Boyle stands up for St. Patrick, against ‘orgiastic defilement’ thereof
In the most high-minded dismissal of Unofficial to date, U of I law professor Francis Boyle has called upon Governor Quinn to put a stop to the "orgiastic defilement of St. Patrick" by suspending all Champaign liquor licenses on March 2. From the Sun-Times:
The governor’s “first name is Patrick and hopefully he would be concerned his patron saint is being defiled in this way by a gang of mercenary bar and liquor store owners getting the youth in this area stinking drunk in the name of St. Patrick,” Boyle said. Boyle sent Quinn a letter dated Feb. 8, linking the pub crawls to a variety of bad behavior and asking him to take action.
So, if you're going to engage in any orgiastic defilement next month, leave good St. Patrick's name out of it.
Oh, and just to make sure we have all of our bases covered: Orgiastic defilement. Orgiastic defilement. Orgiastic defilement.
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supposedly if you say “orgiastic defilement” three times while looking into a bathroom mirror with the lights off and then you turn them back on, Jerry Sandusky appears.
Ryan
Where will the orgiastic defilement be taking place and should we bring snacks?
Chris
Prof. Boyle…isn’t he that one prof. with his own opinions who isnt afraid to state them? At this pristine/corruption free university? He was also pretty outspoken about the illegality of all of the wars of this administration and the last. What a loser. Lets make fun of him!
Ryan
I’m all for free speech but this guy is a crackpot.
Earl of Sandwich
A crackpot who’s pulling down $150k per year!
He’s actually a fascinating guy. He is also a habitual line stepper, and isn’t afraid who he offends. More power to him, that’s what I say!
Ask him what he thinks of the “Chief.” That should cause a ruckus around these parts…
Ryan
I’m less than impressed. Use your tenure to say a bunch of crazy stuff that is sure to get picked up by the paper because of your position at the UI. Super. He looks like a moron and makes the UI look bad as well.
Spambot 2.0
Really?! You think he looks like a moron by fighting against a drunken “tradition” that seems to lead to a death a year? Seems like a strange posture to take…
Not sure I’m willing to sign onboard your idea that fighting to decouple St. Patrick’s from drunken debauchery is “crazy”. He’s been doing this for over a decade. If he was looking for fame, you’d think he’d move on to something else by now, right?
What a minute… are you a lobbyist for Four Loko?
Ryan
I don’t care about unofficial but if your goal is to kill a party then calling it an orgiastic defilement of anything is probably going to have the opposite effect. Banning alcohol sales for 2 days? Why wouldn’t people just stockpile it 1 day in advance? Or maybe drive 45 minutes to Indiana if they are really in a pinch. This is why I think he’s either a moron or just trying to get attention. Noting that the governor has the same name as the saint makes me think the former.
Also, why honor St. Patrick? A rich white man invades a foreign land and converts the natives to Christianity under threat of death. I am suddenly curious to know his position on the Chief since he likes St. Patrick so much.
was Patricius a rich white man?
I thought he was a slave to the Romans.
don’t remember reading about him threatening the pagans with any literal death. send me your sources, i’d love to read up on that.
Megaturd
I’m confused, Ryan. Are you in favor of orgiastic defilement in the name of St. Patrick or against it? Your posts are sending mixed signals here.
And if St. Patrick was really just another shitty white dude all along, then how does that relate to people getting drunk in his name? Does it make it more or less acceptable? I am very confused by all of this.
Perhaps a sloppy pub crawl will clear my thoughts…
Megaturd, let’s be friends.
Son of Megaturd
Will orgiastic defilement be involved? If so, sign me up!
woah, woah, I did not invite your son. I don’t defile kids.
only Saints.
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