day no. 15,898: camel hair and honey

“Nine times out of ten, the coarse word is the word that condemns an evil and the refined word the word that excuses it” -- G.K. Chesterton, The Victorian Age

Some of the words we disapprove of are words that would condemn our behavior because, as it turns out, we don't like be disapproved of. In those instances, the word considered coarse, is the only word that could condemn. Sometimes condemning sin is considered coarse across the board so that the very act of confronting it is itself considered a faux pas. And if it comes to that, the man covered in camel hair and honey may be the most civilized man in society, no matter what they say. Their vitriol may be approved by their dictionary of decorum, but in God's lexicon it's still considered slander and their peacekeeping may be considered proper by their standards, but by God's it's charged as treason.