The coarsening of society

Just a brief note: in her two most recent Wall Street Journal columns ( http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110008002 and http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110008034, the excellent and eloquent Peggy Noonan relates her experiences during air travel security checks and, in the 2nd column, paints a broader picture of what she sees as a coarsening of society, a surfeit of sexuality and sexual discourse, that is offensive not only to women, but really a disgrace to us all. Using a term that may not be readily accessible to less religious people (Noonan is a devout Catholic), she says we are "embarrassing the angels". Imagine, if you will, that there are indeed heavenly beings around us... wouldn't they be embarrassed by the language and imagery we routinely use? I think this is a thought worth pondering.