Correspondence: Fan mail for Father McCormick
Dealing sanely with dissent A million thanks for Father Richard McCormick's article on dissent [February 27], which I have read five times to insure my understanding of it and to incorporate...
...And Saddam would likely stay in power...
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...Without the openness to dissent that he advocates, we will all too easily resort to labeling our fellow Catholics and become judgmental and intolerant, thereby driving people of good will away...
...In short, what was always morally dubious is now also counterproductive...
...There are still children being told, in various ways, that they are not equal because they are black, or female, or immigrants, or whatever...
...Thanks to the author and Commonweal for this helpful report on an important but neglected topic...
...Fortunately, many are vindicated later, and some are even named cardinals...
...Finally, another terrible cost would be incurred...
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...Thanks for the memories Clifford Thompson's essay, "Black and American: What Does It Mean...
...Both of them were in the film, but neither was presented as a straightforward villain...
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...interests throughout the Middle East would have been catastrophic...
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...And what of women, who as a class have suffered massive denial of rights...
...Others continue to struggle with the consequences of past discrimination...
...Not a word is said anywhere in that paragraph (which is entirely concerned with acting) or indeed anywhere in the review about the legal prowess or limitations of Roger Baldwin, whose ghost has suffered insult enough by McConaughey's performance...
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...At a previous time of tension, President Jimmy Carter sought to strengthen moderate Arab states in the region by extending American security protection to them...
...Healey, and probably several other readers as well...
...1. Ease the sanctions now...
...blacks...
...In other words, Anthony Hopkins the actor saves us (the audience, not the Amistad prisoners) from the feeble artistic efforts of Mathew McConaughey the actor...
...Consider that blacks who have recently immigrated from Jamaica or Africa tend to shrug off the "emotional baggage" of U.S...
...If that is the true object of our policy, as it should be, there are practical steps we should take to improve our influence, while the UN agreement for inspections is still in place...
...There is a clear desire on the part of the Iranian people to come back into the community of nations, and we should take even stronger steps to facilitate this movement...
...In my judgment the long-term damage to U.S...
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...Correspondence, February 27] on my January 16 article on Catholic biblical scholarship--particularly since his own work in the field represents, in so many ways, precisely the combination of critical engagement and imaginative insight that I regard as peculiarly if not exclusively Catholic...
...Wrong solution I am appalled by your editorial on the Iraq situation...
...W ALTERD EBOLD South Orange, N.J...
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...Military action would destabilize every moderate government in the Middle East...
...thank you for publishing his thought-provoking lecture for others to read...
...Research degrees by thesis and examination...
...Especially rewarding to me was the author's calling attention to Julian's spirituality as an alternative to the many current "spiritual" approaches that are contributing, as Bauerschmidt put it, to the "trivialization of the Christian tradition...
...I thought it the most lucid commentary I've seen recently on the subject...
...So your solution is simply to bomb Iraq...
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...Notwithstanding our real issues with the ruling party in Iran, they are, for geopolitical reasons, the natural counterweight to Iraq in the region, and the best hope for containing Hussein's ambitions...
...To institutionalize reasonable and respectful dissent, may I suggest a rediscovery of the pre-Vatican II theories of probabilism, which can be practical rather than juridical guides...
...The argument that white Americans should acknowledge the cumulative benefits they have gained because of past discrimination against blacks has merit...
...Alleva on 'Amistad' Richard Alleva's review of Amistad [February 13] made me wonder if we had seen the same movie...
...3. Reaffirm the Carter Doctrine...
...Dealing sanely with dissent A million thanks for Father Richard McCormick's article on dissent [February 27], which I have read five times to insure my understanding of it and to incorporate it into my religious education classes...
...Still, I stand behind the basic meaning of the passage: A director with a more complex sense of history than Steven Spielberg possesses would have rendered such historical personages as Calhoun (or Roger Baldwin, for that matter) with more complexity...
...In today's world even a superpower must often choose between unappealing alternatives...
...Most of the intelligence community believes we cannot otherwise oust Saddam...
