tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post8581926054313843180..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: Shall We Dance?Roxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-77961450292827071622008-04-12T22:31:00.000-04:002008-04-12T22:31:00.000-04:00Addendum: and now the human's been walking around ...Addendum: and now the human's been walking around all day singing "Gloria." And the human can't sing worth a damn. And, possibly as a result of the human's imagining that the details of Philippine politics were in some way any of <I>her</I> business, we're all having regular two-minute hates against archbishops everywhere.<BR/><BR/>Oh, things are not good, they are not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-73724263823533108962008-04-11T23:00:00.000-04:002008-04-11T23:00:00.000-04:00Depresses the hell out of me. Dance (voluntarily, ...Depresses the hell out of me. <BR/><BR/>Dance (voluntarily, d'you suppose?) done by prisoners in support of Archbishop Vidal, who has of late been embroiled in controversy. Some of the controversies: (a) Archbish demanded that economic development money for the Philippines be spent teaching couples how to use the "ovulation method" of birth control instead of something that might actually work? (b) Archbish is supporting the government in a corruption scandal and refused to allow a whistleblower who blew the lid off the scandal to take mass presumably for the very good reason that Archbish doesn't like whistleblower. The guy you see weeping at the opening of the video is Lozada, the whistleblower, who has been denied the consolation of his religion for political reasons. <BR/><BR/>(I don't know all the details, but this is a complicated situation, and it's far from clear that the Archbishop is a fine specimen of human compassion and decency. And I rather imagine the dance is a piece of propaganda supporting the government, which, I'm guessing, has something to do with the control of the government over the prison system. Just guessing, though. Maybe it's all open and aboveboard.)<BR/><BR/>Yes, I know. It's wonderful eye candy. And without that opening, I wouldn't have had a problem with it at all. <BR/><BR/>But I'm still depressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-3098780784472341202008-04-09T19:37:00.000-04:002008-04-09T19:37:00.000-04:00Roxie, that video completely made my day.Roxie, that video completely made my day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com