[Aliska]

The old lady scowled. She looked at the proffered hand as if it were diseased. `I don't believe in that [expletive]

Is this an example of the "spirit of" pre-Vatican II?

[Loyalist]

The old lady scowled. She looked at the proffered hand as if it were diseased. `I don't believe in that [expletive]

However indelicately expressed, she demonstrated that she had a far superior understanding of the nature and direction of true Catholic worship than exists among most Catholic theologians.

[american colleen]

Is this an example of the "spirit of" pre-Vatican II?

Probably not because I, as a "post Vatican II" Catholic think the same thing although I (mostly) keep it to myself. I sometimes pretend I have a cold and cough a lot so no one in their right mind would want to shake my hand. It's one of my many problems/sins.

I've been working on this problem/sin since I was 13 or 14 but I can't seem to overcome it.