PC was not wrong on Mary

I am no candidate for the Legion of Mary, but fail

    to find fault  when a Catholic college like PC feels

    compelled to defend her honor as a sacred symbol of  a

    RELIGIOUS  institution .

           Does Free Speech mean we have the  right to offend

    anybody anywhere  under any circumstances - with no

    negative feedback , no consequences ?

           Does not a Nazi also have the right to be evicted

    from a synagogue as well as to  communicate with

    newspapers , radio , and TV ?

             I have spent many hours at the PC library. The

    public would be amazed at the anti- Catholic periodicals

    that can be found there. " The Militant " and  "  The Humanist "

    - which no doubt believe in " immaculate abortion " - can

    be quietly appreciated there. And no doubt scholarly

    debate on Catholic sensitive  issues is not unknown

    there .

            Can one imagine a man like Father Lennon - both

    pious and intelligent - just censoring other points

    of view ?

              Somehow MANNERS can be reconciled with free

    speech.

           The offending students at least owe the school

    an apology. Myself  more and more offended by militant

    and erratic and obnoxious , I find the Virgin - myth

    or reality - an appealing figure.

           Intellectual immaturity must not be mistaken for

    ideological fervor. That irreverent poster was also

    a  crass loser as publicity gimmick.

         Brains will tell - even at PC !