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Philia


I thought I would share a transcript of a particularly productive moment 
in my 9th grade "English" (sic) class:

We watched the end of Zeferelli's "Romeo & Juliet" today in class.  
During the scene in which Romeo discovers Juliet, who appears to be 
dead, lying in the Capulet famiy crypt, the following discussion 
occurred:

  Julio Baez:  Yo, he's gonna jump on her!
  Ms. Young:   Julio, nowhere on this planet would that be an 
               appropriate thing to say.
  Julio:       No, Ms. Young! I think he's a hermaphrodite!
  Ms. Young:   Julio, he's not a hermaphrodite.
  Julio:       No, Ms. Young!  For real!  There's really people who 
               like to have sex with dead people!
  Ms. Young:   Yes, but they're not called "hermaphrodites," they're 
               called "necrophiliacs."
  Julio:       (Aside to Felix) She's so stupid.  
               (To me)  No Ms. Young, necrophiliac is when you have 
               that disease where you can't stop bleeding.


At least they're learning something.


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