Hi Trevor
Trevor Mattiske wrote:
Matriarch: "Well! What a surprise. You are something of a stranger to us these days."
Lawyer: "I'm sorry. I find it hard to attend every Sunday. I don't know - it's my work ... worship ... and everything else. I feel so very tired on Sunday mornings."
Matriarch: "I wouldn't worry about it, dear. It's for the best. You're not really our type of person."
I can just imagine it! It's only too unhappily a very likely scenario. And, of course, there are external parallels too - isn't it pretty much the same reasoning Howard uses to justify returning refugees?
What *is* it that gives us the arrogance to think that if someone doesn't live up to our expectations, or rules, or pattern of behaviour, that they can't belong in our world?
Clare *************************************************** Clare Pascoe Henderson http://www.clergyabuseaustralia.org Clergy Sexual Abuse in Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************
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