In case anyone might be interested: Catholic Distance U. (cdu.edu) is preparing to offer a new intro course in canon law taught by Peter Vere, STL.
A description is on-line and you can reach Pete at petevere@gmail.com (though procedural
questions should probably be directed to CDU).
I got the following press release excerpt from the Catholic League from a friend that had me ROTFL:
WAL-MART HAS BEEN PUT ON NOTICEBill Donohue commented today on the latest development
in the Catholic League’s fight with Wal-Mart:“Yesterday, I announced a boycott of Wal-Mart and
asked 126 religious organizations that span seven
faith communities to join with us. We want a) an
apology for insulting Christians by effectively
banning Christmas and b) a withdrawal of its insane
statement regarding the origins of Christmas and c) a
revision on its website.“The piece today by Joe Kovacs on worldnetdaily.com
quotes Wal-Mart spokeswoman Jolanda Stewart saying,
‘We already serve a diverse customer base, and we’re
just trying to help them to celebrate their individual
needs and wants.’ I thought Wal-Mart was a department
store—not a Wellness Center.“Stewart’s remark is flatulent. . . .
I think what we have here is a hilarious malapropism. I suspect what he meant to say was "fatuous", "marked by want of intelligence and rational consideration; especially : marked by futile ill-founded hope or desire, by witless complacent disregard of reality, or by inane lack of consideration." Although I suppose "flatulent" makes a good synonym for this.
It just seemed rather improbable to hear the word "flatulent" come out of a Catholic League press release.
(By the way, I think there are many much better reasons to boycott Walmart than this one, as I've pointed out before.)
