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Joker, amoralism, and the nature of violence

October 16, 2019 Thomas S. Hibbs 3

Because of scenes of graphic violence and because it is a film about a character whose own violence inspires violence, Joker, directed by Todd Phillips (best known for the Hangover trilogy) and starring Joaquin Phoenix, […]

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  • meiron: Coincidentally, I noticed the same article linked at The Catholic Thing website. Maybe you can access it there: https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/06/29/what-jd-vance-found-in-the-church/
  • Knowall: They don't really care what the Vatican thinks, so shaming will be difficult.
  • Amanda: There's 6 people who were definitely excommunicated. It's more like a twister in the middle of nowhere that's talked about…

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Readings: • Jer 1:4-5, 17-19 • Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17 • 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 or 13:4-13 • Lk 4:21-30 The nineteenth-century poet Thomas Moore once observed: “The prophet ill sustains his holy call/Who finds not […]

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