Hey, what about me???

There was one thing absolutely certain about that column; a sure bet if there ever was one, and that was that someone out there would accuse me of "Christian bashing" and would assert that I had absolutely no right whatsoever to challenge a good Christian's desires to use the police power of the state to control my personal behavior.

The "someone" I will use to illustrate just how safe a bet that was is a lady from Ackworth, Georgia named Gilda McCarty. Here's here email to me:

So, here we are ... it's only Monday and already you've learned something I'll bet (since I'm in a betting mood today) you didn't know. The 4th Commandment is actually a LAW! And it doesn't matter whether you're a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Buddhist ... whatever you are, and whichever cosmic thunderer you chose to worship ... the 4th Commandment is a law! Oh ... and of course we had the requisite "I'm never going to listen to you again" line ... or a reasonable variance thereof. If every soul who has written to me to tell me that they will never listen to me again had actually stopped listening I wouldn't have one single soul hanging on every word I said. Come on, folks. Surely you can come up with a better threat than this "I'm never going to listen" stuff! Use your imagination! Skywriting would be nice, or maybe put a full-page ad in the newspaper! I have confidence in you! You KNOW you can do it.

Also ... knowing that my Nealz Nuze readers are law-abiding types ... I thought I would give you this reminder today so that you'll have six days to get used to your new Sunday regimen. Hopefully you behaved yesterday.