And therefore they are aligned with all who stand on the side of decency and stand against degradation. Anyone who supports decency is to be encouraged, since our society will never lack those who are shameless, who violate that decency which, if rampant, renders social existence impossible. I have long found what I regard as the shameless vulgarity of CFRB radio broadcasting difficult to endure. Last week I needed a traffic report, turned on CFRB, and was exposed to yet another wretched phone-in scene. One young man described his first encounter in a shopping mall.
Many today believe no more than that.
But at least they are tipping the balance between decency and degradation in the right direction. I, for one, am not going to speak ill of those who share my horror at the coarsening of society and who are endeavouring to restore a modicum of wholesomeness. For a long time ethical humanists have perplexed Christians. In his providence he has seasoned the world with those who are going to resist the erosion of decency. In biblical thought only the person who has first listened to God can speak for God.