A WELS member sent me the link to this video, which makes the previous one (the statue fight) look positively confessional in comparison.
Familiar names like Huebner and Krause star in this travesty, which includes prissy lip-synching and crotch grabbing. I thought Michael Jackson was sick when he felt compelled to do the same, but this is worse and comes from the WELS "College of Ministry."
Read the comments on the video and notice the great impression made on the audience.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Mary Lou College's Own Flock of Seagulls":
I open myself up all sorts of criticism but whatever, blast away.
Breathe in slowly...exhale... Okay,that video doesn't threaten Orthodoxy, it doesn't promote Enthusiasm, it doesn't encourage any kind immoral behavior, it isn't the mark of the beast, and just because some Youtube viewers thought it was blazing a path of homoeroticism in pop art doesn't mean that those young men intended to be nasty.
They were just having fun and it is okay to leave it at that. (They paid for their fun too, imagine how many times they had to listen to that song..whew)
You've got great perspectives Jackson, but when you get bent out of shape about something stupid you shoot your credibility. I'll just bet that there are more important things for theologians to be worrying about--fine, big deal. The video was fairly frooty--But leave the criticism to gossipy old women.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Mary Lou College's Own Flock of Seagulls":
I would expect and maybe look over this kind of thing if it were coming from Mankato State. It comes, however, from the synod college of ministry. Those students are disappointing and foolish. Disappointing because more should be expected of them as future members of the public ministry. They should also expect more of themselves. Foolish because they must know that this sort of thing has a way of popping up and lingering. I should think discipline is in order, specifically for actions unbecoming to the college and the ministry. Yes,kids will be kids as they say, but, again, this video did not come from Mankato State. It came from the synod college of the public ministry. Should we not demand better of our future public workers? Shame on them and MLC if they fail to discipline this group of fools.
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GJ - One of the hallmarks of Pietism is a constant effort to prove, "We are not Pietists!" This reaction is common throughout the WELS education system. It used to be that leaders could say, "That never happened." But if the students want to videotape their unfunny routine and post it on You Tube, they should expect a response.
I mentioned before that some MLC students, renting a house, were so obnoxious, that a disabled woman did not like going by the place. I posted her information on my doctrinal bulletin (Ur-Ichabod) and the house was cleaned up in 24 hours.
