A modest revolution
Another one bites the dust. (A letter to the editor, that is).
This letter was written in response to an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald—see the article here.
Dear editor,Jessica Valenti suggests that there is nothing revolutionary about modesty. Maybe not for her. But given that the sexual and marital mores of Western society have been turned upside-down in the last 40 years (as divorce statistics demonstrate), I think there is something revolutionary indeed about suggesting that we turn the world right-side-up.
Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery, “Go, and sin no more”. That is truly revolutionary because it is a stern word with grace and compassion at the very centre of it. How many people today are capable of both?
Yours sincerely,
Gordon Cheng