The Lonely Chaplain Flip-Flop

Parents of university-aged Lutherans are in shock after Lutheran Campus Centre chaplain Pr. Raul Hartidaughter reversed his previous assertions and joined Facebook. Hartidaughter, in the Sept. 2007 issue of The Travestical, said “No, I am not going to be putting my profile on Facebook,” but has since joined the social networking site, much to the chagrin of concerned parents and students. “He betrayed our trust,” exclaimed one parent. “He may as well have told us he’s going to raise taxes.”

When asked about the change, Hartidaughter said that “all the campus chaplains across Canada agreed to join Facebook, in order to be able to use the communication technology students are using.” “Great,” said one parent. “A chaplain is supposed to be a role model, and he can’t even withstand a bit of peer pressure?”

A deeper analysis shows another reason for Hartidaughter’s change of face: “It’s a lonely job, being a campus chaplain,” claims Hartidaughter. “Students are so busy with school and extra-curricular stuff that I thought being on Facebook would help me be cool.” Unfortunately for Hartidaughter, when The Travestical visited his profile page, he had no friends.

The list of Raul Hartidaugher’s Facebook friends.

“Lucky for me,” Hartidaughter explains, “I’m pretty introverted and don’t really like people anyways.”