A distinguished British newspaper editor writes:
Among the electronic hate mail that I received after one particularly provocative article (a speculative piece that technology will soon enable a man to bear a child. Yes, I know) was an email that told me I was going to hell and that I lived in a nation of “faggots”. I replied, as I did to all the hate mail, with a cheery “thank you for your considered opinion. Much appreciated.” The correspondent replied that I was a gentleman and would go to heaven. You see, the difference between eternal damnation and eternal joy can be just a single sarcastic email.