[eastsider]

"how many ways do we need to prove that not one of the things associated with these sports is pleasing to God?" the 2nd-century convert Tertullian asked.

In his final days, Tertullian was an obsessive ascetic.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Confirming once again that ascetiscism is not a natural state, and that by removing themselves from the world means that ascetics shouldn't opine on the state of things in the world.