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Whatever point you were making in your "question": What is ND's cultural history when it comes to students having deep and profound emotional and spiritual long term relationships with people who are dead and/or imaginary?
Easy answer. Kalbuff provided a rather long entry about Notre Dame and their long history of being persecuted. My question was a followup to Kalbuff's topic.
I was careful to word my question as specific to Notre Dame and not any other scholastic or religious populations.
Notre Dame is unique in the sense of backing Manti Te'o. Their Athletic Director Swarbrick's emotionally charged press conference described Manti Te'o as the "single most trusting person [he has] ever met." That is saying a lot.
I also point out that ND's mascot is a leprechan, which is also an imaginary creature, just like Lenay Kakua.
There might be other noteworthy cases of relationships with the dead and or imaginary people that is relevant to this bizarre story.
It would be interesting to flush that out.