“There is a very interesting debate raging at the moment about the nature of sin, for example.”
– “And what do they think? Against it, are they?”
– “It’s not as simple as that. It’s not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray.”
– “Nope.”
– “Pardon?”
– “There’s no grays, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”
– “It’s a lot more complicated than that—”
– “No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”
– “Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes—”
– “But they starts with thinking about people as things…”