[As you well know...]

sinkspur..it was a combination point. It was both tongue-in-cheek and (at least intended as) instructive and I think you caught my drift.

I think Bishop O'Malley is a good Bishop. I just desire a Bishop who will not accept any compromises with the spirit of the times.

I read what Bishop O'Malley had to say about Cardinal Law's resignation and I literally felt physical pain when I read it.

I do not understand this world or these times and I literally do not understand what is so radical about my desires. My desires used to be commonplace less than one-half of one century ago.

[sinkspur]

I do not understand this world or these times and I literally do not understand what is so radical about my desires. My desires used to be commonplace less than one-half of one century ago.

To the man with a hammer, everything's a nail.

You have a hammer. O'Malley, I suspect, wants to wield a velvet glove.

"Your desires" mean you have to somehow have a thirst slaked, which is what I meant by "blood drawn" being for the benefit of the bystanders.

You want a little blood, don't you? Come on, you can tell the truth.