AmP's "For Shame!" List
The recent episode at Creighton U. has convinced me to go through with an idea I've been kicking-around for a few weeks but couldn't decide how I wanted to implement it.
Longtime readers of this blog will remember that I've often expressed an affinity to the comedy of Stephen Colbert. One of the things I especially enjoy about his show is the regularly recurring "On Report" segment, where he humorously lists the various people, organizations and inanimate objects that have done something in the last week to upset him.
I've decided to ape his feature with a sidebar addition entitled, "AmP's 'For Shame!' List," which I will update in roughly the same manner as (though with less frequency than) Colbert's "On Report."
Now, three important provisos. 1) I don't mean to trivialize the seriousness of some issues (such as, hypothetically, the pro-abortion stance of a Catholic politician), or 2) over-emphasize other issues which are relatively inconsequential (again, hypothetically, St. Thomas Aquinas for not adding citations to his Summa Theologica). 3) This is not vindictiveness on my part: items that are put on the list will be accompanied by a post explaining my reasons for their inclusion, and in this respect the list does not add anything to the regular reporting I've been doing on this blog since its beginning.
This post, for its part, serves as an explanation and reference for the new sidebar item. That said, feel free to drop me submissions now and then when you come across something you think worthy of inclusion.
Needless to say as well, items that make the list should, (presuming they possess volition), try to get themselves off the list. No one should try to get on the list. Complaining about being on the list is a sure way to maintain your spot on the list. Putting AmericanPapist on your list doubles your chances of staying on my list. :)
Update: After a good suggestion in the combox, I've also added a "For Honor!" list. I agree - fair's fair. Deirdre McQuade is the first inclusion, "for standing up to Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards on the topic of Plan B (Aug 25)."
Longtime readers of this blog will remember that I've often expressed an affinity to the comedy of Stephen Colbert. One of the things I especially enjoy about his show is the regularly recurring "On Report" segment, where he humorously lists the various people, organizations and inanimate objects that have done something in the last week to upset him.
I've decided to ape his feature with a sidebar addition entitled, "AmP's 'For Shame!' List," which I will update in roughly the same manner as (though with less frequency than) Colbert's "On Report."
Now, three important provisos. 1) I don't mean to trivialize the seriousness of some issues (such as, hypothetically, the pro-abortion stance of a Catholic politician), or 2) over-emphasize other issues which are relatively inconsequential (again, hypothetically, St. Thomas Aquinas for not adding citations to his Summa Theologica). 3) This is not vindictiveness on my part: items that are put on the list will be accompanied by a post explaining my reasons for their inclusion, and in this respect the list does not add anything to the regular reporting I've been doing on this blog since its beginning.
This post, for its part, serves as an explanation and reference for the new sidebar item. That said, feel free to drop me submissions now and then when you come across something you think worthy of inclusion.
Needless to say as well, items that make the list should, (presuming they possess volition), try to get themselves off the list. No one should try to get on the list. Complaining about being on the list is a sure way to maintain your spot on the list. Putting AmericanPapist on your list doubles your chances of staying on my list. :)
Update: After a good suggestion in the combox, I've also added a "For Honor!" list. I agree - fair's fair. Deirdre McQuade is the first inclusion, "for standing up to Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards on the topic of Plan B (Aug 25)."
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