Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. -H. L. Mencken I like to substitute fundamentalist for puritanism, but feel free to sub as necessary. Comment your subs, so I can laugh with you.
Many years ago I overheard the following quote from a fundamentalist after a man came to her place of work, a ministry, looking for help. I put it in a word .doc at the time, but can not find it now. I may not have the exact words, but I have the acerbic sentiment. [...]