Johan, when you first posted about Irma Doroty, back in February, and I couldn't get access to the source you provided, I suggested you give us a little information about who this woman was, and why you found her relevant to this forum. I also asked that you say a little directly rather than just giving a link.
You apparently didn't think it worthwhile to provide more than a link to something you had written in February, saying it would give a little more information--so, okay; since it took you 4 months to get back with even that much of an answer, I guess you are not very interested either in Irma Doroty or this board. You've also ignored my suggestions about how you could move it to a more workable host. I wonder how many people still read it.
Nevertheless I clicked on your link, and here's what the website to which you sent me says about the woman in question:
Testimony no. 3: "A lot of people like sharing their
memories of [Sr Dorothy Stang,] the white-haired woman
they called 'Irma Doroty,' who was originally from
Ohio. She moved to the region [the state of Para in
Brazil] in the mid-1970s and shifted the focus of her
work from education to environmental issues in the
1980s. People remember how Stang loved pancakes, how
they used to see her riding her bicycle around town,
how humorlessly inept she was at color-coordinating
her wardrobe.
"They remember how she used to hold the Bible in both
hands in front of her and tell them it was the only
weapon she needed. According to witnesses, she began
to read passages from the Bible as her killers shot
her. About 2,000 people attended a service for her
Tuesday in the rain forest clearing where she had
asked to be buried."
Sources: (3) Monte Reel, "Murder Galvanizes Nun's
Cause," Washington Post, Monday, February 21, 2005.
But what was she on about? "Environmental issues" might mean any of a number of things--and you don't give us the slightest clue. Whatever it was apparently upset some people in Brazil, since someone shot her; but you describe the perpetrators only as "her killers," and don't say what interest group they represented or why they killed her! "Environmental issues" are not usually the occasion for murder, though some instances might be found--but it would have to be an issue that hurt people on both sides--and I for one am not up on environmental controversies in Brazil! I assume she was not killed for her love of pancakes, her use of a bicycle for transportation, or her poor color coordination.
Only when I got to the "Sources" acknowledgment did I even find out that Irma Doroty was a nun, and that she had a "cause"--well, I guess the preceding information might have implied that she had one, but I still don't know what her cause was.
Licia Kuenning
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