What has changed,many experts believe,is that Americans have grown more reluctant to cast stones at friends and neighbors who fail to meet the moral standards they set for themselves.

• 许多专家认为，与以前有所不同的是美国人虽然为自己规定了某种道德准则，但是对于其言行不符合这些准则的朋友或邻居，他们越来越不愿进行谴责。