[rwfromkansas]

True. Luther was rather direct.

[drstevej]

The whole 16th and 17th centuries were rather direct!

Some of the tract titles alone would be grounds for suspension here. There was one that went something like this

Seven Sharp arrows drawn from the quiver of God's word and surely fired into the blasphemous hearts of the infidels who teach....

It went on for almost a page! And that was only the title.