It gives us, strangely enough, a very false sense of control and superiority, because we’ve spotted the evil and, thank God, it’s over there. As long as they are the problem and we can keep our focus on changing them, correcting them, expelling them as the contaminating element, then we can sit in a reasonably comfortable position. But it’s a position that the saints called pax perniciosa, a dangerous and false peace.
