From SatireWire a modest, almost Swiftian proposal.
Trenton, N.J. (SatireWire.com) Under a new law designed to protect minors, local police departments will now be required to inform residents any time a known Roman Catholic church moves into their neighborhood.
The law also mandates that Catholic churches register with authorities, wear electronic monitoring devices, and be prohibited from moving to within a half-mile radius of a school.
(The five words above comprised a notice painted handsomely and permanently on the blackboard in my third-grade homeroom, above a changing list of pithy admonitions, all in different-colored chalks. Funny, only years later did I learn that the complete sentence includes, “is sufficient.” Was I more sufficient after that or before?)
Anyway, don’t miss regularly checking the “quick links” on the upper right of this page. Bloggy and Shoulderchip are awesome on the big items.