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Catholicism Succumbs to the Culture of Narcissism

Section 1983 Blog has a post about Catholic League v. City and County of San Francisco, a frivolous case in our frivolous times.  In Catholic League, the Catholic Church sued because the City of San Francisco hurt Catholics' feelings.  Suing for hurt feelings is only more evidence of our culture of narcissism.  Thinking about the lawsuit reminded me of a passage from from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:In the exercise of domestic jurisdiction, the nobles of Rome express an exquisite sensibility for any personal injury, and a contemptuous indifference for the rest of the human species. When they have called for warm water, if a slave has been tardy in his obedience, he is instantly chastised with three hundred lashes: but should the same slave commit a wilful murder, the master will mildly observe, that he is a worthless fellow; but that, if he repeats the offence, he shall not escape punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 05, 2009 (boomark / email).