They’re everywhere!
So I spent the evening last night at the Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul at a Swing Dance that Matt and I had been invited to by some friends from St. Thomas. Upon the invitation, I gave no thought to Matt’s still being a Crown student and technically under the infamous Crown Covenant UNTIL we turned the corner to discover Patty, yes the RLC at Crown, sitting at a table near the dance floor. We froze in place, all three of us staring motionless, as if continuing to stare would reveal to us that we had been mistaken and it had only been a Patty look-alike after all. But oh no, it was her, and we proceeded over to explain that, yes he was breaking the covenant and yes, he would now be turning himself in on Monday morning. She then explained to us that she had special permission to be there, and I responded with small talk about grad school, etc. After recovering from the shock, Matt decided that if he was going to be punished for this, he might as well have a good time! And we did, he even danced with Patty once.
So here’s my issue: (And please notice that my issue is not with Patty but with Crown in general) If an institution is going to establish a set of rules for its inhabitants/members to abide by, it is assumed that such rules are based upon some sort of absolute ethical standards that the institution has deemed worthy to live according to. Now, Crown has decided according to some ethical principle that dancing is in fact unacceptable to partake in (that is, of course, unless it is being done at a certain place and only for a certain occasion (weddings, etc.), that somehow makes it morally appropriate). Whether I agree or disagree with whether this rule is right or wrong (which is evident from my asking a Crown student to attend a Swing Dance with me), the fact remains that Crown has deemed this action morally inappropriate according to their absolute ethical standards. So, how can "special permission" be given to a person to ignore the rule for an evening? If it is morally inappropriate, does special permission somehow make it appropriate for an evening?? Does special permission overrule whatever ethical standard the rule was established by in the first place?? If it is wrong, how does someone giving the "ok" for an evening make it right? Does this strike anyone else as completely illogical?
(Now I am taking a deep breath and calming down…) After telling a friend of mine about this incident, he responded with, "Do they also give special permission to fornicate?" Probably, apparently anything can be made okay if you just ask permission first.
So I spent the evening last night at the Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul at a Swing Dance that Matt and I had been invited to by some friends from St. Thomas. Upon the invitation, I gave no thought to Matt’s still being a Crown student and technically under the infamous Crown Covenant UNTIL we turned the corner to discover Patty, yes the RLC at Crown, sitting at a table near the dance floor. We froze in place, all three of us staring motionless, as if continuing to stare would reveal to us that we had been mistaken and it had only been a Patty look-alike after all. But oh no, it was her, and we proceeded over to explain that, yes he was breaking the covenant and yes, he would now be turning himself in on Monday morning. She then explained to us that she had special permission to be there, and I responded with small talk about grad school, etc. After recovering from the shock, Matt decided that if he was going to be punished for this, he might as well have a good time! And we did, he even danced with Patty once.
So here’s my issue: (And please notice that my issue is not with Patty but with Crown in general) If an institution is going to establish a set of rules for its inhabitants/members to abide by, it is assumed that such rules are based upon some sort of absolute ethical standards that the institution has deemed worthy to live according to. Now, Crown has decided according to some ethical principle that dancing is in fact unacceptable to partake in (that is, of course, unless it is being done at a certain place and only for a certain occasion (weddings, etc.), that somehow makes it morally appropriate). Whether I agree or disagree with whether this rule is right or wrong (which is evident from my asking a Crown student to attend a Swing Dance with me), the fact remains that Crown has deemed this action morally inappropriate according to their absolute ethical standards. So, how can "special permission" be given to a person to ignore the rule for an evening? If it is morally inappropriate, does special permission somehow make it appropriate for an evening?? Does special permission overrule whatever ethical standard the rule was established by in the first place?? If it is wrong, how does someone giving the "ok" for an evening make it right? Does this strike anyone else as completely illogical?
(Now I am taking a deep breath and calming down…) After telling a friend of mine about this incident, he responded with, "Do they also give special permission to fornicate?" Probably, apparently anything can be made okay if you just ask permission first.
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