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Consider it a Friday fast, or a Friday sacrifice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I do not have time to monitor comments right now, and I\u2019m just about sick to death of the fighting, the accusations, the foul (and all-too-easy\/convenient) cries of \u201cheresy\u201d on one thread and \u201cracist\u201d on the other.<\/p>\n

I know we can do better than this.<\/p>\n

These are tense times; everyone is on edge. And apparently everyone has lost their senses of humor, or their ability to ever<\/em> give anyone else a pass, or the benefit of a doubt, or even be good-natured in battle.<\/p>\n

And frankly, if we can\u2019t have a little of that, then screw it, what\u2019s the point<\/em> of all this?<\/p>\n

So \u2014 No comments today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s use this day to pray for each other and the nation, instead of indulging our passions, our pride, our prejudices and our never-ending egos.<\/p>\n

In fact, I\u2019ve just made an Executive Decision:<\/strong> henceforth, every Friday shall be known in these parts as the COMMENT-FREE FRIDAY<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

For Catholics, Fridays are meant to be a day of sacrifice and introspection<\/strong><\/a>, so I think I\u2019m going to help that along a little.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s use Friday to be a little quieter.<\/p>\n

If I have to sacrifice traffic because people are not swinging by to fight, so be it.<\/p>\n

If you have to lose your ability to vent and harangue, well\u2026offer it up.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe we\u2019ll all be better-fit for Sunday, if we pray a little more on Friday.<\/p>\n

And be better-suited to \u201cbattle\u201d on Monday. ;-)<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n