>John:
>
>>Well, where to start taking up the points of attack against me?
>
>No one attacked you. You were mildly tweaked for suggesting that
>folks can't be on the left and ever eat at a fast-food chain.
>
>And for sounding just a bit too much like those types in line at the
>supermarket who get all indignant when they see people using food
>stamps to purchase coke, doritos, or similar comfort foods.
Oscar Wilde has another take on moralism of the kind explored in this thread: "There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us."
Yoshie