I don’t agree.
If our Catholic bishops can issue a challenge to Obama and his administration about FOCA, then they also acknowledge a problem. It isn’t whistling past the graveyard.
I didn’t say it was “whistling past the graveyard,” which I wouldn’t bother to do anyway, since I am not afraid of dead people.
What I question is the utility of terrifying oneself or making oneself ill over this ... or over anything, for that matter. If there’s a productive action to be taken - even in anticipation of a disaster that may not materialize - by all means, take it. However, throwing up, having palpitations, and retiring to bed are not productive actions.
Perhaps all the fear and illness are simply a poetic device, like my Guinness. I do tend to be overly literal.