Darmok isn't linguistically plausible, any more than basically any Star Trek at all is astrophysically plausible. It's about learning to make connections across a seemingly insuperable schism, through intelligence, insight and empathy. Which is vastly more interesting than any spatial anomaly.

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Cardinal Cardijn used a phrase preserved in the English translation of the liturgy as ‘fruit of the earth & work of human hands’ for the elements of the Eucharist. Explaining that no bread & no wine exist in nature until *made by human labour*—& that is our invitation into God’s creative act

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Once again, I appreciate the serious treatment of religion here. A property of this programme. 1 connection of interest. The late great Dominican Friar Herbert McCabe OP told me of a great sermon of Joseph Cardijn, when asked to explain his active support for the Belgian women silk workers union ..

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Anyway: Get your house in order (this is obviously a necessary prerequisite to anything else), But then: Get out here and tidy up this mess you’ve made. Everyone else is so sick of cleaning up after you.

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You’ve harmed all your allies far more than you’ve managed to damage your enemies. We don’t really care about your individual politics, who you did and didn’t vote for. As a nation, as an electorate, you are frequently careless, inconsiderate, and can’t be trusted.

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