Silly talk is caused by the body of thought worries me, but we do not really care about it because the arguments are for boring people who have nothing else to enjoy some of the language.

无聊的议论造成的是本人身上的思想烦恼，可是我们不必真正的理会它，因为无聊的议论是给闲来无事的人一些语言上的享受。

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That embrace will be weakened, not strengthened, by silly attacks on religiosity, stimulating the spiritual to question the seriousness of people who profess a concern for civil liberties.

WSJ: James Q. Wilson: Excerpts from His Writings in The Wall Street Journal