tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709052517699784943.post5912697562607469370..comments2024-03-24T05:20:55.209-04:00Comments on Greater New York: Carlin and BrunoRob Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297706005998824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709052517699784943.post-75457433888690081922008-06-25T13:21:00.000-04:002008-06-25T13:21:00.000-04:00Peter's post on George Carlin calls to mind the ex...Peter's post on George Carlin calls to mind the experience of my late friend Frank Carvill, who grew up Irish and Catholic in New Jersey during the Sixties and was killed in action in Iraq with the New Jersey National Guard. <BR/><BR/>As Frank used to tell it, when he was in Catholic high school his teacher told the class that "if the communists come to power, they'll take your religion away from you." <BR/><BR/>Frank cheered and clapped. Then the rest of the class joined in. That got them a stern reprimand, and Frank a special tongue lashing from a monsignor. <BR/><BR/>Frank remained culturally Catholic all his life. He took the church seriously even if he did not attend regularly. But his moment of high school rebellion is one of the stories about him that I most cherish.Rob Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14297706005998824168noreply@blogger.com