Carl: The catholic boarding schools were and are more expensive. The day
schools were not.
Richard
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On Oct 2, 2018, at 8:46 AM, Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Miriam,
Differently, not above.
All I really know about Kavanaugh's youth is what has been reported by
some of his schoolmates. For certain he attended an all boy, Catholic
school. The cost for such private schools has never been at an
affordable level for Lower and Middle Working Class families.
I've not been around the private Catholic schools since my nephew
graduated in 1990, but many of the kids in my neighborhood, growing
up, attended Catholic schools in the 50's. After the 8TH grade, the
boys went to Seattle Prep or O'dae, and the girls attended one of two
All Girls schools. Time has robbed my brain of their names. But
these families struggled to pay for their children's private
education. The girls attending private Catholic high schools seemed
to behave about the same as the girls in public high school. But
among the boys in my neighborhood, a different attitude toward girls
developed. My eldest sister, a dead ringer for Grace Kelly, but with
the personality of the Wicked Witch of the West, was courted by every
boy even close to her own age. But most of the boys attending public
school treated her, and all of the girls, with some measure of decency
and respect. But by and large, the boys from the Private schools
treated, and talked about the girls as objects to be conquered and
bedded.
When Paul, a neighbor boy from a very fine family, decided to grope my
sister, she pulled away and ran up our back steps, ready to flee into
the house. Paul called her names and picked up some dog droppings and
flung it at my sister, hitting her in the chest. Poor, dumb Paul.
There he stood, among two other boys and myself. My sister exploded
feet first from the top step directly into Paul's chest, driving him
to the ground. She then punched him several times, jumped up and
explained that if this ever happened again she would really work him
over. She then marched inside, leaving a very damaged Paul, both
physically and emotionally. "If any of you spread this around," he
threatened us, "I'll kick the crap out of you." At which we all began
chanting, "Paul was whipped by a girl. Paul was whipped by a girl."
I joined in, but I never said that until I was fifteen, my sister
could whip me with one hand tied behind her back.
Of course that was only one incident, but it was the typical attitude
which seemed to be engendered among the Private Boys. I still stay in
touch with several of these neighbor boys. Most became successful and
prospered beyond their parent's modest economic level. Two have
become Judges, one retired as the Principal of a Seattle High School.
Another became a well known Talk Jock in Seattle. All of them seemed
to be upstanding citizens, good husbands and fine dads. At least
looking in from the outside.
To my knowledge, none of them had cheated on their wives or molested
their children, or the friends of their children. And perhaps Judge
Kavanaugh is just such a man. But I doubt it. I doubt it because,
despite growing evidence to the contrary, he remains the vision of
perfection.
Of course none of this answers your question. But I think some people
see themselves as above the "Commoners". It's not that Judge
Kavanaugh grew up reaching for the stars. Many of us do that, some
reaching their goal while others of us fall short. But it's that
attitude of Privilage that Judge Kavanaugh projects.
Through watching him on TV, which was the way I first learned to
dislike Donald Trump, I found Judge Kavanaugh to have an "attitude"
that he was talking to his subjects, not to his peers. In short, I
would plead no contest rather than appear before him in court.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/2/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So you're saying that Cavenaugh was living above the common folk during high
school and college?
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Devil's Triangle
My grandma Ludwig used to say, "poor folk have poor ways". We seem to
forget that "Rich folk have Rich ways". We working class folk believe in
the work ethic, and dream of a job, a home, and a family.
The Ruling Class teach their children that they are superior beings, and can
expect to live above the common folk.
Even though we use the same words, they mean different things to the
Classes.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/1/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And, if you were listening to Cavenaugh's testimony on Thursday, when
he was asked about this phrase which appeared in his high school
yearbook, "Devil's Triangle", he said it was a drinking game. Well,
according to the journalist from Shadow Group who researched the
phrase, it actually refers to two men having sex with a woman
simultaneously while making eye contact with each other, rather than
with the woman. And the reference to the female name from Connecticut,
that meant that a lot of the boys had had sex with her.
Apparently, this is the preparation for leadership that goes on in
elite private high schools in the Washington DC area. And this school
is a Catholic Jesuit school as Cavenaugh repeatedly reminded us.
According to a USA Today article, the girls in the private Catholic
girls' school with whom the boys attended dances and parties, were
referred to by them as, "the whores on the hill".
Miriam
