Month: February 2006

Picking up from last week, the rest of the “whys:” We profess family values but turn a blind eye to malnourished children and their sexually active siblings and parents the world over, if their religious beliefs don’t square with ours.

In no particular order: In the name of “freedom of speech,” we publish and republish cartoons that gratuitously debase a faith-based belief of 1.1 billion people of peace and good will – then profess shock that the few (but growing numbers of) militants among them exploit those acts for violent purposes.

Warning! Particularly curmudgeonly fulminations ahead. If you’re under, say, 35 and female you might want to spend your allotted time elsewhere.