Did no one go to the dictionary on this one? For shame! Despite the similarity of spelling and pronunciation, the words mean different things. Condemn=doom, etc. Contemn=despise. Thus we are left with the thought that contemning leads inevitably, or as jeff might prefer, ineluctably, to condemnation. I am wont to say, to hell with y'all for your lack of homework, but such calumny would belie my affection. I speak with the authority of age: I'm a sage. I'd never condemn you for inattention, but I might contemn. :)