John Bradford
Recently, a colleague posted an article on his blog highlighting a supposed issue with another website, only thing is that, as it so happens, his entry was probably not correct and was promptly removed from his blog. Of course, it wasn't removed immediately and he subsequently faced a bollocking at the hands of the accused, nothing too harsh, but the gloves were clearly out for a while.
As I followed the course of all this commotion I couldn't help but be reminded of the famous quote by the 16th century English martyr John Bradford:
"There but for the grace of God go I"
How easy it is to promptly regurgitate things that have caught our attention… even if only for a fleeting moment!
Incidentally, in 1555 it was with the grace of a true believer that John Bradford finally found his reunion with his Lord; burned at the stake he is said to have turned to a fellow martyr who was to be burned with him and, as they laid the torches at their feet, said:
"Be of good comfort brother; for we shall have a merry supper with the Lord tonight!"
[EDIT: factored out the section about cognitive processes]