Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 24, 1987

Transcript:

Rev. Sloan: Phil, as you know, there's been a lto of talk recently about moral decay in America...one can always expect to find it in the more desperate reaches of society, but when even the privileged begin to violate their social contracts, what are we to do? I can give my sermons, of course. I can try to speak to the best in people, but if the culture won't support some common ideal, there's nothing to build on! So why bother, you ask? Aren't I just talking to myself?