[Flying Circus]

I’m sure the usual suspects around here will reference it for years to come in their attacks on the Church.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Let's not make perpetual rounds of detraction and calumny more likely with our own low expectations.

I'm preaching to myself here, trying sincerely to fight off an outbreak of cynicism. I do think people can do better. I do believe in grace.

Besides, some of the offenders (on both sides of the religious divide) don't even seem to know that detraction and calumny are sins. Really, they don't know. And these vices are treated like virtues in the foul world of cyberspace.

Face it, this is a sin-sponsoring environment.