I like this line from Time Magazine:
Reading In Defense of Floggingis a lot like reading Woody Allen’s classic “My Speech to the Graduates,” in which he declares, “More than at any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.”
I ordered my copy from Amazon yesterday. I went for a hard copy, as I have an idea this might be a book I feel the need to loan out with the phrase, "You need to read this."