...Let us strive to be a community of believers that respects all its members...
...RICHARD A. LOVELL East Petersburg, Pa...
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...Many white Americans recall a family history of discrimination as Irish or some other once-vilified minority...
...Casualties will be enormous, and this time we won't be able to use the liberation of a captive nation like Kuwait as justification...
...That is just a fact...
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...Does Marino have no sense of an individual's responsibility for his/her own decisions...
...My article--based on a presentation to the Catholic Biblical Association last August--did not intend to condemn anyone's practice so much as to suggest ways of thinking that might point out a direction for a discipline that in one sense prospers but in another sense languishes...
...15 percent, 12 times...
...Arliss Howard, a young character actor who has specialized in villains, plays Calhoun with silky vocal delivery and ominous power in a performance more fit for Dr...
...Do you seek a simple lifestyle in community with your peers...
...FRANK C. ARRICALE Bayside, N.Y...
...I do not believe the American people will long support military action...
...How unjust and troubling that in today's church similar accusations are often made against faithful and thoughtful persons who dissent because of their moral responsibility as competent Catholics, but who therefore suffer the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...
...Hannibal Lecter than for the statesman (Continued on page 30) [ ' l ' ~ kJ I ~ ['11'~11 ']l =11:1['11 (Continued from page 4) from South Carolina, no matter how repugnant Calhoun's views on race now appear to us...
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...It can be argued also that an apology plays into the hands of those who would polarize, since emphasizing color works against treating people as individuals...
...they are more likely to see themselves simply as immigrants, with all the justice issues that immigrants face...
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...and Britain were clearly set to undertake massive military action amid the most uncertain prospects imaginable for long-term success, and no capability for a ground offensive to achieve even a hope of final resolution...
...If Henry Clay was in the movie at all, I must have blinked at that nanosecond...
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...Should we also demand Israel to have UN inspection teams there...
...Commonweal 4 March 27, 1998 Does Alleva have Senator Clay mixed up with Martin Van Buren or John C. Calhoun...
...Why feeble...
...The reviewer replies: 1. To think that I have developed a style so turbid that it completely misleads Ms...
...one thinks of Henri de Lubac, Yves Congar, Jean Dani61ou, and others who suffered because of their theologies before and after Vatican II...
...February 13], reminded us of our debt to AfricanAmericans for the gift of jazz...
...Gordon Marino's advocacy of some form of collective apology for slavery is ridiculous, one of the dumbest things I've seen in Commonweal...
...We can only be relieved that Secretary General Kofi Annan was able (Continued on page 4) Commonweal 2 March27,1998 (Continued from page 4) to negotiate a face-saving agreement that, at the least, buys precious time...
...Two days later, my fingers type "Clay...
...Appropriate degrees, or commensurate experience expected: a working knowledge of Liturgy is helpful...
...Whatever happened in the past, some blacks and some women have become privileged individuals...
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...THOMAS J. HIGGINS Rosemead, Calif...
...Gordon Marino's "Apologize for Slavery...
...And should UN inspectors also visit our Nevada test sites...
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...The writer was deputy secretary to the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter...
...Even your term, "free rider," is too glib for such a serious matter...
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...Regent of Studies, Foundation House/Oxford or Registrar/GTF/USA...
...I should clarify that I am not recommending typology and allegory as such, but ask whether these modes might find contemporary equivalents...
...They provide the opportunity for him to demonize moderate opponents in the Arab world as tools of the West, and stifle internal opposition, without weakening his military role...
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...It would seem more beneficial to focus on these current needs, on showing respect for and providing opportunity to every human being in our midst...
...We have to try another way...
...More surprising is Alleva's statement that Henry Clay is presented as a straightforward villain...
...Still later, I proofread the text while in a fog (which disgruntled readers may claim has drifted into the rest of the review...
...We cannot bomb targets in the Middle East without fatal damage to our own position throughout the region...
...Moreover, there are many other systematically mistreated groups...
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...That will have to be done by his own people, preferably with the support of other nations in the region...
