School cancels prom "orgy"

AP ^ | October 17, 2005 | Frank Eltman

[milford421]

"I've lived my entire life in a predominantly Catholic city, which is also predominantly liberal Democratic with all the artificial fronts and rationalization of relativistic morals that go with liberalism."

"The fact that these parents send their kids to a Catholic school yet encourage Hollywood-like morals as a lifestyle is no surprise to me. It's the same thing I've witnessed all my life."

Sounds like a generalization to me too. Did you not mean to do so?

[thomas16]

What planet are you on? did you read the letters?

[thomas16]

Yes they did!

[xsmommy]

looked like one to me too, but then i was accused of being a DUmmy for thinking so.

[cyborg]

I'm not catholic bashing. Instead of coming right out and insulting someone which makes people defensive, I'm trying to find out what happened to a person. There are a lot of lapsed and ex-caatholics for a reason and I'm trying to figure out why that is.

[Blessed]

>Please don't start the socialism ore Marxist stuff that has nothing to do with this<

Uh! That comment makes no since.The Church is already doing that by lowering the price of the education.All I suggested is charge a market rate and help the church members not the heathens getting a "free ride".

[elli1]

IMO, mom & dad were 99.9% responsible before.

[thomas16]

I'm sorry that part was not meant for you, that was for other posters who were bringing that up.

[milford421]

"There are a lot of lapsed and ex-caatholics for a reason and I'm trying to figure out why that is."

There are also a lot of practicing Catholics...no one seems very interested in their reasons for their faithfulness to the Church though...there only seems to be interest in the naysayers point of view.

Just wondering why.

[milford421]

You're not.

[cyborg]

Well I'm already a practicing Catholic. I just have an interest as to why some people leave and some don't and some are just indifferent to the Roman Catholic faith.

[milford421]

ping

[xsmommy]

leaving the Church, doesn't give one the right to bash those that stayed, IMHO. and regardless of one's own experience, to dismiss Catholics as hypocritical IS a generalization.

[frogjerk]

He's got no problems with the drinking and sex, just the spending of money.

Uh....who made him the royal exchequer?

Please read the letters I posted from the School. I believe you will change your mind. And haven't we learned by now not to trust the AP to tell the whole truth...

[Marie]

Not exactly. Now, the orgy can start earlier because the prom has been canceled.

My *giirllll* robot. Huh! huh-huh! Huh, huh-huh-huh-huh!

*sigh* This is gonna be the best prom *ever*!

[xsmommy]

i thought it funny because he asked if i was on the right forum. i have been here for 7 years....

[HitmanLV]

The brass at the school probably does have a problem with it. But since there is probably a long tradition of that (one that even many of the parents can relate to), they opted to focus their attack on the excesses that surround the event.

That's wise, and probably less controversial. Everybody is still free to have a 'booze cruise' or rent a Hamptons house for $10k of course, but the church/school's 'branding' of the event - and it's satellites - is now gone.

[milford421]

"Well I'm already a practicing Catholic."

"I just have an interest as to why some people leave and some don't and some are just indifferent to the Roman Catholic faith."

Interesting...do you ever wonder what the reasons are for people converting to Catholicism? Do you ever wonder what the reasons are that you, as a practicing Catholic, are not indifferent to the Faith?

[two134711]

Thanks for posting the update on this situation.

Woudl you mind if I stole this quote for my new tagline? It's dead-on.

"Haven't we learned by now not to trust the AP to tell the whole truth?"

[milford421]

"to dismiss Catholics as hypocritical IS a generalization."

True. I don't care for generalizations.