It’s a tricky question:

So how should public figures think about the use of prophetic rhetoric in an era where they can’t be sure that their remarks won’t be you-tubed all over the world the next day?

On the one hand, I am (as most people who read this blog know) no fan of over-enthusiasm for prophetic rhetoric. On the other hand, I don’t want to see a world where all the of the rhetoric has been gently homogenized so as not to be startling, let alone offensive, to anyone. We don’t want to Kraft macaroni-and-cheesify our public discourse, either.