Small world. I just heard a piece on NPR's All Things Considered about a church that bought an old building to fix over into their new church building. They were worried, though, because the building had been a porn shop.

When they took possession, in the back room they found case after case of porn films, and maybe they said other porn items too, but I don't remember.

What to do? What to do?

Sell them on e-bay? They gave that one short shrift.

Toss them in a dumpster? Someone might find them and use them, and they would be part of that chain of custody.

Okay, what to do? Burn them!

They had a big public ceremony for the purpose of purifying the wicked building.   Since they were going to be burning stuff, they asked the fire department to send a hose truck for safety. Since they were going to have the hose truck, they said prayers over the water, blessed it, so it would be "holy water". The firemen hosed down the entire property, "cleansing it" symbolically. Then they unspooled all the porn films, for show and symbolic purposes, and touched it off, and had a fine bonfire!   Everyone had a good time, I gather.

If I have erred in any details, it's a goof, not purposeful.

Dave Oesterreich