re: #18 Cato the Elder

Calvin doesn’t get any pass at all from me. Crazed egotists rarely do.

More is a complex figure. A great man. But he certainly persecuted many, many people in the name of religious intolerance; in the name of orthodoxy. I realize and even appreciate that he felt it was a deadly, vital battle, one that concerned the fate of all humanity. (or at least all England.)

However, I’m sure the people fighting this law are also full of religious zeal, as was More. If you’re an ultra-orthodox Catholic, More is a natural patron.

And “A Man For All Seasons” is a beautiful movie.