Showing posts with label Boston College. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston College. Show all posts

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.