Comments on: Ethics for Young Girls: Lesson 6: Ethics of the Table

By: Vader

Vader — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:41:41 +0000

I wonder if a variant of the Broken Window Hypothesis doesn’t apply here. This is the hypothesis that neighborhoods where windows are broken and not fixed are neighborhoods that soon see an explosion of crime, because of the implicit message that it is a dysfunctional neighborhood.

Broken dishes lead to broken homes?

By: Amy T

Amy T — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:41:28 +0000

That’s funny, Capozaino!

I’ve missed the last couple of installments of this series. They are so deliciously, pompously opinionated.

By: Capozaino

Capozaino — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:30:18 +0000

“Forgive me father, for I have sinned. It has been a week since my last confession.”
“Tell me, my child. What is it that troubles you so?”
“I set the table with soiled linens and cracked dishes. And what’s more … *sob* … the roast was DRY!”
“It’s worse than I thought, my child. May God have mercy on your soul.”

Most of the discourse I hear these days (if at all) about family meals doesn’t raise it to the level of ethical duties and failures, but frames it as an opportunity for family bonding to be taken, improved on, or lost.