Sometime last week, I stumbled across a short story describing a man who was being publicly accused of walking -- or, more accurately, sprinting -- down a path of indecency and inappropriateness that offended "social conventions or public morals." The man was specifically condemned for committing no less than three of the Seven Deadly Sins and then breaking a commandment or two, to boot. However, unlike a biblical allegory, there was no indication of the man's proposed countermove. ....

