Tradeoffs

The Book of Irony has been accused of encouraging venality, hypocrisy, intellectual dishonesty, petty vindictiveness in the guise of high-minded idealism, shameless opportunism in the guise of pragmatic realism, a preoccupation with the minor flaws of others, pretentiousness, and sodomy. In the face of these criticisms, church officials have maintained that if a holy text is to be of any impact whatsoever, it must speak to the interests of its readers.