There are a lot of comments flying around at present regarding labels and sniping at people's appearances...some of it is good, some of it is not.
It is not good manners, for example, to criticise a person's hairstyle and dress code.
But, it may be (just maybe) fine to satirise them in a non personal manner.
Well, at least, I hope that is the case.
For example, we have many good deacons and some distinctly dodgy ones; I quite like to lampoon the dodgy ones but I would never individually criticise their dress sense (apart from the shell suits, that is).
But, it is certainly not edifying for men, especially, to be snarky about a woman's appearance.
And to make an ultra personal point of highlighting a person's weight goes far, far beyond the realms of common courtesy and good manners.
It is, in fact, gross bad manners showing a distinct lack of breeding.
That is why, I am finally laying claim to the label of being an 'orthodox Catholic' (of the Roman Rite).
Ten years ago you never heard the word 'orthodox' being used, we were all either modernists or traditionalists then.
Both sides have an ugly facet to them; one that is at odds with the teachings of Our Blessed Lord.
But orthodoxy has no such emotional baggage (as yet) and that is why I am now in this camp.
I do not wish to be associated with individual viewpoints, or, indeed, the operational actions of any particular organisation that solely avows 'Tradition' as its raison d'etre.
Sadly, we do have to be labelled; we are either Conservative or Labour, Black or White, Jewish or Catholic, Modernist or...... Orthodox.
Traditionalism has shot itself in the foot too many times.
It is now on the World Wildlife Fund's 'species threatened with extinction' list.
And the sooner it becomes extinct, the better.
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It is not good manners, for example, to criticise a person's hairstyle and dress code.
But, it may be (just maybe) fine to satirise them in a non personal manner.
Well, at least, I hope that is the case.
For example, we have many good deacons and some distinctly dodgy ones; I quite like to lampoon the dodgy ones but I would never individually criticise their dress sense (apart from the shell suits, that is).
But, it is certainly not edifying for men, especially, to be snarky about a woman's appearance.
And to make an ultra personal point of highlighting a person's weight goes far, far beyond the realms of common courtesy and good manners.
It is, in fact, gross bad manners showing a distinct lack of breeding.
That is why, I am finally laying claim to the label of being an 'orthodox Catholic' (of the Roman Rite).
Ten years ago you never heard the word 'orthodox' being used, we were all either modernists or traditionalists then.
Both sides have an ugly facet to them; one that is at odds with the teachings of Our Blessed Lord.
But orthodoxy has no such emotional baggage (as yet) and that is why I am now in this camp.
I do not wish to be associated with individual viewpoints, or, indeed, the operational actions of any particular organisation that solely avows 'Tradition' as its raison d'etre.
Sadly, we do have to be labelled; we are either Conservative or Labour, Black or White, Jewish or Catholic, Modernist or...... Orthodox.
Traditionalism has shot itself in the foot too many times.
It is now on the World Wildlife Fund's 'species threatened with extinction' list.
And the sooner it becomes extinct, the better.
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