Cutting through the ACNS Spin
I'm surprised the media lackeys over at ACNS thought it a good idea to publish the given "reasons" various primates have been unable to make the meeting. I'm guessing an editor somewhere thought that providing an extensive list of primatial excuses including categories such as "personal reasons" and "diary conflicts" would somehow ease the embarrassment. But if that was the reasoning, the ACNS must see that it has had the opposite effect. I mean who really believes that had it not been for those pesky scheduling conflicts the Archbishop of Kenya would've been there with bells on? The whole thing just makes the ACNS look silly. And here I was thinking the British extremely attuned to public humiliation...avoiding it at all costs. I mean, these are the same people whose Queen, legend has it, drank the water in her finger bowl to rescue a hapless guest from the jaws of table impropriety.
In any case, the AAC, has posted a brief note prefacing the ACNS release and cutting through some of is spin on the off chance that someone somewhere believed it.
In any case, the AAC, has posted a brief note prefacing the ACNS release and cutting through some of is spin on the off chance that someone somewhere believed it.
*AAC Editor's note: This press release from the Anglican Communion News Service lists which primates are attending the primates' meeting in Dublin. It also lists those primates who are NOT attending and the reasons for their absences. The reasons listed for The Most Revd Eliud Wabukala (Kenya) and The Most Revd Valentino Mokiwa (Tanzania) are "reasons of health," and "personal reasons." However, both primates signed the November, 2010 Oxford Statementclaiming they would not attend the meeting because they "can no longer maintain the illusion of normalcy" in the Communion.
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