The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-02-24, Page 64
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'TAB L'ycKNONit SENTINEL, L'EMIC.NO1V, ONTARIC
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'Each year, when Brotherhood
•*week cOmpa along, we are urged
-to love one r another, for at least
• seven days. It's not so tough. I
find that - I .can sit • ihaekt think
it, grit my teeth and feel a
great love for all my , brothers
in •the world black, yello*,
brown and -puce.
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It's easy enough to love hum;
Amity, as a whole. What is- more
dilreuit is to like the brutes: in
• ilividhally. Only 'a saint could
•ttblde some of 'the felons infest-
ing.'socie0r. Even a mother re-
• cOlIS On occasion when con-
. fronted 'with her latest contribu-
tion to mankind. • - •
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All this brotherhood business
.rather tricky: Rabbis, priests
and 'ministers, along with irien'of'
goodwill everywhere, lend their
names to the hopeful 'statements
issued: about Brotherhood• Week.
,But wouldn't *there be a' holy old
• holocaust • if a 'rabbi's daughter
told. Dad • she was crazy a'bout
• thiS Roman Catholic boy, but the
wOuldift ;Marry „ them, , so
• they Were going to join hands in
'front of the Presbyterian parson:
The editor Who pens a thotight
tbierint:and sincere bditorial-
In support .0 Brotherhood Week.
would go up like a Roman Cand-
le•if his on walked in a,nd asked
the .old man's blessing On: him-
self' and the pretty• ..black nurse
from • the 'West he was:
about to wed. -
• The intellect. tellS, %IS that we
are all brothers under the skin.
But the OldAciam in eacif,of us
croons a different ,melody. So, if
we„, can't swing till% brotherhood
deal on pure Christian love for
our fella* man, let's try the
other kind, •Sick and crippled
humanity must learn to walk
before it flies.. We need crut-
ches, not wings. ,
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We'll have to start with a few
basic assnmptions. .Jet's estab-
lish, 'first of all, that sex is here
to stay. Any questions? All
•right, then. Next, let • us agree
that -blood is thicker than Water.
Third, let us adopt the somewhat
Shaky' , theory that parents love
their children and children love
their parents. Even when either,
or both, are monsters.
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• • Next. step IS te. 'encourage
word -wide promiScuity. e And it
doesn't' 'mean •what you think.
•Dictionary says it .means- "indis-
criminate ' mingling." I don't
know how this is to be brought
about, but 'that's a••rnincir 'detail.
I'm only interested in •the , bold
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sweep of the plan itself:. ,
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So there we are, mingling in.
discrimmately all over the
wor1d. Brazilian • beauties ' are
being swept. off their feet by
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If. all the Worl,Were Christian,
end 'even . half • the people in' it
' were' real;ChristianS,'this broth-
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• erly love have
• chance. ChriStianity vast-
ly
;
Miimiziape, red by polo
religi-
ions, a Very striall, 444ertent-
. age cif • those who profess : it • are
anythi»g, more than nominal ,..•
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Christians So the hope .of ach-
ieving the trim brotherhood' t:if
man through Christian 14ve' is
1u1, for for :the time being: ••
• :•There is- another type. of love
that just :might provide a solu-
tion. It was siggested to me by a
Faithful Reader, Who knows . I
am interested in Ore$ Problems
like improving my golf score,
or .tryntg to reach 40 without •
going stone bald. I pass it along
With the hope that the Brother-
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'hood Week. boys . will, -adept • it, •
and stop paYing, hp . service to
an ideal that goes .against the
fundamental fiendishness of us
,mOrtals. . •
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Canadian sa ilors. Nehru's. second
cousin is head -over -heels with
Mao Tse ,Tung's niece. Eisenho-
-wer's grandson is mooing over
Kruschey's granddaughter. Bud
dhist, is falling for Latter Day
Saint. •IVIoslem girl . is tittering
behind veil •-When Baptist 'boy
gives her the eye. .
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Get the r. picture? It, wouldn't
be five years until there ' was a'
tremendous crop- of -Urchins •of
every .hue, scattered. all over the
world' This would do more t�
relieve' international • tension
than having 84 cousecutive sum -
'mit meetings, plus a Brother-
hood Week once • month, •
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The speed •of Ctranspora3en. in
-this jet. agewould. be . a great
asset to the plan. Parents could
hop to Hongkong to babysit for
the week -en& erandparents
could nip over, to Athens .for the
rnarriage of their grandson• to
that ravishing • Orthadok Greek
wench. •
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Surely even. 'Comrade ,Krus
they could not task...the first:
button for. an 'exchange of nu-
clear, rnissiles, if, he knew that
his beloved granddaughter Volga
and her frstborn. were, living,
happily. with , • their. 'American
husband and father in ,Pitts-
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blugh: What U.S:, President as hard -.to • handleras if
could order the Strategic • Air
Command to, strike, if he. knew
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That's the only kind of broth-
erhood that we: can achieve in a • •
hurry. Good old, human, selfish, •'''''''''''''''''''"••••"`",~^••••••••"
• were all Irish, ,
A.iiyane for •world-wide pro., -
misctiity?
• Have •YoU -Renewed our huh.
seription • •
family ties would tear down the
•fences and pull 1 aside ,the cur
tains. Besides, it would be a, lot.
of fun. •
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In my own family, we've al-
ready taken a halting step in the
•right direction. One •of my bro-
thers married an English girl,
the other a ...Dutch girl; and, •I
married one who is pure half -
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