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To: Born Conservative
"Modest?..."
I wrote "modest, but decent". And both modesty and decency are in the eye of beholder - in this case, they would be in my eye...
8 posted on 08/09/2005 12:10:49 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: GSlob
And both modesty and decency are in the eye of beholder

As a general rule -- not quite. Modesty and decency are rather judged by the workings of a beholder with a properly formed conscience, which takes into account contemporary community standards and unchanging laws of morality. Or something like that.

9 posted on 08/09/2005 12:46:05 PM PDT by JohnnyZ ("I believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country." -- Mitt Romney)
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