Therapy for being a bone-head?
What do you make of this? It's big news today that Isaiah Washington of TV's "Grey's Anatomy" is entering counseling because he used the word "faggot."
Now unless you're talking about a cigarette, that word is entirely unacceptable. But therapy? Lots of people say stupid things once in a while or have an intended joke really tank and come off as insensitive. Do you have to go through counseling to figure out why you said it, or do you just say, "Wow, that was a really idiotic thing to say, and I'm really sorry. I truly wasn't thinking."
I didn't watch the Golden Globes, so I don't know what the context was, or how it was used, other than he made the slur in reference to a castmate. He has since met with leaders of the gay community to talk about it. And he apologized very publicly. But therapy? I understand the TV show wants out of the controversy limelight. But therapy?
Isn't that a bit much? If it's not, then most of the fourth-grade boys in the country should probably join Washington in some group sessions - if I recall correctly, that's about the time it briefly becomes one of their favorite words. Before anybody smacks me for that - again, it's not OK. But therapy?
Now unless you're talking about a cigarette, that word is entirely unacceptable. But therapy? Lots of people say stupid things once in a while or have an intended joke really tank and come off as insensitive. Do you have to go through counseling to figure out why you said it, or do you just say, "Wow, that was a really idiotic thing to say, and I'm really sorry. I truly wasn't thinking."
I didn't watch the Golden Globes, so I don't know what the context was, or how it was used, other than he made the slur in reference to a castmate. He has since met with leaders of the gay community to talk about it. And he apologized very publicly. But therapy? I understand the TV show wants out of the controversy limelight. But therapy?
Isn't that a bit much? If it's not, then most of the fourth-grade boys in the country should probably join Washington in some group sessions - if I recall correctly, that's about the time it briefly becomes one of their favorite words. Before anybody smacks me for that - again, it's not OK. But therapy?
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Homosexuality is a sin.
Amen, Margaret!
Compassion for the sinner is virtuous, Margaret. Condoning or failing to condemn the sin is anything but compassionate; it's ignorance bordering on complicity.
You presume too much, Margaret. I said nothing of the word faggot, much less did I refer to a particular individual. You can "infer by mere presence" all you wish, but you do so rather disingenuously.
Incidentally, since you make reference to "spiritual works of mercy," I presume you are a Catholic. That said, nothing that I've said on this blog is at all incompatible with the teachings of the Catholic Church. Please see the following link:
Catechism Of The Catholic Church, Paragraph # 2357
I was glad to be able to disabuse you, Margaret. Enjoy your weekend.
How does one "admonish a sinner" without first making the judgment that a sin has occurred?
"In my faith, one of the Spiritual works of mercy is to "admonish the sinner". If that is to be done correctly, it is with a compassionate, and not a judgemental [sic] heart." -- Margaret, 26 January 2007 @ 1:13PM
"So admonishing a sinner very well would need a personal judgement [sic] or assessment." -- Margaret, 27 January @ 10:58 AM
What a difference a day makes, huh? On Friday Margaret told us that one should admonish the sinner without a judgmental heart. On Saturday, admonishing that same sinner now requires a personal judgment or assessment. Perhaps today Margaret will tell something altogether different. And why not? Today is a new day after all, and its not like anyone is going to point out what you said yesterday, right?
Incidentally, I called you disingenuous, Margaret, because you made statements about me that were not only false, but for which you had no basis whatsoever upon which to make them. To wit:
"Well...seems you've done the condemning well enough. Your statement in this blog infers by its mere presence that the person to whom the word faggot was addressed deserved the label, and that, perhaps, it was justified to say." -- Margaret, 26 January 2007 @ 1:13PM.
You might be interested to learn, Margaret, that the statement above is precisely the sort of rash judgment that The Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks to in paragraphs # 2477 & # 2478. That you would make those sort of rash judgments and then stand by them says a great deal about your character -- or, more accurately, the lack thereof.
CCC, # 2477
CCC, # 2478
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