15 June 2011

Local News Post-Mortem on the Hooters Cancellation





Catholic Charities Says 'No' to Hooters Girls









"He loves Hooters," she laughed.


"Let it happen," said another homeless man.

But the homeless who might benefit aren't calling the shots here.






Hooters was just one of the restaurants.




Patrick Kinsale said...

So the Hooters girls serve the homeless in "proper attire." Does that mean the reporter considers their other attire improper?

Peggy said...

Obviously, you are very heartless and without compassion. Some old guys living on the streets not getting out to work want the event to occur? Of course. This event would have fed so many of their needs.

A one night event would NOT have yielded some untold amounts of money, for goodness sake. Good on you Timman, though you are heartless of course...;^D

Dad29 said...

FWIW, a quick story with a tiny connection to this.

Was in St Louis to interview someone, took a cab from airport to hotel, didn't have a rental car.

After the interview, I'm looking for dinner. Hotel doesn't have a dining room; ask the clerk 'where's the nearest restaurant?' which turns out to be Hooters, a 2-block walk.


Go there, ignore the surroundings (hungry AND married), munch salad and half a burger, get violently ill.

Salad bar was poison, folks.

I've only been food-poisoned twice in my life; that was the first one.

Anonymous said...

This brouhaha has created some bad press for Holy Mother Church, not terrible press, but bad press, something to be avoided IN THE FIRST PLACE. I want to know - and I'm flamin' mad about this - who in the hell is the dummy, the idiot, the moron at Saint Patrick's who allowed this to go beyond first base in the first place? We now have an "incident" that is newsworthy. We now probably even have Hooters waitresses who, as the story gets told, were sometimes volunteering on their own time for Saint Patrick's and who've probably felt gratuitously insulted over this whole episode. And for what? Because some dummy wasn't quick enough to realize that the words "Catholic" and "Hooters" don't fit into the same sentence!!! God, I want to hear that a head rolled over this one. (And thetimman, I know you'll probably whitewash this down a bit FOR MY OWN GOOD; go ahead if you must; I'll probably end up appreciating it. Just let my anger still shine through, OK buddy?)

Anonymous said...

Well done, thetimman!

thetimman said...

"Angry" anonymous,

I get your point. But I don't mind getting flamed in a combox for standing up for the right thing here. I know you know this, and that you would feel the same way. But further to my point, I think it is "good" press when the Archbishop so quickly and clearly sets the record straight to a charity that needs to live out its mission. And I think people need to see that even if no one else cares, the Catholic Church is willing to take an unpopular position for the truth, and for moral behavior.

So, yes, it is an opportunity for some to vent their spleen. Not great. But recall the price of real love every time you look at that crucifix. And He told us, "The time will come when everyone who kills you thinks he does a service to God."

He told us so as to warn us. And here it comes. If there is such hatred over not going to a Hooters for the homeless event, think about the repercussions when the Church really makes it uncomfortable for them.