Found while flipping through the Great Quotes file:
"It may be that the greatest proof of the effectiveness of social disapproval is its demonstrated ability to turn on itself." –Judith Martin
How true it is that the only socially disapproved sin these days is Social Disapproval, which is sometimes indiscriminately referred to as Judgmentalism.
Who is Judith Martin? You may know her better as Miss Manners.
Judith Martin is one of my favorite secular social commentators. If you also are a fan, you can read her column in archive at the Washington Post.


