i have sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind , not just for or e but for many ' there were other sins and other sinners in the mill - he knew that , he was not naive , they swore and danced and sexed and took drugs he knew far too much about - and they no doubt deserved to be punished , to be scourged , but that was true of every town , surely , and this was the only one that had been singled out for this terrible act of god .