No
pretty simplehe wondered why
people had such a difficult time saying No
he said it a lot
Well, not everyone is like you,
Joe. his mother would say then true to form for she loved to try and get
in the last word You wouldn’t tell your
mother no.
a declaration not a question
Yes Maw Id tell you no
Ive told you no when
you overstep your bounds she had trouble
abiding boundaries other people set she
believed only in hers
she
had a lot to learn
and he constantly and
consistently taught her
No
it was also a courtesy
some people effected silence assuming it said No
he couldnt imagine not saying
what he believed
in his life many while having
their saygreeted by silence greeted by silent
acquiescence became upset with him when he interrupted them
asif he were discourteous
Youll excuse me please I disagree I didnt want you to assume you were speaking for me
as a young teenager he was
remembered well during a Catholic service
he tried to interrupt the priest who was sermonising that marriage is between a
man and a woman
his hand went up
the priest saw it
like in school he sat up front
the priest ignored him
he then waved his hand
the priest ignored him
he stood and said in a firm voice
No Yare wrong
then he
turned his back on the priest the Church and walked down the nave and outside
the building
his parents heard of it before he
had walked home
they were appalled
he laughed
I agree with you Father Francis was appalling
which forced them to sayas he
knew he was provoking them that they
agreed with the Father
Yare wrong too
he was waiting for a telephone
call because he asked verbally and in a note if they would please call him
silence
apparently thats what they were
going to teach their three young children
to be spineless
0903, Saturday,
21 11. 20
CSN&Y Teach Your Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQOaUnSmJr8
