Friday, May 2, 2008

Saint Joan

Several years ago we had friends over to our apartment. We watched a taped the PBS movie Saint Joan by Arther Miller. The tape ended abruptly about 2 crucial minutes before the movie had ended. Does she lie and say she practiced witchcraft to save her life or does she tell the truth and say she didn't.

I remember reading this book in 10th grade. Going to a liberal Jewish School they of course left the decision up to us. It was at that point my comprehension of the world was established. You must learn the ins and outs of telling the truth in order to survive.

Why this post now. Here's the headline

Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath
By Richard C. Paddock
Another Cal State instructor who objects on religious grounds to a pledge adopted by California in 1952 to root out communists.

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