Stuff n’ that
Our favourite band member was back in Church today, we didn’t get to meet him this time but I am sure we eventually will. I think he is Aussie, Steve says he is English – time will reveal *grin*
We’ve been writing emails and trying to help raise some awarness to the plight of Schapelle Corby, the only opposition we have encountered are from those who would rebel against anything anyway, so we are not discouraged by their stupid comments.
Father Bob wrote another great entry on his website although sadly it seems may have turned off comments (unless HaloScan is down at the moment).
Celebritites:
Spare a thought for Schapelle Corby, Kylie Minogue and Graham Kennedy, such different people but the same people because they’re celebrities by popular vote.
We go to press well before sentence and verdict are revealed in Schapelle’s case. One comment from Indonesia’s embassy in Canberra however, caught my attention. “All the publicity generated in Corby’s case may encourage others to ask for special treatment.
That reminded me of the plight of prisoners in Australian cells and gaols. A judge in a Victorian court was today reported as highly critical of prisoners in the juvenile justice system. He restated a now old-fashioned principle that detention was meant to rehabilitate and provide genuine care as well as punish.
It seems that we have been lured into becoming more vengeful – if you’ve become a consumer of correctional services. You deserve what you get!
We’ve become impatient with low-achievers and ‘losers’ in general. We’re very quick to condone locking up and throwing away the key.
Even democratic societies, while championing the rights of “we, the white people” have little to offer a considerable number of “we, the people” who fall foul of law enforcement. Do such people become excommunicated from “we, the people”, and become, de-facto, non people?
Back to Schapelle. Justice isn’t the only virtue in the human moral vocabulary. Mercy is another. It’s what not giving someone what they deserve – in the way of penalty, that is. Mercy calls for forgiveness and reconciliation, all in the name of the common good.
This weekend, Catholics celebrate a special day called “Corpus Christi”, in English “the Body of Christ.” It’s one of the first disciples of Christ’s, Paul of Tarsus, favourite themes. Another way of putting it could be Christ incorporated or the Communicator Christ.
It stresses that we’re all in this together. What improves one improves all. What diminishes one diminishes all.
In “e” terms it’s the www.www – the world wide web of wisdom, worship and work. In biblical terms, it’s the kingdom of heaven on earth. It’s the omega point for true believers of every faith, godly and godless.
It’s why we’re obligated to celebrities once we’ve entered their aura. It’s why we’re concerned for Schapelle in her ordeal, Kylie in hers and Graham Kennedy in his journey to the other side.
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