr. Kirschner have? A professor of biology shouldn't flunk anatomy this badly.

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