This one strikes close to home

Charles Stone, Jr. writes about the developing "right" not to be offended:

Every time you turn around today you are almost sure to offend someone. In our land of victimhood it has become difficult to avoid saying or doing something which will cause someone else to feel bad or put upon or irritated.

One of the great strengths of the Inquisition was that they had the power to arrest you, question you, torture you, but they had no corresponding obligation to inform you of what charges you were being prosecuted for or what suspicions they might be entertaining about you. You were expected to confess to all your sins. The Inquisition often found that their victims would confess to just about anything in order to end the inquiry.