Little by little, though, satire's work gets done, When we have seen enough of our neighbors' grievous folly and wickedness exposed, we are bound to apply at least a little of that exposure to ourselves.
Every bit helps.
Inch by inch we are persuaded that we, too, must have traces of the bigotry, pomposity and clammy ignorance that the satirists assure us is everywhere rampant. Meantime, we enjoy the satirists' show. It is morality's eternal vaudeville. Throughout the ages it has eternally refashioned basic, timeless material. Two experts at that sort of thing are before us this morning.