...We should be no less grateful for the gift of gospel music...
...Of course there is no certainty that these steps will be successful...
...Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD...
...Far from a grand alliance, most of the world will condemn us...
...But the issue is not a simple one, and gains complexity the closer we look at history and our society...
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...it comes from the same soul...
...There are no easy solutions...
...But the course we've been on is not sustainable...
...Discounts 5 percent, 3 times...
...February 13[ was the best reflection I have read on the subject...
...REV...
...If the nation apologizes to blacks, surely we must also apologize to Native Americans, from whom we stole the whole country...
...How feeble...
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...Commonweal 30 March27, 1998...
...The glass is half full/empty I welcome the balanced comments of Father Roland Murphy, O.Carm...
...Until and unless Iraq's neighbors support military action, it is not a reasonable option...
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...Saddam, Iraq, and us Many thanks for your editorial on Iraq ["Free Riders," February 27...
...ANNE DOYLE Philadelphia, Pa...
...the article was informative, interesting, and timely for the Lenten season...
...We were proud to welcome Father McCormick as a speaker...
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...It is difficult to overestimate how dangerous the crisis was...
...With virtually no support from Iraq's neighbors, the U.S...
...MARY HEALEY Chicago, Ill...
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...When the actor Arliss Howard appears on screen to menace hapless President Van Buren, my ears hear "Calhoun...
...Let me quote the offending sentence: "And just in time for Anthony Hopkins (as Adams) to save us from Mathew McConaughey's feeble efforts as the principal defense lawyer (and future governor of Connecticut) Roger Baldwin...
...It was a most joyful funeral, with music that reinforced our faith in the Resurrection...
...Father Murphy is perhaps more sanguine than I am about a direct line running from historical criticism to spiritual insight, but it is always good for some of us to be optimistic...
...FRANK N. GALLAGHER Doylestown, Pa...
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...For one thing, he calls Roger Baldwin's efforts as defense lawyer "feeble," though the man was winning the first trial until the judge was removed, and then won the second trial...
...Dissent will blaze quickly, and our own national unity will be shredded...
...and John Welch, O. Carm...
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...Helpful on Puerto Rico Joseph Policano's article on Puerto Rico [February 27] is a remarkably concise but thorough analysis of a very complicated situation...
...Director of Christian Formation QUEEN OF PEACE COMMUNITY, Gainesville, Florida, an 1100+ family parish, is searching for full-time professional to integrate seamless programs of formation for Pre-School-Adults...
...Margaret Dorgan, DCM...
...We in the Newark archdiocese recently buried a much-loved auxiliary bishop, Joseph Francis...
...2. Move more urgently to repair~restore relations with Iran...
...It becomes obvious that this is no simple issue of a wronged group versus a privileged group...
...TONY DiSTEFANO Alexandria, Va...
...as Father Murphy observes, a concern for "actualization" is one way of posing the same concern...
...It won't be like the last time...
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...Even though the law and public policy have done much to level the playing field, and even though there is more opportunity for young people today, there are still children who do not have good schools or good role models...
...Slings & arrows Richard McCormick's article recalled the evening last April when, after he lectured in our church, one of the questioners accused him of being "a heretic invited to speak in this Masonic temple...
...RICHARD ALLEVA Julian of Norwich, hurray Congratulations on your publishing of Frederick Bauerschmidt's wonderful article on Julian of Norwich [February 27...
...Required reading Richard McCormick's well-reasoned and carefully documented discussion of the legitimacy and value of dissent within the Catholic church should be required reading in all high school religion and college theology classes...
...Economic sanctions have caused serious suffering for the civilian population and strengthened Saddam's control...
...Our interests haven't changed, but we should underscore our intentions not to retreat when and where we have reliable allies there...
...Applications for September will be accepted through May...
...We might face decades of global terrorism...
...And a growing portion of our population is neither white nor black, but part of an increasingly blended population that has no wish to be categorized on either side of a polarized black/white split...
Vol. 125 • March 1998 • No. 6
